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The Civil Rights Movement took place between the years 1954 and 1968.
African Americans during this time period have been fighting for their rights. They have been known as slaves in earlier years, and even after they have still been mistreated.
Throughout this time period you could see economic events, political events, and even social events that were influencial in changing Civil Rights in America during the 1950s and 1960s.
If you were a white American in this time period, you tended to be hateful towards colored people.
African Americans were not allowed to flirt, touch, or even go near their women. The schools were segrated along with the buses and other public locations.
You could see more of these racist actions in the south compared to the north.
If you were colored in the south you would know what to expect form white men and women. You would get beaten for treating white folks with disrepect. Hatred would be shown towards you, and there was nothing you could do about it, due to court always siding with white Americans.
In the north, it was easier to get jobs as a colored male or female. Easier to live your life. But that doesn't mean you were completely free from racial hatred. You can't completely change a racist man's mind, even if the law tells you to put those thoughts behind you and treat everyone equally.
The role-play will take place in 1960. Plenty of events has happened before then that helped move the Civil Rights movement along.
1954: In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the supreme court rules unanimously against school segregation.
1954: Death of Emmett Till. A young boy supposedly whistled at a white woman. It angered white men causing them to go after him that night. They said they just wanted to walk, and they have even said that was what they were truly going to do, but they ended up brutally murdering Emmett Till. He found in the river the next day, barely recognizable. His killers were not convicted, angering a lot of African Americans.
1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, resulting in a year-long boycott on the buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
1957: Martin Luther King, jr founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to work for full equality of African Americans.
1957: The federal government uses the military to uphold African Americans' civil rights, as soldiers escort nine African American students to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Daisy Bates, an NAACP leader, advised and assisted the students and eventually had a state holiday dedicated to her.
Throughout this role-play there will be more events influencing the Civil Rights in America.
There will be four main states you could be placed in.
-Alabama. Known as one of the most racist states, and still is to this day.
-Washington, DC. Home of the White House in which the president lives.
-Chicago. Center of antislavery, though city schools, and places of public accommodation were racially segregated.
-Tennesse. Multiple events that helped push the Civil Rights movement along took place here.
Rules and Expectations
-I am allowing words such as "negro" and "nigger". This is taking place in a racist time period and if you can't handle it, this may not be a role-play set for you. Most people were mistreated. Strong language and brutality will be allowed, but if every single sentence holds the "N" word, you will get a warning because even though I am allowing it, it is still offensive and if used too many times, I will find it a immature.
-I do not want too many biracial characters, those weren't common and I would strongly appreciate it more if you were either black or white. If you really want to be biracial please PM and we will settle it. You would also have to PM for roles on people who are important during this time such as Martin Luther King jr., Dwight D. Eisenhower (president), etc etc.
-This would be taking place in multiple states in America, I encourage you to play multiple characters, make your own family, or even just make one person in each state of the main states I listed. If you can not handle more than one character, I am perfectly fine with that.
-As for writing abilities, I would much like it if you were to post as least a paragraph. A paragraph should consist of five sentences. If you can not meet those requirements, I will not hold that against you, as long as you try and that you give more than two sentences. I know not everybody has the same writing abilities and can't type as much as others. I do not mind that, just please give people enough for them to actually be able to reply to your post.
-Please have respect for others when speaking in the OOC
Character Sheets:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Appearance: (real pictures or description)
State they live in:
Personality:
Bio:
Extras:
African Americans during this time period have been fighting for their rights. They have been known as slaves in earlier years, and even after they have still been mistreated.
Throughout this time period you could see economic events, political events, and even social events that were influencial in changing Civil Rights in America during the 1950s and 1960s.
If you were a white American in this time period, you tended to be hateful towards colored people.
African Americans were not allowed to flirt, touch, or even go near their women. The schools were segrated along with the buses and other public locations.
You could see more of these racist actions in the south compared to the north.
If you were colored in the south you would know what to expect form white men and women. You would get beaten for treating white folks with disrepect. Hatred would be shown towards you, and there was nothing you could do about it, due to court always siding with white Americans.
In the north, it was easier to get jobs as a colored male or female. Easier to live your life. But that doesn't mean you were completely free from racial hatred. You can't completely change a racist man's mind, even if the law tells you to put those thoughts behind you and treat everyone equally.
The role-play will take place in 1960. Plenty of events has happened before then that helped move the Civil Rights movement along.
1954: In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the supreme court rules unanimously against school segregation.
1954: Death of Emmett Till. A young boy supposedly whistled at a white woman. It angered white men causing them to go after him that night. They said they just wanted to walk, and they have even said that was what they were truly going to do, but they ended up brutally murdering Emmett Till. He found in the river the next day, barely recognizable. His killers were not convicted, angering a lot of African Americans.
1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, resulting in a year-long boycott on the buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
1957: Martin Luther King, jr founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to work for full equality of African Americans.
1957: The federal government uses the military to uphold African Americans' civil rights, as soldiers escort nine African American students to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Daisy Bates, an NAACP leader, advised and assisted the students and eventually had a state holiday dedicated to her.
Throughout this role-play there will be more events influencing the Civil Rights in America.
There will be four main states you could be placed in.
-Alabama. Known as one of the most racist states, and still is to this day.
-Washington, DC. Home of the White House in which the president lives.
-Chicago. Center of antislavery, though city schools, and places of public accommodation were racially segregated.
-Tennesse. Multiple events that helped push the Civil Rights movement along took place here.
Rules and Expectations
-I am allowing words such as "negro" and "nigger". This is taking place in a racist time period and if you can't handle it, this may not be a role-play set for you. Most people were mistreated. Strong language and brutality will be allowed, but if every single sentence holds the "N" word, you will get a warning because even though I am allowing it, it is still offensive and if used too many times, I will find it a immature.
-I do not want too many biracial characters, those weren't common and I would strongly appreciate it more if you were either black or white. If you really want to be biracial please PM and we will settle it. You would also have to PM for roles on people who are important during this time such as Martin Luther King jr., Dwight D. Eisenhower (president), etc etc.
-This would be taking place in multiple states in America, I encourage you to play multiple characters, make your own family, or even just make one person in each state of the main states I listed. If you can not handle more than one character, I am perfectly fine with that.
-As for writing abilities, I would much like it if you were to post as least a paragraph. A paragraph should consist of five sentences. If you can not meet those requirements, I will not hold that against you, as long as you try and that you give more than two sentences. I know not everybody has the same writing abilities and can't type as much as others. I do not mind that, just please give people enough for them to actually be able to reply to your post.
-Please have respect for others when speaking in the OOC
Character Sheets:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Appearance: (real pictures or description)
State they live in:
Personality:
Bio:
Extras:
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