Throughout history, African Americans were oppressed, dehumanized, and treated unfairly. Jim Crow Laws was a system of segregation that prohibited African Americans from being equal to white Americans. It made the lives of African Americans much more rigorous. To combat the Jim Crow segregation, African Americans had to established their own identity and organized themselves by joining unions, educating themselves, and involving in political issues.
The Jim Crow system, each laws was put in place to disrupt the chance of progress of African Americans lives, they slowly started to lose their identities. Overtime, the basic rights African Americans became nonexistent. For Example, losing their rights to vote by administrating literacy tests and poll taxes with informal loopholes and trick questions to discriminate, silenced and oppressed the black Americans. Taking voting away is taking away African American freedom since they would have no say of any laws that threatens their rights.
For Black Americans to find their own identity, meaning that they had to get an education. But …show more content…
It was a way to keep the Black Americans from rising. African Americans were very much aware; this leads to the next argument in PSD’s “Young Radical Proposed an Economic Program for the NAACP in 1935”. It was a way to fight segregation in the industry organized by Negros for their outstanding accomplishments. The association of colored railroad employees wants to increase pay for colored train men. Their goal was to stop discrimination against Negros employees, fight Ku Klux Klan member, attempt to force cotton picking Negros to accept lower wages. The association created rules and discussed problems to address them and take actions if necessary. It made its branches as center of education and the use ballot in local
The Jim Crow system, each laws was put in place to disrupt the chance of progress of African Americans lives, they slowly started to lose their identities. Overtime, the basic rights African Americans became nonexistent. For Example, losing their rights to vote by administrating literacy tests and poll taxes with informal loopholes and trick questions to discriminate, silenced and oppressed the black Americans. Taking voting away is taking away African American freedom since they would have no say of any laws that threatens their rights.
For Black Americans to find their own identity, meaning that they had to get an education. But …show more content…
It was a way to keep the Black Americans from rising. African Americans were very much aware; this leads to the next argument in PSD’s “Young Radical Proposed an Economic Program for the NAACP in 1935”. It was a way to fight segregation in the industry organized by Negros for their outstanding accomplishments. The association of colored railroad employees wants to increase pay for colored train men. Their goal was to stop discrimination against Negros employees, fight Ku Klux Klan member, attempt to force cotton picking Negros to accept lower wages. The association created rules and discussed problems to address them and take actions if necessary. It made its branches as center of education and the use ballot in local