People of African descent have long endured torment under the oppressive system of America, riding a perpetual roller-coaster of unjust events from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. The idea that whites were superior beings shaped economic, political, and social institutions throughout the nascent nation. For more than 200 years, black people were used as a means to monetary gains and were seen as an industry; thus, it is apparent why whites were reluctant to freeing slaves because they provided sustainable income. Soon thereafter the country became split in views towards slavery-- the Confederacy and the Union-- and fought during the Civil War to ultimately decide whether or not to end slavery. Once blacks attained freedom there were still
