“When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose”-Bob Dylan, this was the attitude many members of the black community adopted which largely improved their position within American society and also signifies how dire the situation black Americans was the only was up, therefore there was improvement. However the social standing of black Americans did not really improve due to the ‘segregation of the heart’ mentality that was engrained into white America and prevented the many social, economical and political legislations introduced by the American government to gain more equality of the black Americans. However it can be interpreted that many of this political attempts to gain equality were halfhearted because the government did not want to isolate or lose many fiercely segregationist Southern states in the upcoming election where they could vote against said party. Socially, the position of black Americans only really improved in the fact that they had the governments support, however other law enforcement such as the courts and the police of which the black community would be more commonly coming up against, were still institutionally racist this is evident due to the infamous Emmett Till case that took place at the end of this period where no respect was shown to the black community with the judge presiding over the case welcoming blacks with the greeting ‘hello niggers’. This conveys the general lowly viewpoint of black Americans by the law enforcement and how no matter