Question

You will create an original thesis that discusses, as specifically as possible, African American adaptation/confrontation of the repressive elements that surrounded them in the twentieth century . 700 words

Answer 1

The topic of the thesis: The repressive elements that surrounded the Blacks in the twentieth century.

African Americans were kept slaves for centuries. The civil war was the revolt by the African Americans against slavery that lasted for four years from 1861 to 1865. It resulted in abolishing slavery through the 13th amendments to the US constitution by President Abraham Lincoln. Despite abolishing slavery it continued in the Southern region through Jim Crow law. The discrimination and prejudice against blacks were prevalent in all walks of life, in education, job, transport, public places, cafeteria, and restaurants. There were signboards stopping the entry of black Americans.

The twentieth century witnessed many incidents that led to unrest among the black and took to the confrontation with white. 1. During WWI the US economy boomed and many African Americans moved to Chicago in search of a job, the influx of black created job shortages for whites, they had resentment against African Americans.  A white man causes a black beachgoer to drawn to death this happened on July 27, 1919, and converted into riots between white and black the conflict left 38 people dead and 500 injured. It was the effect of resentment that the white had against the blacks.

In 1896 the US law had allowed segregation in education but the black school should have equal facilities like the school for the whites. This did not happen until 1954. The black school was substandard and devoid of hygiene and electricity. The black fought the case and got desegregation of schools and equal facilities for all. It was the greatest victory for the blacks.

In August 1955 a black young boy of 14 years of age was mercilessly killed and thrown in the river because he had whistled at a white shop owner's wife.

The incident that led to civil rights movements was the effect of all these incidents that were happening to the black people because of white supremacy.

Rosa Park (Dec. 1, 1955) incident led to a 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to vacate the seat in public transport for the white passenger. She was convicted by the judiciary it led to the continuation of boycott till the segregation rule was abolished on June 4, 1956, and the court had to uphold the segregation of seats in public transport as unconstitutional.

The Civil right movement had started in 1954 and lasted until 1964. The Montgomery incident gave momentum to the civil rights movement. Secondly, the US black soldiers fought WWII in segregation defying the US propaganda of equality and justice, they experienced that the US is fighting in the name of democracy in other countries and in their country the blacks are subjected to inequality, segregation, and inhuman conditions. The fight that was happening on a smaller scale started in an organized manner. Martin Luther King Jr. led the civil rights movement. They followed the path of non-violence adapting to various strategies like legal action, civil disobedience, and black militancy, Martin Luther Jr. was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi of India who fought for independence through non-violence. It was the first mass direct action under strong leadership.

The African Americans succeeded in getting the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and got voting rights in 1965. This great leader was killed on April 4, 1968.

The conflict that was present in US society for centuries was abolished after a continuous struggle by the African American, but they could not succeed because they were not united, the leaders like Washington had accepted white supremacy and wanted the blacks to improve their economic condition till the white accepts them as equal to them. He was a speaker for black but he never fought collectively for black like his opponent Bois who wanted to get the right by force and not by mercy. But Martin Luther Jr. emerged as a strong leader who collectively fought for the blacks and won it.