Main topic: Racism before,now and in the future. My topic: Segregation in america Why did i choose this topic: i choose this topic because i found it intresting and i wanna know more about it.
Civil war: The american civil war had been fought over the right to own slaves and in
1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had promised freedom. But 100 years later, from the beach, to the bar, to burials, segregation was everywhere. In August 1963, a Baptist Minister told America that as far as the Negro was concerned, the country had not lived up to the promissory note of the Declaration of independence that ‘all men are created equal’. America had written a bad cheque. African Americans were now going to use any means necessary to achieve the American Dream.
Second World War: was where the Black people had already shown they were ready
to fight. One million had joined up for the Second Wordl War. But despite desegregation in 1948, another decade would pass before it occurred. It was the same in civilian life. In 1954, it was reported around the war that America had outlawed segregation and in 1955, the Supreme Court said that segregated education should be ended. But ten years later, more than 75% of the school districts remained segregated and one half of the black population was below the poverty line.
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