Segregation
Imagine being segregated by society every day by the color of your skin. African Americans commonly faced challenges including, hate and abuse from white people. Most white people were always brought up to stay away from the blacks and not to be involved with them. In the 1930’s, African American rights were negatively impacted by segregation through transportation, education, and voting rights. African Americans lacked transportation rights. “Before she reached her destination, she quietly set off a social revolution when the bus driver instructed her to move back, and she refused. Rosa Parks, an African-American, was arrested that day for violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses” (National Archives …show more content…
“ Even with military protection, many black voters had been intimidated (threatened) and cheated of their votes. The intimidation grew violent and that violence became organized in the form of such groups as the Ku Klux Klan” (Brannen). Black voters were forced to vote for who the white people said. If they did not then there would be a consequence. Violence was very big when the Ku Klux Klan was around. They would torture the blacks if they did not do what they said. African Americans had the right to vote but there was no purpose in it because white people would tell them who to vote for. The blacks did not have a secret ballot so everyone could see who they voted for which means if they did not vote for who the whites wanted then there would be violence. “A “grandfather clause” required all voters to show that their ancestors could vote in 1866, before the post—Civil War/Reconstruction era” (Brannen). If African Americans did not have a “grandfather clause” then they could not vote. If African Americans did have this then the whites would find ways around to make sure the African Americans vote does not count or to vote for who the whites wanted by threatening them.
Through transportation, education, and voting rights, African Americans lives were negatively impacted and had a challenging lifestyle. African Americans grew up in a way many people did not, but by this process it taught them a lot about themselves. Today African Americans get the opportunity to have the same education, job, and rights just as any white person would. This makes who African Americans are today, tough, hardworking, and
Imagine being segregated by society every day by the color of your skin. African Americans commonly faced challenges including, hate and abuse from white people. Most white people were always brought up to stay away from the blacks and not to be involved with them. In the 1930’s, African American rights were negatively impacted by segregation through transportation, education, and voting rights. African Americans lacked transportation rights. “Before she reached her destination, she quietly set off a social revolution when the bus driver instructed her to move back, and she refused. Rosa Parks, an African-American, was arrested that day for violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses” (National Archives …show more content…
“ Even with military protection, many black voters had been intimidated (threatened) and cheated of their votes. The intimidation grew violent and that violence became organized in the form of such groups as the Ku Klux Klan” (Brannen). Black voters were forced to vote for who the white people said. If they did not then there would be a consequence. Violence was very big when the Ku Klux Klan was around. They would torture the blacks if they did not do what they said. African Americans had the right to vote but there was no purpose in it because white people would tell them who to vote for. The blacks did not have a secret ballot so everyone could see who they voted for which means if they did not vote for who the whites wanted then there would be violence. “A “grandfather clause” required all voters to show that their ancestors could vote in 1866, before the post—Civil War/Reconstruction era” (Brannen). If African Americans did not have a “grandfather clause” then they could not vote. If African Americans did have this then the whites would find ways around to make sure the African Americans vote does not count or to vote for who the whites wanted by threatening them.
Through transportation, education, and voting rights, African Americans lives were negatively impacted and had a challenging lifestyle. African Americans grew up in a way many people did not, but by this process it taught them a lot about themselves. Today African Americans get the opportunity to have the same education, job, and rights just as any white person would. This makes who African Americans are today, tough, hardworking, and