Amos n Andy reflection

This cartoon, as previously stated, seems harmless on the surface, but probably served to strengthen the color line in America at the time. The Amos n Andy show was a radio broadcast and became a very popular TV show. The way the African-Americans were portrayed with exaggerated features and dialect made them appear unintelligent, just how white Americans wanted to think of them. The show was probably such a success because white Americans enjoyed the public humiliation of African-Americans. The show was contested by civil rights groups, part of what helped pull the two races apart and what led up to the Civil Rights' movements of the 1960s.