African American Struggles

Since the beginning of the humankind, our ancestors have fought and used violence to obtain power from other people. part of our nature is to turn towards violence when faced with an obstacle.throughout history. we have encountered scenarios where one race uses violence to show superiority over another race. in the 1600s, africans were brought to the united states and here they were sold as slaves to americans. These slaves were sold to white men as property, they no longer were viewed as human being but as a piece of equipment to work on their fields. These slaves were separated from their families and culture. They worked everyday on the cotton fields under extremely harsh conditions. If they refused to work, they would be badly beaten …show more content…
After the civil war, african americans were able to obtain freedom from slavery. Despites of gaining the freedom, african americans still faced major struggles years after the civil war. The southern legislature passed laws such as the black codes which limited their rights and segregated them from the whites. Throughout the years, african americans were still being oppressed and viewed as racial minorities. They were treated poorly with little to no rights in the the american government. Every day, they reminded of their past and they were looked down upon by the society.
Segregation became a way of life for all the african americans living in the united states majorly in the south during the late 1800s. Racial segregation was a system in which african americans and white americans were separated and denied equal rights in many public facilities. Jim crow laws were put into place to encourage racial discrimination in the southern states . These laws did not allow African Americans to obtain equal opportunities in the government, education, and even in the workforce.
During the 1900s, the south became a fully segregated society and it was supported by the …show more content…
King meet with other black ministers in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the fight towards freedom. During the meeting, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was born. Dr. king was once again selected to be the president of organisation. He traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, which was called the “most thoroughly segregated big city in the United States” (51). People of color could not eat in the majority of the restaurants, go to many of the public parks or even attend nonsegregated schools. Dr. King advised the people of Birmingham to do nonviolent marches, sit ins, and boycotts to protest against the discrimination. During one of the marches that was headed to the center of Birmingham, Dr. King and two thousand demonstrators were arrested for disobeying the court's order againsts the march. After his arrest he said “...one has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws.conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws...One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly and with the willingness to accept the penalty”(36). With time, the Birmingham community began to be less segregated. On may 20, the Supreme Court declared that all of the segregation laws were

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