African-American Leaders



African-American Leaders

Introduction

African American people were tired of facing the racial discrimination not only for the politics, but for nearly every area of life. They faced workplace discriminations, differences in the quality of health care and education they received, different and low standards of housing and many more. In addition, these people also had to face the brutality from the Police. Many of the Black people served as servants of white Americans, and their conditions were even worse as compared to the free Black people (Beacham, 2004). The African American leaders and their followers offered their loyal services during the First and Second World War, in search for the equal rights for their race. However, the problems and racial bias persisted till 1960's until the black power movement initiated. This paper describes the problems and struggles African Americans had to face in order to gain political and economic equality in the United States of America.

Background

The social and political discrimination of the Black American people mainly resulted in the economic exploitation of these people (Congress, House, Committee on Education and Labor, 1970). It was the racial discrimination due to which the black American people were not able to send their children to the same school, where the White American children were taught. The black people were not able to provide quality health services to their families, and in most of the states they were not even allowed to cast their votes. All these situations caused extreme depression and frustration in the black people, and they became able to recognize that only economic independence could provide them political and economical equality in the country. The Black Power movement seemed for the African Americans as the source to provide them with the distinguished identity, and the racial pride (Boundless, 2013).

Black Power Movement

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