Civil Rights Movement In America

Slavery began in America when the first African American slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, a North American colony, in 1619. They were brought to America so they could aid in the production of lucrative crops like tobacco. Since the first year that slaves were brought to North America, slavery went on to exist for another 245 years until it was abolished in the year 1865 after the Civil War had ended and the 13th amendment was passed. The 13th amendment eradicated slavery and would only allow it if it as a form of punishment. Although slavery had ended in America, African Americans were still not treated equal to white people. When African American slaves were released from slavery most of them were not given any money, land, or means …show more content…
All of this ended with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement encompassed social movements in America whose goals were to end racial segregation, discrimination, and all other injustices against African Americans. This is one of the best things that could have happened to African Americans here in the U.S. But since this happened, has racism really ended for good? Yes black people have all the same rights as white people do but they are still racially profiled by different types of authority figures such as the police. They will seem more suspicious by just simply waking around the streets than a white person will to a police officer. Although many people believe that we live in a post-racial society for reasons like the fact that we have a black president here in the United States, racism has not ended because black people receive more punishment or have a higher chance of receiving punishment than white people do for crimes or minor offences and they have a higher chance of ending up in