Civil Rights Struggle In The Wall Between By Anne Braden

The book The Wall Between by Anne Braden tells a story of segregation in the 1950s, and how a white couple buys a home for a black couple and the fight the two couples had to go through. Housing issues during this time were critical in the fight for Civil Rights. Equal protection under the law, home values, and pressure of society are some of the reasons housing was an issue the Civil Rights struggle. Braden shines light on how the housing issue was struggle for the Wade family and violent acts made towards. Anne and Carl Braden were a white family who lives in Louisville, Kentucky The Wades, who lived in the same town, were unable to purchase the home that they felt was a good fit to raise their family in. The Wades approached the Braden’s …show more content…
Andrew Wade fought hard to keep his home, which was a step forward towards desegregation and Civil Rights . Once he sold his home and moved elsewhere that is when his fight came to a halt. The Braden family helped move forward with desegregation when they bought the home for the Wades. The Braden 's were a family who stood up for what they believed, no matter the pressures of society. What we have going on not only in this book everywhere in the south is an equality issue in the time of the 1950s. White people just seeing color, and automatically assuming trouble follows. Many people were set in their ways when it came towards black families moving into white neighborhoods. Housing prices would go up if a black family wanted to buy a home. Many times reality companies would do this to try and detour a black family from buying a home. They are only so many homes built for black families during this time. It was hard for a black family to find a good home. Also, African Americans were not equally protected with law protection, and were not taken as serious when crimes were committed to them. I feel as though the violent acts made towards Andrew Wade were not taken as seriously as they could have been. White people still had preconceived notion toward blacks, and this was a hard thing for people to change since they were set in their ways. Some white …show more content…
It shows the many aspects of how hard of a fight it is to find a good home to raise a family. Equal protection, pressures of society and home values where points in the struggle of Civil Rights. The Bradens tried to an African American family, but do the those things it lead to trouble and harsh back lash. Braden showed the many things her family and the Wade family went through to over come the race barrier in Louisville, Kentucky.She brought light to how cruel and violent people could be for doing a favor for a