The Hardships Of African Americans In The Twentieth Century

The Hardships We overcame for American Liberty In the twentieth century there was only a handful of people that got to enjoy what we call "American Liberty". Those who did were rich white business men, and those who didn't were everyone who wasn't them. People like African Americans, women, workers, etc. were all deprived of this "enjoyment". Sadly it wasn't till the mid or late twentieth century that they were able to finally enjoy the liberty. African Americans were especially deprived at this time. Most of their rights as citizens were suppressed. They had the most obstacles to overcome politically, economically and socially. Although they had the right to vote through the fifteenth amendment they had many restrictions that would stop
African Americans had to live in their own towns, had to sit on the back of the bus, use separate bathrooms and water fountains. This lead to African Americans having their owns churches and schools. African Americans were not allowed to go to a university where white Americans attended too. It wasn't till the Brown v Board of Education case that the "separate but equal" doctrine got overturned in 1954. Again this took quite a while. Even though we made steps to improve who can obtain the "American Liberty" African Americans still to this day are struggling to "enjoy"
Women struggled a lot like African Americans did, but of course not really did the white women go through such obstacles than the African American women. But in the early twentieth century women were still not allowed to vote, they were seen as "house wives" and nothing more. Women did not work, they did not get an education. Well that's what the men wanted. Women did get factory jobs, and helped provide for families like the men did. During both World Wars they got involved and helped in many different ways. However, when the men came back home many of them along with "old-fashioned" women wanted the women in the workforce to go back home and go back to tending to their husbands. Many had lost their jobs that they were given when the men were away. Voting was something women didn't get to do until 1920s through the nineteenth amendment that gave all women the right to vote. Like the African Americans they also found obstacles that tried to prevent them from doing so. Women may have had to always struggle, not as much as the African Americans, but they too had to fight for their