[Eleutheria5]

There were blacks in the fifties and sixties, too. But back then they mostly had fathers in the home to teach the young-uns how to behave. Thank you, welfare state.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Don't kid yourself. Even back then, certain neighborhoods were home to high violent crime rates and anti-social behavior.

It's just that segregation was successful enough that civilized people would only be aware of it if they ventured to the back pages of their local newspaper.