Journey to Equality
Journey to Equality
For many centuries African American’s have been treated as if they were lower class citizens and treated as so. It has taken them many years and help from some amazing people to rise above it all. After the many centuries of segregation and ill treatment, African Americans have been able to overcome and have become more respected in society today. This is a wonderful outcome of what is known as the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1865, America had many major changes that needed to be made; this period was considered the reconstruction or silver lining, time period. America was in a hard place and needed to make many changes to its many issues that were causing the country to be less than efficient (Risen, 2011). African Americans were treated as lower class and were often denied human rights. The basic human rights that every American is born with regardless to race, age or gender are shelter, food and safety (Shelton, 2012). This was something that really needed to be changed.
America was recovering from four years of the hardships of the Civil War and the confederacy pushed to bring more African Americans to their plantations to continue to use them as slaves. It is often thought of by historians that the major cause of the Civil War was to due to the want for slavery (Bowles, 2011). White farmers had many slaves for their workers and allowed them to live in the slave shacks provided on the farmers land. The South eventually began to move forward with positive changes in growth and development in the 1880’s. The white farmers had begun to develop their shacks that once housed their slaves, into homes for whites and African Americans to live while they continued to work. These homes were not the greatest but they were no longer called the slave shacks and provided basic shelter. This was considered redemption which was the time where whites sought to find forgiveness for the sins they had caused. This was a
For many centuries African American’s have been treated as if they were lower class citizens and treated as so. It has taken them many years and help from some amazing people to rise above it all. After the many centuries of segregation and ill treatment, African Americans have been able to overcome and have become more respected in society today. This is a wonderful outcome of what is known as the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1865, America had many major changes that needed to be made; this period was considered the reconstruction or silver lining, time period. America was in a hard place and needed to make many changes to its many issues that were causing the country to be less than efficient (Risen, 2011). African Americans were treated as lower class and were often denied human rights. The basic human rights that every American is born with regardless to race, age or gender are shelter, food and safety (Shelton, 2012). This was something that really needed to be changed.
America was recovering from four years of the hardships of the Civil War and the confederacy pushed to bring more African Americans to their plantations to continue to use them as slaves. It is often thought of by historians that the major cause of the Civil War was to due to the want for slavery (Bowles, 2011). White farmers had many slaves for their workers and allowed them to live in the slave shacks provided on the farmers land. The South eventually began to move forward with positive changes in growth and development in the 1880’s. The white farmers had begun to develop their shacks that once housed their slaves, into homes for whites and African Americans to live while they continued to work. These homes were not the greatest but they were no longer called the slave shacks and provided basic shelter. This was considered redemption which was the time where whites sought to find forgiveness for the sins they had caused. This was a
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