Racial Discrimination During The Civil War
The Civil War was the bloodiest event in the history of the United States. Prohibition of slavery was enshrined by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, which entered into the force on December 18, 1865 (slavery in the rebellious states was abolished in 1863 by the presidential decree). The war has not resolved all the problems facing the country. Some of them have found a solution in the Reconstruction of the South, which lasted until 1877. Other issues, including the provision of the African American, Native American and women population with equal rights with white men, remained unresolved for decades.
The Civil War did not give a valid release for the African Americans; however, the situation of blacks has changed, though largely formal. …show more content…
Negroes did not get land, they were often lynched by the white population, and they had to occupy special seats in the transport and in the theater. For example, the laws adopted in 1865 in Mississippi were typical for that time. According to these laws, blacks, under penalty of life in prison, were denied the right to marry whites, they were forbidden to carry weapons; the civil liberties of blacks and their right to own land were restricted. In almost all the southern states, the right to vote of the African American population has been challenged, and they were virtually eliminated from the participation in the political life of the …show more content…
In Atlanta, Booker Washington created Institute for black. He urged the blacks to get a good vocational education, and thus find their place in society. The most advanced of the Negro intellectuals called for a peaceful way to achieve the civil equality with the whites: the freedom of speech, the press, the right to vote, desegregation. African Americans were looking for a way to equality. Many negroes began to work in the industry. But they were forced to settle separately in the northern states. Before World War I, the US black population numbered about 10 million. 89% of them lived in the south, but at the time, more and more African Americans migrated to the North in favor of a better life. The life of these ten million regulated system of racist laws and
The Civil War did not give a valid release for the African Americans; however, the situation of blacks has changed, though largely formal. …show more content…
Negroes did not get land, they were often lynched by the white population, and they had to occupy special seats in the transport and in the theater. For example, the laws adopted in 1865 in Mississippi were typical for that time. According to these laws, blacks, under penalty of life in prison, were denied the right to marry whites, they were forbidden to carry weapons; the civil liberties of blacks and their right to own land were restricted. In almost all the southern states, the right to vote of the African American population has been challenged, and they were virtually eliminated from the participation in the political life of the …show more content…
In Atlanta, Booker Washington created Institute for black. He urged the blacks to get a good vocational education, and thus find their place in society. The most advanced of the Negro intellectuals called for a peaceful way to achieve the civil equality with the whites: the freedom of speech, the press, the right to vote, desegregation. African Americans were looking for a way to equality. Many negroes began to work in the industry. But they were forced to settle separately in the northern states. Before World War I, the US black population numbered about 10 million. 89% of them lived in the south, but at the time, more and more African Americans migrated to the North in favor of a better life. The life of these ten million regulated system of racist laws and