Essay On African Americans Freedom

Freedom is based on personal views. If someone has strict parents, they may see staying out past ten o’clock one night as freedom. However, someone who has parents that let them come and go doesn’t see staying out past ten o’clock as freedom. The African Americans viewed freedom based on everything that was occurring in society around them. Think about how many times someone has told you, you cannot do something but everyone else is doing it. That is the most frustrating thing in life, and to be able to hold your composure at the same time is even more difficult. American Americans faced this challenge every day of their lives, and top of this they faced many many hardships that built them u and made their characters stronger. Many African Americans saw owning land as freedom, so they insisted they paid their dues without pay, and they deserved the right to some of the land. This affected both black and white farmers. The whites wanted to keep their land and the blacks wanted a piece of their land that used to slave on all day. This only caused more …show more content…
Initially they came up with the phrase, "separate but equal.". At that same time, nothing was equal. White schools would receive more financial support than the black school. As far as around the world, we have a lot of work to reach equality. The next steps to reaching equality would be a strong enforcement of civil rights as well as a major restructuring of economic resources, economic opportunities, educational opportunities, and political influence. Being able between slavery, segregation, and the holocaust, a lot of people hold grudges and find it very hard to get passed some historical events. Many events still today are seen as controversial. Until we get passed seeing people by their racial difference and seeing what people aren 't instead of what they are we will not reach racial