African Americans Fight For Freedom

The slavery of African people in the United States of America started in 1619. According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr, only 338000 out of 12.5 million Africans were shipped to North America.1 African slaves always did the hardest jobs such as aid in production of sugar or tobacco crops. White people purchased African people and worked them to death. Most of the African people were treated such as animals in 16th century. African Americans have been fighting for an equality for many centuries. There were many people in the history that tried to stop the slavery. Many African American people gave up their lives for freedom and freedom of their children. In 18th century, after the US nation approached its third year of bloody civil war, the Emancipation Proclamation was presented and signed by the president Abraham Lincoln that stated “all …show more content…
Rosa’s childhood was full of discrimination. According to ‘Rosa Parks Biography’, “Rosa went on to attend a segregated, one-room school in Pine Level, Alabama, that often lacked many school supplies such as desks. African American students were forced to walk from home to school starting from the 1st grade through the 6th grade, while the city of Pine Level provided a bus transportation as well as a new school building for white students”.2 Since Rosa Parks could not do anything about it at such a young age and had get over it. ‘Rosa Parks Biography’ states that, “In 1932, at age 19, Rosa met and married Raymond Parks, a barber and an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People”.3 Starting from the young age, Rosa was actively involved into civil right issues by joining the NAACP in Montgomery in 1943. These activities helped her become strong and motivated. Her past experience fighting against discrimination at a young age, motivated many African American youths to fight against discrimination during the civil rights movement in