“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay the tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and you have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.” (KJ21, Matthew 23:23) In his speech, “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July,” Frederick Douglass reminds his audience that there is much work to be done in abolishing the slave trade and much of that work revolves around treating all people with the same amount of respect. Douglass begins by regaling the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society with the world famous stories of how the underdogs, the forefathers, rose against oppression in unimaginable circumstances to successfully annex the thirteen colonies
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Within 11 years, the Civil War would be fought over the states rights to determine their position on slavery, and the attitude would not change much regarding the freed black people. Many problems would arise from this one single action. Many black people would find themselves without a home, work, or even daily bread, and would eventually find themselves working again for the same masters they previously served. The only difference was that they were receiving a working wage, no matter how small. Cities would continue to develop and as black people generally earned a lower income, entire sections of cities would have a low income section dedicated to the poorest white folk and the black population. The books, “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett and “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee both offer an accurate portrayal of life for black folk in rural and urban settings. In 1869, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution declared that it is the right of the people to not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or servitude. Interestingly, it would take until the 1965 Voting Rights Act prohibiting denial of voting rights due to racial discrimination and 1971 for the 26th Amendment to declare illegal the denial of voting rights to legal citizens of legal voting age to secure voting rights for black
Within 11 years, the Civil War would be fought over the states rights to determine their position on slavery, and the attitude would not change much regarding the freed black people. Many problems would arise from this one single action. Many black people would find themselves without a home, work, or even daily bread, and would eventually find themselves working again for the same masters they previously served. The only difference was that they were receiving a working wage, no matter how small. Cities would continue to develop and as black people generally earned a lower income, entire sections of cities would have a low income section dedicated to the poorest white folk and the black population. The books, “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett and “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee both offer an accurate portrayal of life for black folk in rural and urban settings. In 1869, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution declared that it is the right of the people to not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or servitude. Interestingly, it would take until the 1965 Voting Rights Act prohibiting denial of voting rights due to racial discrimination and 1971 for the 26th Amendment to declare illegal the denial of voting rights to legal citizens of legal voting age to secure voting rights for black