Abuse, Unfair Laws, Segregation, Racism

There was also a lot of laws also known as jim crow laws. These laws were acted to “keep people in their place” and there intensions were to be separate but equal. In the article “Jim Crow Laws Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site” One law that seems fine today wasn't back then, you couldn’t marry someone with a different race, just because of the color on their skin and if you do so the marriage will be voided and illegal. Some of the laws were so silly and outrageous rules like African American amature baseball players had to be within two blocks away from each other. That law was so outrageous because all they want to do is have fun and do what they love but they have to remember to be be two blocks away from them. Manners is very important to the south, you would always say yes sir or mam. African American people especially had to speak a certain way which was called Jim Crow Etiquette. For example they had to call white males Boss or Master. Which was extremely unfair because they were called rude names like Boy and old man instead of being called something that means you're the boss or your master or you have a higher stature. It was the same for woman too they didn't have a good name like miss or Mrs they were called auntie or girl. You can definitely tell a difference how white or african american people were treated and talked

In the South, the ku klux klan were openly killing and intimidating people who supported abolitionists or were anti-slavery. The KKK were against blacks as well as whites who supported reconstruction.

The Jim Crow laws were everything but fair, and equal. Jim Crow is the name they used in the laws on separating the African Americans from the Caucasian men and women. These laws deprived African Americans from their civil rights because of the many things they were not allowed to experience due to these laws. Jim Crow laws oppressed the educational rights, voting rights, and social freedoms of American citizens, this essay will be discussing the oppression of these rights and freedoms.

The main probable reason why African Americans have not been treated equally was because back in the early 1600s, slavery of African Americans first

people. Before the civil rights movement, black people were treated horribly and were not allowed to do things that white people could do. Judgement and harassment were a big part of the civil rights era because no one was treated equally. The Supreme Court effected the civil rights movement in a very positive way: Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of education and Swann v. Charlotte - Mecklenburg board of education.

They were made to use separate facilities such as restrooms, restaurants, and waiting rooms. Blacks were prevented from renting land outside of the towns. They were forbidden to go anywhere they wanted. They were prevented from marrying any one outside of their race.

White violence and intimidation created fear among the black people as they feared for their lives. The hostile environment against the black people was a major factor in preventing them from exercising their civil rights. They feared if they exercised their civil rights, they would be accused of killings, rape or theft and be lynched. They opted to stay put rather than risk their lives.

From 1916 to 1970 there was an event-taking place across the country. This event called the great migration brought millions of African Americans north running from the segregation and racism in the south. Many laws such as the Jim Crowe laws gave African American a huge struggle to find peace in the south even in the early 20th century. Even though slavery was outlawed in all of the United States these laws gave black people un-equal rights and made it hard for

Violence against black people in America began when slaves were kidnapped from Africa and sent to America. White slave owners would beat them, breed them, make them work without pay and sell them as if they were animals. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860, he wanted to abolish slavery in the south. This lead to the civil war, a war between the north, called the Union, and south, which was called the Confederacy. The Confederacy wanted black people to still be slaves and the Union wanted to abolish it. The war ended with the Confederacy losing and the creation of the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all of the black people in the south. Once black people were freed, a white supremacist group called the Ku Klux Klan was created to prevent black people from fighting for equal rights. They would do this by terrorizing and murdering innocent black people. Not only did black people had to deal with the KKK, but they also had to deal with Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were the laws that were specifically made to hurt the black community. All of these injustices lead to the beginning of the civil rights movement, where people fought for equality. After the Civil Rights movement, a majority of black people have equal rights, but still, have to face violent acts of racism in America.

Throughout time people have been treated unfairly. There has been unequal rights for colored people while the white people have gotten better and more fair rights. This later caused the civil rights movement in America to gain more equal rights for colored people. Emmett Till is a black child that had unequal rights and was murdered during the civil rights movement. He was the cause of some civil right movements across America.

Why were colored people being mistreated during segregation? After the Civil War in 1896, racial tensions across the country were incredible high. Even though they were no longer slaves, they still continued to experience oppression. Segregation is bad because colored students received more of low quality things than high quality and were treated very badly by non-colored people/students.

Looking back over the years of the United States history, one of our worst problems was the bad treatment of minorities. In the beginning there was selling of slaves which really split the nation. There were many people in the United States that tried to elevate the legal status of African Americans. One was passing the Civil Rights Act or Movement, in 1968 the signing of the Fair Housing Act and the recent re-enactment of the Affirmative Action law that African Americans would be treated fairly and have the same opportunities as Caucasian Americans. This is still not the case.

The rights of African-Americans have been violated since they were brought over to America as slaves in the late 1600's to the land of the free. Great political gains for African-Americans were made in the 1960's such as the right to vote without paying. Still, many African Americans were dissatisfied with their economic situation, so they reacted with violence in the form of riots. Other African-Americans became frustrated with the system of "white" America; hence they turned to militant organizations that stressed black power. Many people believe that violence or militant actions solve their problems, but in reality the

Because this was a terrible event, many people were inspired to make things better for African Americans. Therefore, one of the main causes of the Civil Rights Movement was the Alabama Church Bombings.

They were treated without a hint of human decency and were segregated from the rest of