Color Barrier Broken
The end of slavery should have been the beginning of a better way of life for Black Americans, instead it sparked a whole new set of problems. Americans today do not fully understand the hardships and troubles many faced one hundred and twenty years ago, during the time of legal segregation. Biased media and government verdicts tore apart countless Negro families. Intelligence, capability, and talent are all qualities both Caucasians and African Americans share. But civilization was blinded by the color of skin, posing excessive controversy regarding equal rights. Segregation within our country thrived throughout the 1880s causing a major dilemma that Jackie Robinson was able to fight through by playing our nations sport, …show more content…
Ferguson case of 1896. Plessy bought a first-class ticket to ride the train and boarded a "whites only" car (Plessy v. Ferguson). After Plessy took a seat in the whites-only car, he was asked to remove himself, and sit in the blacks-only car. Plessy refused and was arrested instantly. He was charged and had to pay a fine (Plessy v. Ferguson). That was until in 1954 the Supreme Court reversed Plessy’s case. Under the new law, segregation in public schools was illegal, and by postponement, that ruling was applied to other public facilities. In the years following, subsequent decisions struck down similar kinds of Jim Crow legislation (Plessy v. …show more content…
Robinson was at Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 with his son. Robinson encouraged many people after him to take a stand in what they believe in and are able to accomplish much with persistence. Namely, Hazel Scott, the first black women to have her own television show, the Rosa Parks incident, Desegregation at little Rock, due to Brown vs Board, and Robinson also marched and supported Martin Luther King’s during the time of his “I Have a Dream,” speech. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act desegregated restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, communities and etc. Robinson ensured many business ventures to help advance his fellow African American brothers and sisters in commerce and industry. One notable company was the Jackie Robinson’s Construction Company, which was designed to build housing for low-income families. Furthermore Mr. Robinson became a well-liked spokesperson for civil rights, athletic, and for other causes. Without Robinson's pioneering ways, America would be a different
The end of slavery should have been the beginning of a better way of life for Black Americans, instead it sparked a whole new set of problems. Americans today do not fully understand the hardships and troubles many faced one hundred and twenty years ago, during the time of legal segregation. Biased media and government verdicts tore apart countless Negro families. Intelligence, capability, and talent are all qualities both Caucasians and African Americans share. But civilization was blinded by the color of skin, posing excessive controversy regarding equal rights. Segregation within our country thrived throughout the 1880s causing a major dilemma that Jackie Robinson was able to fight through by playing our nations sport, …show more content…
Ferguson case of 1896. Plessy bought a first-class ticket to ride the train and boarded a "whites only" car (Plessy v. Ferguson). After Plessy took a seat in the whites-only car, he was asked to remove himself, and sit in the blacks-only car. Plessy refused and was arrested instantly. He was charged and had to pay a fine (Plessy v. Ferguson). That was until in 1954 the Supreme Court reversed Plessy’s case. Under the new law, segregation in public schools was illegal, and by postponement, that ruling was applied to other public facilities. In the years following, subsequent decisions struck down similar kinds of Jim Crow legislation (Plessy v. …show more content…
Robinson was at Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 with his son. Robinson encouraged many people after him to take a stand in what they believe in and are able to accomplish much with persistence. Namely, Hazel Scott, the first black women to have her own television show, the Rosa Parks incident, Desegregation at little Rock, due to Brown vs Board, and Robinson also marched and supported Martin Luther King’s during the time of his “I Have a Dream,” speech. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act desegregated restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, communities and etc. Robinson ensured many business ventures to help advance his fellow African American brothers and sisters in commerce and industry. One notable company was the Jackie Robinson’s Construction Company, which was designed to build housing for low-income families. Furthermore Mr. Robinson became a well-liked spokesperson for civil rights, athletic, and for other causes. Without Robinson's pioneering ways, America would be a different