STRUGGLE AND ACTIVISM!

 The African Americans have faced many problems due to their race and color. They have faced oppression and been  mistreated.In the United States ,African Americans were beginning to face the situation to end segregation because it was becoming a huge issue.They were often threaten by other groups,many lost their lives in hope for their people to have a better future.These people who put their efforts made radical changes in the US and ended the segregation and demonstrated that all people are created equal and should receive same treatment.

When we think about activism related to African Americans we think about Martin Luther King Jr famous speech "I have a dream"' this man was a civil rights leader motivated by the philosophy and techniques of Mohandas Gandhi  he led the African Americans  to a success in to ending segregation in the South and other states in the US mainly by non violent protest such as the Washington march and for his work to end segregation he was assassinated in a hotel balcony.Rosa Park a very famous women in African American struggle for equality when asked to give her seat to a white man she refused to do so and stayed their was arrested. These people were willing to  do anything to end segregation.A famous court case was Brown vs.Board of Education when a girl was denied an education for being black this  case led the Supreme Court to make public that segregation was unconstitutional and that it had to be  ended.This people led the government to realize the bad treatment that this African Americans where receiving ,step by step segregation was being removed hospitals ,ships ,restaurants ,dinners theaters were now accepting blacks.Violence was a main issue with African Americans they were murdered , hanged and beaten to death. One of the major success of African Americans was in 1957 African Americans now were allowed to vote.The government also created laws to protect the black American from people who wanted to hurt them.

The African Americans faced many difficulites to reach freedom and equality.Civil Rights leader such as Luther and Rosa Parks never gave up to reach equality they risked their lives and faced many critics from others,thanks to their effort and courage African Americans faced oppression and progressed .

Sources
Microsoft Encarta 2007 African Americans