African Americans And Its Impact On Society

In the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began, they wanted to take part in fighting to free all slaves. Their opportunity to be soldiers and fight along side white men equally did not come easily, but eventually African Americans proved themselves able to withstand the heat of battle and fight as true American heroes.

People have never moved on from the past. They still think of the past generation where blacks experienced slavery from white people. This is one thing that African-American people cannot forget about. This slavery made a barrier that until this generation racism is still an issue. Before,

In the historical backdrop of the United States, African Americans have dependable been victimized. When Africans first came to America, they had no choice but to be slaves. The progressed toward becoming slaves to the rich, covetous, lethargic Americans. African Americans had given no compensation and regularly whipped and beaten. They battled for their opportunity, yet when the Civil War came African Americans had this logic that if they were to join the Civil War they could liberate all slaves. However, their chance of becoming soldiers and battling in the Civil War was not an easy process. Likewise, they were criticized for not being the right group of people to join the war. With the criticism, they receive they never give up. Having

Each group of people in the world has endured hardships by the hands of there people and African americans are not different. The history of african americans in the united states have been all but a good one. These people have a history of being forcibly removed from their native homeland to go work and help build a foreign land that was not theirs.

Do you know the struggles and obstacles we face being Black in America? How can you justify being followed around a store while constantly being harassed by questions? I myself and millions of other African Americans face this dilemma on a daily basis. This paper will effectively document the occurrences African Americans face daily as well as provide ways to positively impact my community.

For many years African Americans were slaves and forced to do labor and some women were raped. After fighting the civil war many slaves were free but after the civil war they started putting African Americans into prison for minor charges. In prison they were required to work in labor to help the economy. Later on in the 20th century many African Americans did not have any rights because of the Jim Crow laws. In the Jim Crow laws you were not allowed to vote if your grandfather did not vote. Many African Americans were segregate, they were not allowed to use the same water fountain or go to the same school. However, before the Jim Crow laws many white people still discriminate African Americans. Many black people were hanged and killed for

Disenfranchisement, segregation, and oppression still existed in Southern states for African Americans in the 1960, although it has been nearly 100 years since the Emancipation Proclamation. African Americans were still segregated from classrooms, restrooms, theatres, etc. due to “Jim Crow” laws; and in 1954, the “separate but equal” doctrine was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. For hundreds of years African Americans fought for their civil rights, desegregation, and basic human rights. One significant movement in history that was major for the Civil Rights Movement era was the Freedom Rides. This was a fight to end the illegal segregation of travel. African Americans have fought tirelessly for their equal rights, desegregation and racism, and Jim Crow laws; the Freedom Rides of 1961 played a major part in the Civil Rights Movement and were one of the final movements to end segregation with public transportation.

The voice of African-Americans are continuing to be heard all over the world. Whether the speaker is a celebrity, actor, musician, or an athlete, a black icon clearly has the power to influence the people and use their popularity to do more good in the world.

African Americans have gone threw many problems in the past 200 years. Many African people were brought to America for slavery. After many years of slavery and struggle they were so called free’d. They still faced many problems like discrimination and segregation. Segregation was stopped in the 1960’s but African Americans still faced hardships. Even to this day they are still oppressed in different ways.

Dating back to the 1600’s, African Americans were treated as less than human and not equal to whites. Up until 1865, blacks were enslaved by white families. They were beaten if they chose to not listen, treated inhumanely, and forced to work against their will with no payment or appreciation. Some whites would try to justify slavery by saying they would have no home or place to sleep if they were not “working” for them. The segregation at this time was just horrendous. There were “black only” and “white only” restrooms as well as “black only” and “white only” school systems. Of course the blacks restrooms were not near as nice or clean as the whites restrooms and the black schools were inferior to the white schools. One more prime example of the awful inequality is the segregated military. Blacks were considered “less capable” of performing military acts. If a black man or women actually made it in, it was only to segregated units that only did basic infantry training. They were not allowed to call any shots, drive or ride on any tanks or hum V 's or fly any plane.

African Americans endured in these days of slavery. For the white man to mistreat them as if they were animals, is unforgiving. But we worship an awesome God and as long as the whites have repented they can be forgiven. I never thought that I would come to learn pain and disgrace of a human being (thinking they’re superior) of the other simply because of their skin color until I saw the documentary of Slave after Slave (12 years a slave documentary).

I would like to see our society change and react to the problems that still exist by firstly, realizing that African-Americans still face problems of police brutality, racism and discrimination. There are countless cases of young African-Americans being mercilessly shot, injured and killed for no reason. Moreover, they are stalked by the police and arrested for nonexistent crimes, similarly to the 1950s, when Malcolm X was arrested for sleeping with white women. Secondly, there is a large percentage of uneducated and homeless African-American population. I would love to see our society work together to help them eradicate these problems by providing more accessible opportunities for jobs and education to this community. Thirdly, technology

African Americans were slaved for over 100 years, and been segregated for over 100 years. After Civil War ended it, slavery was over but African Americans didn’t have any rights, so they received rights throughout the years. African Americans were segregated by the whites and from schools, bathrooms, stores, restaurants, and water fountains. African Americans and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. fought for their rights around the 60s. After Martin Luther King was assassinated, African Americans were given equal rights in 1968. Even though we have equal rights, African Americans are still treated unfairly.

African-American people have had to mount over many obstacles to get their standing today.  First was the selling of their people into slavery.  Then, they endured slavery itself, being treated like animals.  After slavery was abolished, colored people still had to deal with racial discrimination, demoralization, subjugation and hatred, especially colored women.  Black women have had to face unbelievable odds at obtaining self-assurance.

Slavery left a lasting impact not only on the lives of African Americans but on the idealities and actions within the white society. All throughout slavery the white race often felt superior to the blacks which led them to have the opinion that blacks are below them; therefore, they are worthless. As time went on these opinions were passed down through generations that led to what came to be known as prejudice. Furthermore, those preconceived ideas then led to actions and circumstances which negatively affected African Americans even after the abolition of slavery in antebellum Salem. Everyday things that they participated in such as taking a walk down the road, or riding the train, they were constantly ridiculed by white folk that only knew them to be disturbances. How were they do know that they were the true disturbance when they were taught all their lives that it was the blacks? Negroes were thought of to be less than them as