PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Poor, single, or minorities lived in the city while middle class white families lived in the suburbs.
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Poor, single or minorities lived in the suburbs while middle class white families lived in the cities.
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Only rich people lived in the cities.
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Only minorities lived in the cities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An urban community is one that’s in a city or town: lots of people live there, and there are lots of different kinds of buildings close together. A suburb is a place where people live just outside of a city or town.
Detailed explanation-2: -1950s Suburbia describes the culture of the American middle class in the 1950s. Due to a population boom following World War Two, new neighborhoods were built in the areas surrounding large cities. These communities were known as suburbs, thus the term suburbia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Families had delayed having children because of poverty and wartime circumstances, so the US underwent a baby boom during the improved conditions of the 1950s. The suburbs became an increasingly popular location to live, and affordable housing caused a great increase in the population there.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the United States, urban areas are defined by a population of more than 1, 000 people per block of area. Rural areas are the least populated areas. Suburban areas have a larger population than rural areas; however, urban areas have a larger population than both.