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    Segregation. It is definitely one of the darker times of American history. Many now wonder why did it happen? What caused it? And how it became such a problem. Well to start off‚ what is segregation? By definition segregation is‚ to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; to isolate. The most obvious segregation was the segregation of race. Blacks and whites. This is not a recent thing though. A certain race has viewed another as inferior for centuries. For example‚ slavery

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    There were many major proponents of economic justice in the 1930’s. During the mid-1930’s‚ the assembly of millions of workers in mass-production industries had succeeded in resisting unionization. What came as a great surprise to many Americans was the way the federal government now seemed to be on the side of labor. The National Industrial Recovery Act and the Wagner Act granted worker’s the legal right to form unions. However‚ American factories at the beginning of the New Deal were small dictatorships

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    At the turn of the twentieth century North Carolina’s government fell under the control of the Democrats’ White Supremacy rule. The Jim Crow laws‚ enacted by North Carolina’s legislature in 1899‚ formally required segregation in all public facilities and transportation. Disenfranchisement‚ an attempt to restrict African Americans’ rights to vote‚ allowed Democrats to apply a poll tax and a literacy test. This combination successfully restricted an enormous portion of African-American voters and

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    Racial segregation has been going on for more than sixty years and that not to mention the years we kept them enslaved in labor camps. This issue is still very prominent today‚ we have made very good progress but is it enough? African americans are still bitter over things like poverty and racialism in typical american social communities along with discrimination and segregation in some people’s eyes. These are some things that their ancestors and grandparents had to deal with. Now things aren’t

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    Family Life in the 1930’s As the roaring twenties captivated the lives of American families with its great profits‚ big business‚ and optimism‚ the thirties altered the nation’s economic dreams‚ values‚ fashion‚ and everyday life. After ending an abundant decade in the twenties‚ the 1930’s brought forth pain‚ poverty‚ and hardships. Because of the stock market crash in the late 1920’s‚ it strongly affected families in the 1930’s in many ways. Everyday life was profoundly affected by the

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    “You are black‚ you do not belong here with us whites‚” said a white man. This is racial segregation and this used to be very popular at the time To Kill A Mockingbird was written. To Kill A Mockingbird was a novel based on racial segregation a long time ago written by Harper Lee. This is not to be confused with the fact that racial segregation still exists in today’s society. Racial segregation or racism is an act of discriminating someone based on the color of their skin. Back in 1800s‚ black and

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    Segregation during World War II was at its lowest point in history‚ but one group called the Triple Nickles worked through it and became highly tuned fighting machines‚ never getting to show their worth in the front lines of the war. The African Americans of the 555th trained the same if not more than the regular caucasian paratrooper. Due to segregation of the time period all African Americans were treated worse than prisoners. Then they got a break‚ and felt their calling as smokejumpers out in

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    African Americans were treated with discrimination and racial segregation due to the “Jim Crow” Laws which segregated blacks from being at certain places with white people (Civil Rights Movement). This inequality angered many African Americans as they began to protest for their civil rights and equality‚ turning it into the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for freedom was a long and rough journey‚ but they were able to put an end to segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on

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    Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement Segregation was an attempt by white Southerners to separate the races in every sphere of life and to achieve supremacy over blacks. Segregation was often called the Jim Crow system‚ after a minstrel show character from the 1830s who was an old‚ crippled‚ black slave who embodied negative stereotypes of blacks. Segregation became common in Southern states following the end of Reconstruction in 1877. During Reconstruction‚ which followed the Civil War (1861-1865)

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