African Americans: Historical Journey from 1865 to the Present HIS: 204: American History Since 1865 Professor Lisa Burgin July 14‚ 2014 Introduction The African American journey has been one of trials and tribulations which they suffered greatly to achieve freedom and success. The battle has led the citizens of this nation to have witnessed the first African American President of the United States. The journey that has brought African Americans to the present situation has
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communities today‚ African Americans have moved away from the theory of ensuring all are able and educated to take care of self. What happened along the way? African American slaves were free of mind but bodies were enslaved. Now that our bodies are free but it seems our minds are enslaved. Mary McLeod Bethune‚ born to former slaves in 1875‚ is known for her contributions in black communities. Bethune committed her life to educating African American on the right to freedom and education. She believed
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The American Freedom The Civil Rights Movement was an era devoted to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States. During this period‚ people rallied for social‚ legal‚ political and cultural changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation. Civil rights are defined as "the nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially those guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress" (Wikipedia). The 13th
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African American’s had a second class status in 1865‚ therefore their life was hard. By the nineteenth century slavery had been abolished throughout America’s Northern states‚ however it continued across the South. Between 1890 and 1910‚ the southern states government introduced the ‘Jim Crow’ laws‚ which allowed legal segregation. This created separate facilities for blacks and whites‚ these included education‚ healthcare‚ transport and public facilities such as; toilets‚ bus stations and drinking
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Majority of African American’s had many struggles‚ and obstacles that they faced. Political issues impacted their lives when Congress passed the thirteenth amendment‚ this affected many African Americans lives. Since numerous people were equal‚ social issues were impacted when children went to school while the adults had gone to work and earn money to pay bills‚ such as their houses. This affected economic issue because the government would earn money. Various lives were impacted during the Reconstruction
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question on if freedom should be given or demanded! Freedom is a right that should be given to people. People of the united states should not be separated but should be together and unite as one nation therefore‚ African Americans should all be given freedom. So this should not be a question‚ people do not have the power to control things they want. Many reasons why African Americans should be given freedom is because it was promised‚ it should be given because it is a right‚ freedom should be given
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a fight for African American freedom. They are just like us‚ but because of their skin tone we took advantage of them. The Civil War was trying to put an end to this to finally get freedom and equality for everyone in our nation. The Civil War succeeded in its purpose to make everyone free. African Americans could now live and work where they wanted to. Fredrick Douglas was born into slavery having to of worked when he was about only three or four years old. He was also separated from his mother
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Despite the carnage and bloody struggle to end slavery in the American Civil War‚ the majority of white folks‚ in free and former slave states alike‚ continued to openly express racist‚ nativist‚ and white supremacist beliefs in their daily post-war lives. Even as the federal government passed revolutionary legislation‚ created protective measures and expanded the overall powers of the central government‚ African Americans remained systematically burdened and barred by vast inequalities that manifested
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Hale County‚ Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community. The Politics of Reconstruction The Civil War was bloodiest war in American history (600‚000 soldiers died). It began as way to preserve Union but evolved into a struggle for African American freedom‚ resulting in the death of slavery in the United States and the unification of the states under a stronger central government. The Defeated South South destroyed after defeat: towns ruined‚ slavery (means of labor in cotton fields)
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The American Indian: 1609 to 1865 The Effects of the Removal on American Indian Tribes: Resistance and Removal “The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians‚ their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent‚ and in their property‚ rights‚ liberty‚ they shall never be invaded or disturbed‚ unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress.” Northwest Ordinance‚ 13 July 1787 From the time‚ the first colonies were settled in America‚ relations
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