Black People History

Black people history in the USA.

I have chosen this course because in my opinion Afro-American People’s history is very interesting. It reveals both how cruel human beings can be and how a discriminated “population” can all the same produce wonderful things.

I. The discrimination that Black People have suffered and continue suffering in the USA.

1°/ In the Past

A. The Slavery.
I don’t think one can discuss the suffering of this population without talking about
Slavery. This abomination has lasted several centuries and has consisted of kidnapping innocent African and bringing them in a far country. They were deprived of their names, languages, religion, cultures ... As a result; one may say that they weren’t considered
The Segregation
After the Slavery was abolished, Black People even if they were free, have faced an other terrible discrimination: the Segregation. It took place in the Southern States, where the Black community was very important. Perhaps, it came from a fear of White people. It was written in the Law and as a consequence for instance Black people haven’t the right to sit or eat in the same places than White people. In the Northern States, even if it wasn’t written in the law there was a tacit rule.

2°/ Nowadays

A. Not really equal in front of Law
Actually, it is said that a Black men has seven more chance to condemn to death penalty than a White men. So even today they are prejudiced.
Moreover, the media reveals regularly some police atrocities against Black people.
So even today, the law is double faced and it’s better to be White if one has any problem with the justice.

B. Not the same Education
Black pupils are concerned by the discrimination too. They are often sent to school in very poor areas. Thus, they don’t benefit from the same education’s level than the White pupils. Their chance to access to a good university is seriously reduced. There, it’s again a piece of evidence of
Music
Today, nobody can deny the influence of Black community on the music.
Several famous kinds of music as Rap, Jazz, R’n’B for instance are the direct product of this community. It all begins with the work songs by the Slave, the Negro Spiritual and the Gospel by the victims of segregation. Their music is spread all over the world and paradoxically without the terrible history which is behind I don’t think they would have done such wonderful music. It entails a artistic creativity in this community.

B. Fashion
Afro-American people also contributed to the fashion. In fact, in Harlem particularly in the nineties, the people’s clothes have been taken as model by some garment firms. Nowadays, one can notice that the Rappers’ or R’n’B singers’ way of being dressed is imitated all over the world. A huge part of them are developing their own clothes’ lines;

2°/ Last but not least: the Individuals

A. Rosa Parks
In the sixties this courageous woman contrasted against the Segregation. In a bus, she has refused to leave her place to a White man. This act which can be perceived as common today is the origin of a huge movement’s success. She has showed the way to several Black-American and emphasized an