"Explain how freedoms for African Americans were socially, politically, and economically limited from 1865 to 1900?” Socially, blacks were subjected to segregation and discrimination. Segregation wasn’t really a large problem to them, however, as they were more interested in forming a black community rather than integrating with the whites. However, I mean, it is still pretty awful to be treated like you’re not a being worthy enough to drink out of the same water fountain or attend the same school based on skin color. Blacks were subjected to many dehumanizing things socially speaking. Oh, and lets not forget the KKK (if that falls into this category; I think it does) who harassed, intimidated, and killed black people.
I believe Texas is still the lowest because it used to be one the most restrictive states in the US in voting laws and I feel that many people in Texas have not accustomed fully to the new regulations that allow every citizen to vote and also considering it is one of the biggest states in the US. Another reason voter turnout is so low in Texas is because of socioeconomic factors. Factors include poverty and education. Texas has the highest poverty in the US and there is a trend that shows that people in poverty are less likely to vote. People with low income also tend to have lesser education because they have fewer opportunities and many students drop out of school because they need to go into the workforce to support their family.
It limited them from voting and also segregation in a sense as African American were seen as illiterate and less important. It could be said that Booker T Washington had helped with education and development he had founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881. After 1900, African Americans made some genuine gains. Between 1900 and 1917, illiteracy fell by a third to about 30%. The number of black-owned businesses rose from 20,000 to 40,000.
, U.S. History 1.06 Assessment 9-24-15 Social Limitations: During the Civil War times and after the war, the African Americans had it rough. The Whites and the Blacks were not exactly friends, more like business partners if anything. The African Ameri8cans were not allowed to live in the same neighborhood as the Whites. They had to live in separate communities and even then there were still problems. The African American children did not attend the same schools as the Whites.
Inevitably this discrimination also involved much more than just indifference of colour, blacks experienced poor working conditions violent retaliation and even lynching if the status quo of white supremacy was to be challenged. In search of better conditions, four leading African-Americans offered some solution’s to deal with the situation. Booker T. Washington, du bois, Marcus Garvey and Phillip Randall all contributed to giving the black community a voice in America. There different roles will be compared contrasted and assessed in their part to play in overcoming these challenges. Firstly Booker T. Washington, he was a Black educator who focused on practical education which would lead to black social advancement.
They used violence against Black people. They considered them like animals. Black suffered from racism. It took many years for the Black to have the same rights as white people. - In the north, were Black people better treated than in the south?
The amount of people considering themselves Caucasian, in the table it is called “White not Hispanic or Latino” has decreased. This also applies to the general group of “White”. Whereas the percentage of the Caucasian population decreased by eleven percent (from 40% in 1990 to 29% in
Racism and socially unfair treatment to African Americans were very prominent during the nineteenth and twentieth century. African Americans were treated inferiorly compared to whites; who were treated superiorly. African Americans were not treated as citizens; therefore, respect, employments, and education were almost impossible to come across during this time. Had it not had been for the roles of black leadership in the black community, more than likely, this would have remained an issue for much longer than it did. One of the black men to take responsibility for the rest of his fellow people and participate in black leadership was William Edward Burghardt, "W. E.
He is too focused on gaining his “manhood “or proving himself to both the community and others, which is an inherent need for someone who is low on the hierarchy of people. Mayberry articulates her analysis of the effects of all of these relationships very well in her article, and I generally took the main idea to be that the black male turns to be underdeveloped due to his position at the start (disdained by whites) while at the same time, envying them and wanting to be better than
The tragedy is that the African American suffers from a three dimensional cloth of estrangement, burdening their lives and keeping them in a prison. A prison of seeing themselves the way society views them as a negative stereotype, instead of who they are. Du Bois states we should merge our two sides; the African American side with the rich proud culture we bring and the American side. Society says you must choose one because you are not able to incorporate the two sides into one person, why is African American culture the only culture society dictates to make this chose? Because society forcing the African American to choose, we are forced to question our worth.