The end of the Civil War marked the birth of a new era that would become known as the period of Reconstruction in United States history. Despite the Union’s victory and the end of legalized slavery, southern minority groups affected by slavery, especially African Americans, found little respite from oppression (Eric Foner 567). White supremacy rose in the south as restrictive legislation such as the Black Codes and the Jim Crow Laws maintained the deep color divide . Such laws only fueled the fire, leading to extreme discrimination and segregation against newly emancipated blacks (Foner 7). The attainment of property has been and still is a continuous battle that African Americans face daily against a white elitist society. This situation brings
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The Housing Act of 1937, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, addressed the physically horrid public housing environments. The legislation ordered that any new government funded housing units built were to be inspected, and if they did not meet state expectations, then they were to be closed. These newly enacted standards were therefore left up to local land developers and officials. The authorization of power at the local community level had a huge impact on the continued support of segregated housing. Investors and landowners were able to chose whether or not they favored subsidized housing to be part of the neighborhood. While the act did indeed guarantee better quality of housing for many within the African American community, it failed to cease publicly supported segregation within the housing market (“ Historical Shift from Explicit”). America pressed on, only to battle civil rights legislation for many more …show more content…
These individuals have also expressed concern about making their dreams of equality more of a reality in American life. Another area of discussion is education, as the effects that institutionalized education will endure in the death of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The education system ultimately remains divided today. The majority of funding is provided through state and local taxpayers. Levies and bounds are passed based on voters and local property values. The system is designed in a way that creates many disadvantages for minority students that carry over into their education (“Who Pays for Education?”). If the housing market allows for segregation, schools will grow to become more color divided. It has also been reported that the general public is concerned that the termination of the bill will take individuals back to living in pre-civil war America. Is that really true though? History does not merely repeat itself; rather, the patterns within history do
The Housing Act of 1937, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, addressed the physically horrid public housing environments. The legislation ordered that any new government funded housing units built were to be inspected, and if they did not meet state expectations, then they were to be closed. These newly enacted standards were therefore left up to local land developers and officials. The authorization of power at the local community level had a huge impact on the continued support of segregated housing. Investors and landowners were able to chose whether or not they favored subsidized housing to be part of the neighborhood. While the act did indeed guarantee better quality of housing for many within the African American community, it failed to cease publicly supported segregation within the housing market (“ Historical Shift from Explicit”). America pressed on, only to battle civil rights legislation for many more …show more content…
These individuals have also expressed concern about making their dreams of equality more of a reality in American life. Another area of discussion is education, as the effects that institutionalized education will endure in the death of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The education system ultimately remains divided today. The majority of funding is provided through state and local taxpayers. Levies and bounds are passed based on voters and local property values. The system is designed in a way that creates many disadvantages for minority students that carry over into their education (“Who Pays for Education?”). If the housing market allows for segregation, schools will grow to become more color divided. It has also been reported that the general public is concerned that the termination of the bill will take individuals back to living in pre-civil war America. Is that really true though? History does not merely repeat itself; rather, the patterns within history do