A majority said in an Emerson College poll that race relations are now just as bad (30%) or worse (25%) than they were during the civil rights era.

Polls from CBS News, Emerson College, Reuters/Ipsos  and Monmouth University found most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the protests and the underlying racial issues. .

On Trump's handling of race relations in general: 

Though a majority in the Monmouth poll say they have little or no confidence in Trump's ability to handle race relations, 52% say they have at least some faith in former Vice President Joe Biden to do so, and 46% do not. 

A majority of Americans say in the Emerson College poll that race relations are just as bad (30%) or worse (25%) than they were during the civil rights era

The Emerson College poll also found a 54% majority is optimistic that things will improve

Sixty-one percent of the respondents in the CBS News survey say race relations in the USA are "generally bad." While 17% say race relations are getting better, 42% say they are getting worse, and 39% say they are unchanged. 

A 52% majority say white people "have a better chance of getting ahead in today's society" while just 3% say the same of black people

The views on race differ sharply by political party: 57% of Republicans say they believe race relations are generally good, compared with 13% of Democrats and 38% of independents.