Essay about Race Assignment - 787 Words

Chris Lankford History Report on Race 24 March 2012 For purposes of this paper, I am choosing African American, and also choosing to write this paper from the view point of someone that is this group and is writing a letter to someone outside of the group. Dear Preston, I’m writing you to inform you of the history of my racial group and also to inform you of some of the steps and process’s that our government has implemented to help out this racial group. I hope that this letter reaches you well and that at the end, you have a better understanding and appreciation for struggle and achievements that the African Americans have overcome throughout the years. Here is a list of questions that I will be covering: * What have†¦show more content†¦Many slaves escaped from the south and immigrated up north for more freedom and rights. There were even laws put in place that punished people that housed escaped slaves. Cultural Issues to me fall under how the whites treated the African Americans. The separate but equal theory lasted until 1954. During this time we suffered discrimination that included not being able to vote. We couldn’t ride in the front of a bus. We had to give our seats up to white people and wasn’t allowed to use the same water fountains. We were forced to use separate bathroom facilities, separate shower facilities, and also teaching facilities. Hate groups were created that brought hate and physical pain to African Americans like the Klu Klux Klan that came along in 1866 from Tennessee. These groups murdered, beat, rape, hung, and tortured black Americans deep into the late 1900’s. Many people like Harriet Truman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks were key members of our group that helped pave the way for the success of African Americans. They were all very big rights activist that stood up for what they believed in and fought against the white man. 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