Martin Luther King had spent a majority of his life preaching about freedom and equality. Although he did not get to live to see that we have achieved his dream we have made a difference throughout all the years and ended segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King ¨ I have a dream speech.¨ King had made the heroic and historic speech on August 28 1963. His speech was about wanting equality and freedom for all people of America. He wanted to achieve his dream of freedom for all men and women by using nonviolent acts of protest. Martin Luther King’s dream has been achieved greatly with the supporting ideas of equal rights, end of segregation, and a black president. Segregation has been abolished not only in schools but also in social events. Schools
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The United States Congress have passed laws that protect the rights of African Americans. These types of laws allow them to be free of segregation and live equally to everyone around them. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an example of how African Americans have equal right (Racism Timeline.) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not a one year law, the Congress continuously renews this act. The Fair Housing Act which is also known as the title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals and families from discrimination in the sale rental financing or advertising of housing (Fair Housing Act).This act also disallows discrimination regarding race, color, religion, family status, and national origin . Another example of a law passing that is in the favor of African Americans is The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed in 1972. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed to help people obtain jobs without being judged on the color of their skin, family background, nationality, and religion. These laws that were passed were just some examples that I had chose to display. There are multiple other laws and acts that help to maintain the freedom and equality for not only african americans but for all …show more content…
Yes we still have these problems that exist but we have made even more improvement. We now have a black president that runs the United States of America, with President Obama being in office he has helped to improve equality and freedom. He has helped to have a positive change on the people. There are still problems in the world but they all don’t apply to African Americans. We are never going to have a perfect and equal justice system. There are always going to be biased people in the world but then again that applies to all races, religions, and
The United States Congress have passed laws that protect the rights of African Americans. These types of laws allow them to be free of segregation and live equally to everyone around them. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an example of how African Americans have equal right (Racism Timeline.) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not a one year law, the Congress continuously renews this act. The Fair Housing Act which is also known as the title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals and families from discrimination in the sale rental financing or advertising of housing (Fair Housing Act).This act also disallows discrimination regarding race, color, religion, family status, and national origin . Another example of a law passing that is in the favor of African Americans is The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed in 1972. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed to help people obtain jobs without being judged on the color of their skin, family background, nationality, and religion. These laws that were passed were just some examples that I had chose to display. There are multiple other laws and acts that help to maintain the freedom and equality for not only african americans but for all …show more content…
Yes we still have these problems that exist but we have made even more improvement. We now have a black president that runs the United States of America, with President Obama being in office he has helped to improve equality and freedom. He has helped to have a positive change on the people. There are still problems in the world but they all don’t apply to African Americans. We are never going to have a perfect and equal justice system. There are always going to be biased people in the world but then again that applies to all races, religions, and