America is the home of the brave and the land of the free right? Men, Women and children were discriminated against because of the amount of melon in their skin. Their skin complexion is not something that proves that they are less intelligent or less worthy of living. Since America is the land of the free, why do people of color live under oppression? From the 1880s to the 1960s, America had enforced by the Jim Crow laws(Nps), which caused segregation. The laws were simply put in place so that one race felt more superior to the other; in this case whites believed that they were more human than African-Americans. Jim Crow laws lasted for 80 years, during that time it stopped most interactions between both races there had separate hospitals,
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The Campaign was the spark that was much needed to light the fire of the civil rights movement. In December 1 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, Rosa parks refuses to give up her sit to a white man. This is the cause of many bus boycotts in Montgomery (infoplease). September 1957, 9 black students were blocked from entering an all-white high school, this event was eventually known as the “little rock nine”(infoplease). Dismantling the Jim Crow laws was easier said than done because it took many boycotts and events like this to finally revoke these unjust laws. Society during post World War ll was beginning to take shape as the Civil Rights movements. Iconic people such as Martin Luther king, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks have done everything in their power put the end to the Jim Crow laws. The movement was not only trying to stop black oppression but also to bring the country together no matter if they were white, black, or any other race. The movement brought two groups of people that wouldn’t ever meet in America. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 finally ended the legal sanctions to Jim Crow …show more content…
The destiny of the Double V Campaign has been fulfilled. Although one thing has been overlooked is the oppression of colored people that still continues. The death of Michael Brown and other blacks men sparked protests across the nation the hashtag black lives matter has become the title of the new movement. It’s been 50 years since the Jim Crow laws have been abolished but it still hunts parts of the U.S. In a new form “police brutality". Blacks make up 13% of the nation 's population but 40% of blacks are imprisoned. The continuation of killing unarmed black men proves that a percentage of Americans are overlooking the real problem with racial bias. This causes many Black Americans afraid to walk out of their home knowing that they might never return. Protests rocked the nation from Ferguson to New York, from Detroit to Seattle. This is another example of the racial gap between both races that still blinds most Americans about what is really
The Campaign was the spark that was much needed to light the fire of the civil rights movement. In December 1 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, Rosa parks refuses to give up her sit to a white man. This is the cause of many bus boycotts in Montgomery (infoplease). September 1957, 9 black students were blocked from entering an all-white high school, this event was eventually known as the “little rock nine”(infoplease). Dismantling the Jim Crow laws was easier said than done because it took many boycotts and events like this to finally revoke these unjust laws. Society during post World War ll was beginning to take shape as the Civil Rights movements. Iconic people such as Martin Luther king, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks have done everything in their power put the end to the Jim Crow laws. The movement was not only trying to stop black oppression but also to bring the country together no matter if they were white, black, or any other race. The movement brought two groups of people that wouldn’t ever meet in America. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 finally ended the legal sanctions to Jim Crow …show more content…
The destiny of the Double V Campaign has been fulfilled. Although one thing has been overlooked is the oppression of colored people that still continues. The death of Michael Brown and other blacks men sparked protests across the nation the hashtag black lives matter has become the title of the new movement. It’s been 50 years since the Jim Crow laws have been abolished but it still hunts parts of the U.S. In a new form “police brutality". Blacks make up 13% of the nation 's population but 40% of blacks are imprisoned. The continuation of killing unarmed black men proves that a percentage of Americans are overlooking the real problem with racial bias. This causes many Black Americans afraid to walk out of their home knowing that they might never return. Protests rocked the nation from Ferguson to New York, from Detroit to Seattle. This is another example of the racial gap between both races that still blinds most Americans about what is really