What does it mean to be an American? Many people dream about being an American. They dream because they envision America as the land of peace and prosperity. But is it? At times it has been‚ and at times its not. It is hard for the United States to be correct all the time because they have been unwilling designated as the "World Police". Throughout history there have been examples politically‚ economically‚ and socially‚ where being an American is rewarding and times where it is embarrassing
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are racist because of the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement is for the people to be good and they made more laws to make people to be even better.Three Supreme Court cases influenced the civil rights movement by making people to lessen African American:Shelley v. Kraemer‚Plessy v. Ferguson‚and Brown v. Board of Education. The cause Plessy vs. Ferguson made a law requiring restaurants‚ hotels‚and hospitals to serve African Americans.States began to require that railroads furnish separate
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issues or concerns throughout America’s history‚ because of the color of their skin. There has been discrimination towards African Americans and has hindered them from performing the best that they can. There was laws created to help support oppression of African Americans. As time went by laws were passed to help stop discrimination with the help of African Americans standing up against the discrimination that they were dealing with. For example: “in 1955‚ a black seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give
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event to her own life story. She was born in Charleston‚ South Carolina when racism was a huge issue. Baugh started off by talking about how five years before she was born‚ Brown v. Board passed. She explained that the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Then in 1960‚ Baugh was just seven months old. Sit-ins had begun around this time. She informed us on how four African American men demanded lunch at a front counter
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thought that there should be equal rights everywhere. There was a big controversy in the United States the movement was organized to abolish racial discrimination in public or in private. Things such as Jim Crow Laws degraded the African Americans especially in the southern states. Because of these laws racial violence and segregation was supported by the government. There were many litigation and lobbying attempts from the NAACP. By 1955 African Americans became frustrated by the gradual attempts to
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Fighting for freedom and privileges is not a crime‚ it’s more of a “taking it in your own hands” situation but it’s also a accomplishment. The Freedom riders did just that; a activist group who is targeted for being opposite and fighting for equality along with fighting against segregation. James Zwerg and John Lewis were two of the most iconic members of the Freedom Rides during the 1960’s. Both of the two men came from different conditions‚ one living in a downgraded shack to a three story house
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secured equal rights‚ citizenship‚ due process of law‚ and equal protections to all former slaves. Blacks had gained control of their own destiny. Now they needed a way to support themselves. But this was no easy task‚ jobs for colored people were hard to find and discrimination and segregation was high. Nothing showed this more clearly than the “Jim Crow” laws. Beginning in the 1880s‚ the term "Jim Crow" was widely used to describe practices‚ laws or institutions that arose from the physical separation
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Americans in the South. The South had numerous laws to dehumanize blacks. The legislature had created many laws for blacks to basically live in an entire different world from whites. Laws such as segregated telephone booths and separate black and white entrances were passed. The legislature tried to pass every law they could to keep blacks and white separate. The KKK was in full affect at this time and were strong supporters of segregation. The Jim Crow Laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination
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government in advancement of African American civil rights in the period 1865-1992. Throughout this period‚ African American civil rights made a massive progress. Although for any progress to be made‚ federal government needed to implement new laws and legislations‚ but usually‚ government were not keen to act and in some cases actually made little impact on the civil rights movement. The African Americans themselves pushed the government to make changes through the leadership of the organisations
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so many struggles‚ bravery‚ and heroes that put their time‚ effort and even lives at risk. On top of that there were several important events that had taken place in order to establish the freedom of slavery‚ to cast away segregation and to enforce laws of equality among all men regardless of race. Black Americans had been struggling and fighting for their right to be equal to everyone else for a very long period of time; silent protests took place and much evidence of white violence and crime towards
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