The new President, president Nixon, made no attempt to support the movement
He was against the idea that there should be a national holiday to celebrate MLK’s birthday
He dealt harshly with the Black Panther groups
1968 68% of southern children still attended segregated schools, by 1975 this had fallen to 8%
1972 Nixon set up the Office of Minority Business Enterprise to encourage black businesses
1972 Equal Opportunity Act gave the courts greater powers to enforce equality at work
Unemployment was still 3% higher for blacks than whites
1960 50% of blacks lived below the poverty line, by 1974 this had fallen to 30%
1973 16 blacks had been elected to Congress (the government)
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