African American Struggles Research Paper
Struggles of African Americans.
Sherzel George
ETH/125
September 23, 2012
Samantha Morris
African American Struggles
I have chosen to write about African Americans. I have also chosen to write this letter to a friend who I want to understand the struggles and accomplishments of the African American race we have descended from.
Dear Barry,
I am writing this letter to you on behalf of my African American ancestors and myself. This letter is to inform you of the struggles and accomplishments of this race throughout history. I hope that at the end of reading this letter you can understand and appreciate what they have done to fight for my freedom. I want you to understand some of the struggles that African American had to face. …show more content…
They were considered to be slaves and had no rights. Unfortunalty these people had no idea about the struggles that they were about to experience. It seems like they were coming here to be free, But instead they face the destruction of the whites in America. “African Americans wouldn’t gain any rights until the late 1800’s when President Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation essentially freeing all slaves of the confederacy. The south would further pass laws that claim separate but equal rights between the blacks and whites and continued to discriminate against blacks.”(Chris Lanford March …show more content…
There were laws that were finally passed to help African Americans such as, “Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition” Civil Rights Act of 1871 - Designed to protect southern blacks from the Ku Klux Klan by providing a civil remedy for abuses then being committed in the South”. “Brown v. Board of Education - composed of four cases arising from states and a related federal case arising from the District of Columbia”(African American legislation laws). These are a few laws that were passed to help African Americans gain some freedom in life. It paved the way for these people to become “equal” In education and everyday aspect in
Sherzel George
ETH/125
September 23, 2012
Samantha Morris
African American Struggles
I have chosen to write about African Americans. I have also chosen to write this letter to a friend who I want to understand the struggles and accomplishments of the African American race we have descended from.
Dear Barry,
I am writing this letter to you on behalf of my African American ancestors and myself. This letter is to inform you of the struggles and accomplishments of this race throughout history. I hope that at the end of reading this letter you can understand and appreciate what they have done to fight for my freedom. I want you to understand some of the struggles that African American had to face. …show more content…
They were considered to be slaves and had no rights. Unfortunalty these people had no idea about the struggles that they were about to experience. It seems like they were coming here to be free, But instead they face the destruction of the whites in America. “African Americans wouldn’t gain any rights until the late 1800’s when President Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation essentially freeing all slaves of the confederacy. The south would further pass laws that claim separate but equal rights between the blacks and whites and continued to discriminate against blacks.”(Chris Lanford March …show more content…
There were laws that were finally passed to help African Americans such as, “Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition” Civil Rights Act of 1871 - Designed to protect southern blacks from the Ku Klux Klan by providing a civil remedy for abuses then being committed in the South”. “Brown v. Board of Education - composed of four cases arising from states and a related federal case arising from the District of Columbia”(African American legislation laws). These are a few laws that were passed to help African Americans gain some freedom in life. It paved the way for these people to become “equal” In education and everyday aspect in