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The Many Struggles African Americans Faced Veronica Brown His204: American History Since 1865 Instructor: Matt Laubacher November 7, 2011
African American in the world have had to work very hard to end segregation, discrimination, and isolation to attain equality and civil rights so that African Americans can enjoy the same benefits as any other American in the world today. This paper will give the history of some of the leaders that are very popluar in the African American Culture. These leader have made the path for African Americans in history and yet still today. This paper with demostrate the struggles of Mrs. Rosa Parks and Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Nevertheless, this paper will give my own personal opinion on the struggles that these leaders went through for us African Americans to have the rights that we are enjoying today. It is very imperative that we understand the struggles African Americans had to face in the late 1950’s-1960’s. This was an era that was built on Anger and hop for many Americans. This era also represented change for the good and the bad for African Americans. M. D. Bowles, American History 1865-Present, End Of Isolation, Ashford University, Discovery Series states: “ This story actually began in 1619, when Europeans brought the first Africans to America in chains. It continued through the Civil War, with the legalized freeing of slaves, and regressed with the segregation and separation of blacks through the first half of the 20th century. It is at that point that the modern civil rights movement began,.During the critical years from 1954-1963, a variety of leaders with different backgrounds- lawyers from NAACP, women sitting on buses, ministers from southern black churches, militants from black power organizations, and youth from colleges- shaped the successful struggle toward black equality in America.” The first time that African Americans were
African American in the world have had to work very hard to end segregation, discrimination, and isolation to attain equality and civil rights so that African Americans can enjoy the same benefits as any other American in the world today. This paper will give the history of some of the leaders that are very popluar in the African American Culture. These leader have made the path for African Americans in history and yet still today. This paper with demostrate the struggles of Mrs. Rosa Parks and Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Nevertheless, this paper will give my own personal opinion on the struggles that these leaders went through for us African Americans to have the rights that we are enjoying today. It is very imperative that we understand the struggles African Americans had to face in the late 1950’s-1960’s. This was an era that was built on Anger and hop for many Americans. This era also represented change for the good and the bad for African Americans. M. D. Bowles, American History 1865-Present, End Of Isolation, Ashford University, Discovery Series states: “ This story actually began in 1619, when Europeans brought the first Africans to America in chains. It continued through the Civil War, with the legalized freeing of slaves, and regressed with the segregation and separation of blacks through the first half of the 20th century. It is at that point that the modern civil rights movement began,.During the critical years from 1954-1963, a variety of leaders with different backgrounds- lawyers from NAACP, women sitting on buses, ministers from southern black churches, militants from black power organizations, and youth from colleges- shaped the successful struggle toward black equality in America.” The first time that African Americans were