Racism against African Americans ? HOW DO YOU BIA FEEL ABOUT IT ?
The period from 1890 to 1940 is known as the Jim Crow era in the history of prejudice against the African Americans. The Jim Crow laws were a series of state and national laws, enacted in the United States that segregated all the public facilities for the whites and the blacks. Millions of African Americans were brutalized, killed and frightened to death for voting and taking formal education, during these years. The concept of 'lynching', where the whites openly 'punished' the black population, was a rampant practice. White people would publicly hang black people for petty reasons, all over the country. The 'America's Black Holocaust Museum' in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has a collection of photographs and other evidences of the plight of African American populace, over the years. The first half of the 20th century also witnessed mass migration of the African American population from the disturbed Southern states to the North and the mid-west. The search for a better and a peaceful lifestyle, compelled millions to take this migratory step.
Many African Americans fought for the US cause in World war I and World War II. Their exemplary service led to the desegregation of the US Armed Forces in July, 1948.
The African American cause received great fillip during the American Civil Rights Movement which culminated with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination in employment, labor unions and public accommodations. It was at the threshold of this movement, that Martin Luther King Junior delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech from the steps of the grand Lincoln Memorial. Political and economic rights were soon granted to the blacks. In 2000, there were 8,936 black office holders in the United States. According to Forbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century.
Perhaps the greatest achievement in the history of African American stand for justice was the rise of Barack Obama, the first black presidential nominee, of the Democratic Party. He went on to become the first African American man to win the most coveted office seat in the world. Barack Hussein Obama is now the 44th President of United States of America. The tears that trickled down the face of many African Americans, at his swearing-in ceremony, perhaps, signify the joy of victory against racism which has hopefully ended once and for all!
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RACISM ?
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Many African Americans fought for the US cause in World war I and World War II. Their exemplary service led to the desegregation of the US Armed Forces in July, 1948.
The African American cause received great fillip during the American Civil Rights Movement which culminated with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination in employment, labor unions and public accommodations. It was at the threshold of this movement, that Martin Luther King Junior delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech from the steps of the grand Lincoln Memorial. Political and economic rights were soon granted to the blacks. In 2000, there were 8,936 black office holders in the United States. According to Forbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century.
Perhaps the greatest achievement in the history of African American stand for justice was the rise of Barack Obama, the first black presidential nominee, of the Democratic Party. He went on to become the first African American man to win the most coveted office seat in the world. Barack Hussein Obama is now the 44th President of United States of America. The tears that trickled down the face of many African Americans, at his swearing-in ceremony, perhaps, signify the joy of victory against racism which has hopefully ended once and for all!
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT RACISM ?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/racism-agai...
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