African Americans contributed positively and negatively during each era of the History of the United States. Despite numerous disparities towards African Americans, the many laws formed to keep them within racial boundaries continued after, the United States Government deemed African Americans equal and entitled to justice. White American cowboys were likely to work side by side with African Americans on the open range in the early 1900’s. Regardless of their ethnic background, cowboys tended to share camaraderie made necessary by a job that brought them together in the desolate conditions of the open cattle drive (Barnes & Bowles, 2014 ch1.2). With the fate of racial tensions looming, African Americans should be entitled to justice.
Consequently, African Americans over the years honed in on their letter writing skills and challenged authorities with the likes of the current President and elected officials
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In particular, times of the railroad system, the Civil War 1914-1918, The Great Depression of 1929 to the late 1930’s and Jim Crow laws 1890-1965, African Americans appealed for fairness and justice (Barnes & Bowles, 2014 ch 3.1). Descending from a line of French men and Creole women, Homer Plessy represented the mixed bloodline, light skin and may have been only one-eighth black challenged the Jim Crow law Separate Car Act (Barnes & Bowles, 2014 ch 3). Jim Crow laws systematically place African Americans in a subordinate position in society, Plessy, a member of a New Orleans citizens committee used the justice system to fight back against the impending nadir in race relations (Barnes & Bowles, 2014 ch 3). However, in 1896 the Court's decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson guided the direction of race relations in the nation for more than a half a century. Declaring that segregation in public accommodations was legal so long as “equal” facilities were provided, spurring a host of new