African American Education Vs Education Essay

The life of an African American was different than a white person’s life because laws regarding segregation put African Americans at a lower rank in society. African Americans struggled because of separate schools, and lack of funding, lack of jobs, and unfit living conditions. African Americans had to attend schools far way from their homes to be admitted and African American colleges did not receive anywhere close to the amount of funding that white colleges received. They also struggled to obtain jobs unless the jobs were low paying and did not require much skill. A regular paying job such as a city, state, or federal government job was not an option for them. Housing was also extremely difficult for African Americans because they often had too many people living in one building, paid more money than the average white person for run down living space, and were denied the right to acquire better living conditions. African Americans wanted the same benefits white people had and to stop being segregated because of their skin color. They wanted to attend schools they didn’t have to walk miles to get to, to receive more funding for college,

In 1954 a court case called Brown vs. Board of Education was created to integrate public schools. People were slow to integrate, but Brown vs. Education was eventually successful in ending segregation in public schools. Rosa Parks was also extremely instrumental in helping to change the policies regarding segregation on public transportation. After she refused to give up her seat on the bus, people refused to ride the bus, which was called the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Another achievement of African Americans was the Voting Rights Act, which gave protection to people who had a desire to vote. From this act, people who harassed African Americans for voting could have been charged with a federal crime (Dr. Byron lecture