Segregation: An Example Of An Unjust Law

Equality was once a repulsive concept within America, today it seems to be a foregone conclusion. Indeed, we have made so many strides in the way that we view race that it seems a gross misstep every time that it needs to be addressed. Even our President, an African American who overcame tremendous odds to rise to the highest office does not have the answers to our issues with race, rather he calls on us all to “ask some tough questions about how we can permit so many of our children to languish in poverty, or attend dilapidated schools, or grow up without prospects for a job or for a career.” For most, these questions point to sources outside of themselves, but perhaps there a bit of introspection is the answer. Systematic segregation can

Upon being elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln sought the abolition of slavery. The Confederate states were against this, so they started a Civil War between them and the Union states. The Union states won, but the Confederate states did not take it lightly. The white people discriminated and segregated black people. The black people had separate schools, drinking fountains, and eating establishments. The Jim Crow Laws promoted segregation and violence and as time went on the Civil Rights Movement came about.

The Supreme Court’s support for segregation in public transportation, decided in Plessy v. Ferguson, surged the implementation of the “separate but equal” doctrine into an array of facilities affecting everyday lives, including schools. The facilities and schools reserved for Blacks were strikingly separate but not equal to the services available for Whites. Blacks received out-dated, hand-me-down textbooks, school buildings lacked stability and comfort and Black students overall, were not given the same opportunities as White students. Whether the tangible inequalities such as the textbooks or desks were significant or not, “the comfortable assumption of the biological, cultural, and social superiority of the white race” proved to not

For instance, source C states, “Public schools for black children receive less funding, less maintenance, and less teacher training. Things like colored bathrooms were poorly constructed and rarely cleaned. Despite this, states recognized them as separate but equal.”. This shows that the blacks and whites were not treated equally even though they said everyone was “separate but equal”. Additionally both races knew that they weren't “separate but equal” and they both knew that the colored people were inferior. Furthermore, source C states, “The Jim Crow laws also led to the disenfranchisement of African American voters. States passed laws requiring literacy or history tests, background checks, proof of land ownership, or other complex processes just to register to vote.” This shows that, simple actions such as voting and applying for jobs was difficult as an African American. Also, this shows that white people didn’t trust black people enough to even give them a job or their freedom to vote. In conclusion, segregation is unfair treatment towards the segregated

During the time that Lerone Bennett wrote his article, Lincoln, a White Supremacist, the Civil Rights Movement was occurring. Those of African American descent were fighting for their right of equality. African Americans were treated poorly by the means of “Separate but equal.” Segregation, forcing one group to be inferior to another, was very widespread. Bennett, being of African American descent, would have faced the unfair, but “equal” rules of the time. Bennett is a prolific writer and a social historian. Bennett graduated from Morehouse College in 1949 and was an executive editor of Ebony Magazine. The main idea of Bennett’s article is, is Abraham Lincoln a white supremacist? Bennett’s purpose is quite clear. He is trying to persuade the

A third way a law can be unjust is a “. . .code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself” (243). The white people were the majority and inflicted segregation on the African American minority. The social context was set that whites could not interact with African Americans. The law of segregation was not a law in which the white people would impose upon themselves if they were within the minority. So, this would mean that segregation can again be viewed as unjust.

Race is invisible to white, because they don’t have to think about it. When white people are in poverty, they never think to consider their skin color as a factor to why they are. Whites are mostly oblivious to this happening in general, because it does not happen to them.

An educator and social activist, who was a professor at Morehouse and the first black president at ATL Univ. A slave who bought ATL Mutual Insurance and turned it into a multi-million dollar company, and became the wealthiest African American. Supreme Court case that made “separate but equal” the law of the land. Laws passed in the south calling for segregation. A term used to describe the South after reconstruction where scientific farming and more industry would put the South on a new economic path. To take the right to vote away from someone or some group. Anti-Jewish prejudice. The Democratic Party's rule of 1900 that that its primaries for statewide office

During the early 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama was considered to be one of the most racially divided cities in the United States despite the city's population of approximately 350,000 people and 60 percent being white and 40 percent being African Americans. Birmingham, Alabama’s law enforcement, firefighters, salesperson in department stores, school bus drivers, bank tellers, and cashiers had no employed African Americans. African Americans who were secretaries were not allowed to work for white professionals. Many jobs available for African Americans consisted of manual labor in factories, provided maid and yard services, or working in other African American neighborhoods. Jobs that had to lay off employees for whatever reasons would often lay

In King’s letter from the Birmingham Jail, he stated that there are two types of laws, just and unjust laws. “An unjust law is a code inflicted upon a minority which that minority had no part in enacting or creating…” The laws in Birmingham were unjust because black

For decades, segregation was a normal thing across the United States. Though considered “equal”, the treatment of African Americans by whites were not. African Americans would be arrested and fined if they crossed the lines or if they refused to obey commands. They were limited from doing many things that they should have been able to do. Their opinions were ignored, too. The unfair judgement of others based on their skin color is unfair and erroneous, no matter the circumstances.

im Crow was used to describe the segregation laws, the rules and customs which began after the reconstruction that ended in 1877. It was associated with the black codes.

Although the government was mostly white, they did a lot to protect minorities, like black people, against the majority, like white people. They created laws and reversed laws. The help of the government allowed the United States to be the integrated country it is today.

In the past white people would treat blacks with disrespect. They would call them names,make fun of their skin color,and more. Also, white people would have more right and more say to things than blacks. The blacks at the time didn’t have much respect ,or as much rights as whites. Segregation is wrong

The fight for the abolition of slavery was a big battle but the one for racial segregation was a bitter one. “Race should not be a source of power or advantage or disadvantage for anyone in a free society” (Steele, page509). It is quite difficult to understand that America a nation of freedom, liberty and opportunities could have allowed some people to be oppressed. Even in the court of law the injustice persisted. “Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts” (Letter from a Birmingham Jail).