The Civil Rights Movement and Literature

The 1950s and 60s in America was a time of political unrest with the Civil Rights movement on the rise - a wave of tension and discontent was sweeping the nation and forcing the white authority to acknowledge the institutional racism that was holding African-American citizens back. With a surge in self -pride, determination and justice came a sense of liberation and freedom for African-American authors to write literature that captured the frustration and exposes the racism and hardships they had to live.