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"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." - Langston Hughes. This quote talks about how life for Black Louisianians wasn't easy at all. And even though they were 'freed' were they really freed if they ha so many restrictions? One of the greatest gains made by Black Louisianans during and after Reconstruction was abolishing slavery and finally being "free". But the introduction of Jim Crow Laws wasn't so good for Black Louisianans because this would exclude their voting rights. And if they didn't have a say, they can't be heard and if anything, they can't say much about it because the vote wasn't done when asked. If there is no one to challenge or say no to something then you can't complain when the act is done even though they couldn't vote …show more content…

"I’m working hard in the South and can hardly earn a living. I have a wife and one child and can hardly feed them." -Document B. "...don’t publish...we have to whisper this around among ourselves because the white folks are angry now because the negroes are going North" - Document B. This type of resisance is effective as for it isn't an illegal act and are trying to tell the government they have problems and they need solution. The reason why the whites don't want them leaving is because them leaving, knowing they had a lot of Black Louisianians they would lose cheap work and a great impact on money. It helped those resisting to show their concern without acting out and making the government just know that they'll move if they have to to get a better …show more content…

“1940– McKelpin v. Orleans…sued…to make Black teachers’ salaries equal to white teachers salaries” - Document C. “ 1959-51 — Willie Robinson v. Board of supervisors of LSU…sued LSU demanding that Black students be admitted LSU.” Document C. This type of resistance is effective because your voice is heard and you’re fighting for your rights non-violently. It obviously hurts those in power because they now have to give some laws up and give slight more power little by little to colored Louisianans. It helped them be heard and gain equal amount and fairness for education.

Third, the third way that Black Louisianan’s resisted Jim Crow segregation during the Great Migration was by not using the service. “…no, I am tired. I need to sit down…driver said) ‘I said get up’ and he wouldn’t let us sit down.” Document D. “…no Black people are going to ride the bus the next morning.” This resistance is effective because your voice is heard along with everyone else. It hurts those in power because they’d loss 1600$ per day making business weak. And it helps those resisting because their voices will be heard and slowly start to gain

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As it shows in Document C; In 1940, McKelpin v. Orleans Parish School Board, McKelpin sued and won against the school board to make Black teacher's salaries equal to white teachers. THis shows for equal pay. This type of resistance is effective because it shows peaceful resistance against unequal pay. It hurt those in power by making them pay equally to everyone, and show equality. It helped those resisting by getting equal pay and

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Voting was not an option for African Americans until decades after the constitution was ratified. While the constitution gave them freedom, equality, and civil rights, it did not protect them from being viewed as second class citizens and from being treated unfairly. Even to this day, they are still discriminated against and treated/thought of poorly, not only by some people but also by some of the authority figures. If we use our first amendment rights, I believe that we can start a change in how oppressed minorities are treated by everyone. More awareness has been brought to this issue because of marches and protests that people are holding almost weekly.

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Come to a mass meeting, Monday at 7:00 P.M., at the Holt Street Baptist Church for further instruction.” Due to the fact that over seventy-five percent of bus riders were African Americans, the bus company lost over $750,000: over seven million dollars today. Many African Americans carpooled or walked when they needed to travel. The participaters in the boycott persisted though peaceful protesting, demonstrating the power peaceful protests had. Eventually, King had come up with three things that he would show to the city commissioners, “the black citizens of the city would not return to the buses until: courteous treatment by the bus operators was guaranteed; passengers were seated on a first-come, first-served basis; and black bus operators were employed on predominantly black routes.”

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Not only did African-Americans attend separate schools, but they were also rigidly segregated in all public facilities. They were forced to use separate waiting rooms in train stations, separate seats on all forms of transportation, separate drinking fountains, and even separate telephone booths.” This segregation of African-Americans was the origin of what caused many to start the civil rights movement, and Du Bois played a large part in inspiring others to fight in the civil rights movement and for equality for the Negro, even sixty years after publishing his book. The authors of this textbook simply state the details that African-Americans were segregated and do not take opinions on the people or the governments

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This hurts those in power of Louisiana, because if there aren't people living in Louisiana and working for the jobs there, it has a negative effect. This helps those resisting and moving away, because it gives black Louisianians an opportunity to get money and a better job in their new

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With the right to vote the former slaves could vote for better changes in their life. Yet, in Doc 7 it states that black people who wanted to earn a living couldn’t be political/vote or agitate white people. This reveals that the African Americans who wanted to succeed in life could not fight for change despite being given these rights after the civil war. Therefore, it was safer not to participate in government because of the white intimidation they faced like the terrorist attacks from white supremacy groups. They had no voice in government similarly to how they didn’t during slavery.

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This way of resisting was most commonly known, it was the cheapest way. In Document C it says, "Sued LSU demanding that Black students be admitted to LSU. " This means that Black Louisianans could legally sue for unfair treatment and equality. And then eventually led to the integration of many schools. In Document D it says, "'Now everybody is gonna stick together this moment.

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In the Plessy v Ferguson case, it resulted in the agreement of ‘separate but equal’ which is the opposite of what was needed to bring the Civil Rights movement forward. This is opposition to African American’s because they ruled for segregation. The Strauder v West Virginia case is also an opposition to African American’s as it was ruled that only White American’s were to serve as judges in the Supreme Court. Finally, the Williams v Mississippi case was opposition to African American’s because it ruled that to be able to vote, you had to be able to pass a literacy test. This was opposition to African American’s as a lot of them would not be able to pass a literacy test as they would not have been educated well enough if at all to be able to pass a literacy test.

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This snowballed into the lower-class black neighbourhoods we have today. To me, as well to Booker T and many other African Americans what Lincoln is not freedom, it is freedom from slavery, but not freedom from racism and segregation. It is these reasons why many of the africans would would say that even though their ives were better then they were when they were slaves, life was not significantly improved for

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Some of the strategies from the grass root level that the activists of the civil rights movement used in order to overturn the segregation practice of “Jim Crow” was very effective in leading to the downfall of the practice of legalized segregation. One of the strategies was the Montgomery bus boycott. Even the public transportation in the “Jim Crow” south wasn’t immune from the sickness of segregation. Anyone who has studied the practice of the racism knows that on public transportation in the south during the “Jim Crow” era black people’s money was good enough to be in the front of the bus, but the people themselves weren’t and therefore had to come in through the back of the bus and they confined to the back unless someone white wanted

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In comparison, African Americans during Civil Rights Movement use legal system to defend for the whole black community. In 1951, Oliver Brown sued against the Board of Education of Topeka for denying his daughter’s entrance to an all-white

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Introduction Do you ever wonder how it was back in the olden days more specifically in the 1950s? During the 1950’s, there was segregation on public buses and during that time there was a woman named, Rosa Parks who was African American. Rosa Parks was on the bus and when the bus was full, the bus driver asked her to move to the back of the bus. Parks refused to give up her seat and ended up being arrested. Parks was arrested, a protest was organized called the Montgomery Bus Boycott and mostly african Americans were involved in the boycott.

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Throughout history, there have been many instances in which oppression or segregation has held back a certain group of people. In response, many have risen up and convinced others as well to stand up for what is right. Martin Luther King Jr. for example, wrote his famous “I have a Dream” speech in retaliation to the segregation of black

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However, they faced difficulty in attaining this goal of equality due to retaliation and violence. This resistance to desegregation was instrumental in revealing racial tensions and the irrational ideology of white supremacists. After analyzing how the Montgomery bus boycott has had significant political and cultural effects on American history, it is safe to conclude that this event should be included within the new textbook. The political and cultural changes that arose from this event acted as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and resulted in national and international attention to the civil rights struggles going on in the United States during this

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