Although slavery was abolished in 1865, there was still segregation between blacks and whites. People of color weren't treated equally, but instead, were treated unfairly. In the book "The Secret Life Of Bees", Rosaleen, an African American housekeeper, goes into town to register to vote, before going, she overheard two white men threatening to make all blacks write in perfect cursive, "'Don't worry, they're gonna make 'em write their names in perfect cursive and refuse them a card if they forget so much as to dot an I or make a loop in their y.'" This declares that they were ignorant towards African Americans. During this time period, it wasn't simple to print their name perfectly in cursive, nonetheless, write their names at all considering