Activists in the counterculture movement were generally successful at "turning public opinion against <span>the Vietnam War," although there were many different factors affecting public opinion. </span>
Restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans. Places were segregated, and black people were allowed to be discriminated against. These racial issues were the worst in the deep south.
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
However, when the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, it ruled that Scott would remain a slave because as such he was not a citizen and could not legally sue in the federal courts.
