The Importance Of Equality, By W. B. Dubois

WEB Dubois wrote an essay stating that African Americans and minorities should work hard due to the fact that our ancestors went through so much to get their goal accomplished. Do you agree with him? I do agree with him. Many of our ancestors have been through slavery, segregation and many other brutal events. Since we don 't have to go through, the equal amount of challenges, we should do everything in our power to accomplish what we want in life. Slavery is one of the struggles African Americans had to go through. Many human beings, from elders to newborns were considered property. According to Stefan Burry "Slavery lasted for over 400 years in the United States and 2.5 million slaves were taken with force from their homes in Africa". …show more content…
African Americans have planned protest, rallies, peaceful riots and sit-ins. African Americans would sit in restaurants, movies, churches and other business, until they were allowed to enter through the front door and eat anywhere they liked in the building just like everyone else. Eventually store owners lost so much money that they allowed African Americans the same benefits as the rest. A quote taken from Eric Foner stated that "In the turbulent decade and a half that followed, Civil Rights activists use nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about charge. Finally with the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 segregation was ended". What he is saying is minorities ended segregation in a nonviolent way. There was no fighting, fires or outbreaks everything was done in a responsible and orderly fashion way. For the rallies they held up signs and walked across the town all linked together as a team. When stopped by authority no one threw a punch or talked back. They simply voiced what they were asking for. The peace and determination from the people put an end to segregation in 1968. Although, segregation was put to an end, there are still struggles till this day for