African Americans In The 1970's

Indeed, progressive era reformed the government major problems in the country, but they failed to end racial discrimination. Even thought African Americans helped the War World I and War World II, but they were not threated equally as human being in the south. Although whites and black had same mission to fight against Germany and bring democracy during World War I, but black soldiers were segregated from the whites and their commanders were white to control them. When the Great War ended, black people were still suffered from the racism in the south. However, African American fought for the freedom and democracy shoulder by shoulder in the battlefield against Germany, they were still threated as slaves and segregated from social activities

This time in the post World War II era, many African Americans had began to become a more urbanized center of population, around 1970. (Inmotionaame, pg. 1) The regular population included about 70 percent of just the natural population to live in more urbanized cities. (Inmotionaame, pg. 1) Soon African Americans dominated, having 80 percent of their community to live and take the same benefits in more urbanized centers of the Unites States. (Inmotionaame, pg. 2) Only about 53 percent of African Americans and others who seemed to migrate stayed in the same area around the South. (Inmotionaame, pg. 2)

At this point in my thinking, I do not think that we can do anything to stop the bleeding. I do believe that Obama’s presidency has awakened the core feelings of many white people in this country. I am saying many white people, because there are only a few coming forward to speak out against the injustices, which are pervasive in this country and throughout the world.

When African Americans involuntarily arrived in the United Sates, they were sold as slaves, deprived of their heritage, and were separated from their families. The dehumanization of slavery over four hundred years, strategically kept the African American at the bottom of both the social and economic realm. The historical ramifications over this period in United States history would prove to be detrimental to the institution of education in the United States for African Americans and would create an achievement gap that would be almost impossible to close.

Many African-Americans faced huge struggles years after the civil war. Their journey for racial equality began during the Reconstruction Era. The Civil War gave slaves freedom, a new set of huge challenges were put into play in the South. Under President Andrew Johnson, there were many new southern state legislatures that passed “black codes” to control most of the labor and behavior of the former slaves. Outrage in the North over these restrictive codes destroyed support for presidential reconstruction. There are many events, influential leaders, and court cases that created change in the sixties for African-Americans

Things that you would never believe happened to blacks in the 1940s. In 1946, African–American soldiers that had jest came back from war were being lynched. The average lynching of black soldiers were about one lynch per week. There were cases where black soldiers were waiting at the train

During the 70s women, African Americans and Native Americans were still fighting for their equality. People were also protesting the ongoing Vietnam War. The 70’s were a big time for scientific research. Just in the year 1977, scientist discovered legionnaire's disease and started using insulin. The 1970’s was also a big time for hippies fighting for peace, love and happiness. In 1969 President Nixon proposed a Family Assistance Plan that would give families about $1,600 of benefits per month.However, the plan did not pass the congress in 1970 nor in 1972. In the 70’s the US had an energy crisis, which in return made oil go up from $3 a barrel to $12 in a matter of months.

There was a period of prosperity for middle-class white Americans after WWII war efforts pulled the economy out of the great depression, bringing about an air of security and stability that generated social changes. However, the threat of nuclear war, fears of communist influence, and McCarthyism proved these feelings of safety and stability false, leaving many Americans to question the validity of these threats and the government or, if it was instead a means to control the population through fear and anxiety. In the late 1950’s a national uprising against cultural inadequacy and civil injustice had begun, although improvements were made concerning racial equality, such as Brown v The Board of Education and integration of the US military,

Throughout the past couple hundred years, countless battles have been fought in order to eliminate race as a social divider. Perhaps the most influential time frame for African-Americans in the United States would be from 1940-1970. During this time in America, Blacks everywhere were fighting against segregation and discrimination of their race. Consequently, the timeline of events that occurred during this time uncovers the numerous battles that African-American people fought in order to gain their freedom, and their rights as Americans. While these battles seemed everlasting, African-Americans were more persistent than ever in their actions, and because of that, they succeeded. As African-American writer Margaret Walker once said, “Handicapped as we have been by a racist system of dehumanizing slavery and segregation, our American history of nearly five hundred years reveals that our cultural and spiritual gifts brought from our African past are still intact”. The majority of America attempted to suppress African-Americans in the mid-twentieth century, but as a group, they grew stronger than ever. Icons such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and John F. Kennedy had extraordinary positive influences on the fight against segregation and discrimination in The United States of America. These great Americans pushed against the severe issues that African-Americans were facing, and refused to give up until changes were made. With pressures such as the Brown vs. Board of

African Americans have fought for equality for a long period of time against desegregation and racism. It was an era where blacks couldn’t have the same rights as a white individual. African American were treated with hate and anger. The Civil Rights Movement is embodied in dramatic recorded speeches. Speeches like “I have A Dream”, the “Black Revolution”, and “Black Power’ and Coalition Politics. These speeches were written by great leaders. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and Bayard Rusting were just some of the wise leaders of the Civil Rights. However, these influential leaders had a different view on how things had to be done during the civil rights movement.

The history of the United States is a series of many current social changes that have occurred. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960’s was one of the most significant and important for the equality of all people. Because of the abolition of slavery in 1863, many continuous conflict between races of people that live in the United States, rights were violated on a consistent basis, mainly because of the color of that person’s skin tone. Unfortunately the changes that the movement fought on had sparked up a violent opposition from many white southerners which led to violent deaths, many of the famous leaders in the Civil Rights Movement were brutally assassinated. Which two distinct groups of black activists were emerged, one group was rather violent, and one believed in peaceful nonviolent resistance. One group were militant who demanded change or they threatened with violent activity. The Black Panthers, as great example of this type of organization emerged, although they did preach violence, this organization also provided some much needed child care infrastructure to many black citizens all over the country. Other groups like the Muslims also posed a violent threat, Malcolm X being one

Since colonialism, blacks have been subjected to white standards of beauty. For African Americans, gaining acceptance in society was once synonymous with whitening one’s appearance. Throughout African American history, black women have styled their hair in order to avoid shame and mortification and attempt to appear under American standards of beauty. For example, during slavery, slaves were required to change their hair to resemble white beauty standards. Changes in hairstyles varied between light-skinned and dark-skinned slaves due to their working positions. In the 1970s, during the Black Power movement, idealisms of black beauty changed and the afro was worn as an act of rebellion and a symbol of black power. Despite the movement, relaxers were still ubiquitous in black barber shops and salons. Not until recently has the use of relaxers dwindled and more African Americans are deciding to wear their hair natural. While the current natural hair movement may not be an act of rebellion, it does represent how African Americans ideas about black beauty have changed. Where at once point blacks chose to wear their hair in a certain manner for political reasons, or due to unconscious attempts to style themselves after white American beauty standards, modern day blacks are styling their hair for personal reasons. Today African Americans can find an innumerable amount of resources for natural hair now that the movement is flourishing. Naturalists can find support through online

The struggle for equal civil rights was not a new phenomenon in 1960s. The struggle was carried on for many years but it gained unprecedented momentum in 1960s (Ackerman, 2014). At that time, the movement was converted into classic ‘Good VS Evil” war. The core purpose of the movement included obtaining equal rights for African-American population and ending the segregation. However, the support was not limited to Black Americans only and the movement was also supported by millions of White Americans (Petkov, 2014). Main opponents of the movement were sheriffs and different White mobs.

On August 28, 1963, in a monumental moment in American history, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his powerful “I Have A Dream” speech in front of a crowd of over 250,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital. The year 1963 is of particular interest to me because it comes just 3 years after the end of the 1950s, a period that to this day receives mixed analysis when examined. To many the 1950s was considered to be America’s so called ‘happy days,’ but to others like Martin Luther King Jr. and the thousands of civil rights protestors that followed him and other leaders, the 1950s marked a period of social injustice and racial oppression. “I have a dream...” said Dr. King “that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’” (King, 1964) It was not even a year later after delivering these famous words that on July 2nd, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed The Civil Rights of 1964 into law which permanently ended legal discrimination against individuals based on race, gender, nationality, and religion. While we would all love to say that the story ended there as Americans graciously accepted the new laws and lived out the rest of their lives in harmony with all other Americans, that is not the case. In 1965 peaceful African-American protesters in Selma, Alabama were beaten and assaulted by white policeman in what was later

From the 1930s to the 1960s, many events, such as World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement took place. During World War II, Japanese Americans were wrongfully interned, African Americans were discriminated against in the military and the workforce, and American citizens were lied to about the Manhattan Project. Within the Cold War, as well as the Post World War II era, The Un-american Activities Committee was formed, women were discriminated against in the workforce, and African Americans faced racism from those who dealt with the GI Bill of Rights. From the 1950s to the 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement, Emmett Till’s murderers and the Ku Klux Klan members who bombed a church were not found guilty, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. These events did not show the core values that the United States does not always adhere and promote the democratic values of liberty, equality, and justice upon which it was founded in a moral, political, and social standpoint.