Dred Scott Vs Ferguson Plessy Vs Kraemer

Preparing for the abolition of the implemented throughout 1862. December 30, 1862, the president signed "Emancipation Proclamation", announced blacks living in the territories in rebellion against the United States, "now and forever" free. The document gave impetus to the adoption of Amendment XIII (1865) to the US Constitution. Proclamation been rightly criticized by radical Republicans, since the emancipation of slaves was carried out where it is not distributed power of the federal government, but it has changed the nature of the Civil War, turning it into a war for the abolition of slavery. In addition, it has forced foreign countries, including the UK, do not support the Confederacy.

Three major problems starting with segregation. Though brown vs. the board of education had already happened ending segregation in schools. Seventeen states had refused to accept it and made it illegal for any ethnic race from attending school. In 1966 African Americans went on strike concerning their educational opportunities. In 1968 Mexican Americans went on stroke demanding bilingual education, the teaching of their culture and better treatment from white teachers.

The thirteen amendment prohibits slavery. To repeal this amendment would cause a change in all civil rights accomplishments made in history. By repealing the thirteens amendment the civil rights act of 1964 would be out of use. Not only would repealing the thirteen amendment bring America ten steps backward, but also bring disrespect to the civil rights movement as a whole, and all who died for that cause. The revival of slavery leads to a new ruling of court cases such as Plessy v Ferguson (separate but equal), and Brown v Board of Education (addresses segregation in schools).

“The Hypocrisy of American Slavery: Slavery at its best” Frederick Douglass an activist for anti racism and also an abolitionist’s speech “The Hypocrisy of Slavery” was given on the occasion of celebrating the independence day. Here, in this speech he actually brought out some questions like why we should celebrate Independence Day while almost four million people were kept chained as a slave. He actually mocked the fact of the people of America’s double standards which is that they are singing out the song of liberty, on the other hand holding the chain of slavery. Frederick Douglass, a former American-African slave who managed to escape from his slavery and later on became an abolitionist gave this speech on Fourth of July,

The Act mandated equal but separate rail travel in Louisiana by forcing the railway to provide separate cars for its black and white citizens. It also gave railway officers the “authority to refuse to carry any passenger that refused to sit within their designated race”. (Medley, 2003) This Act incensed a group of eighteen elite black men and in September 1891 they came together to form the Comite` des Citoyens. The Comite`, also called the Citizens Committee for the Annulment of Act 111, opposed the Separate Car Act of 1890. They raised funds, held rallies, composed legal tactics, and decided to run two test cases.

In these times, slave revolts were more likely to happen when the number of slaves was greater than that of the whites. Some slaves would manage to escape and become fugitives who permanently tried to escape the clutches of slavery. More than half of the runaways would head southward to growing cities, or swampy areas, some managing to resist capture for several decades. No matter what form of punishment was dished out to the slaves, or how many prejudice laws were passed to have power over them, enslaved Africans still resisted capture and imprisonment, some even attacked slave ships from the shore and were active in shipboard revolts, all for the freedom of them and their people. Some Pregnant African women would even resist slavery themselves preferring abortion to bringing an innocent baby into a world of slavery.

Before the founding of our nation, we were all considered human, all an individual, all connected, until affluence classified us, politics separated us, and the color of our skin spoke for us. This issue of racism, our skin color “speaking for us”, created political problems—one of them embodying voting discrimination among African Americans. To respond to voting discrimination, African Americans utilized demonstrations to rebel. In the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965, over 500 African Americans marched to demand voting rights. In response, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 granting minorities the right to vote.

could not own property; • Slaves could not leave the plantation without permission” (p. 194). Slave Codes were wrongly enforced on free slaves in the North who had paid for their freedom with extra labor. Southerners thought that free African Americans were a nuisance and threat to slavery (Banks, 2003). According to Harris (1992), during the 1700s, free African Americans and African American slaves began to believe that they would have a better chance at equality and emancipation if they were able to read. Because Blacks were also segregated and discriminated against in churches, Blacks began to form Black churches where schools for Black children were established (Banks, 2003).

African Americans were slaves from the first time they were brought to America until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Once they were freed, they still were being oppressed against but still had a chance to do things they never even thought of doing. Blacks after the Civil War enjoyed many privileges that their ancestors could only dream of. They could vote, hold office and attend school if they wanted to. Before the Civil War, only North Carolina among Southern states had established a good system of education for white children.

People just believe that they are superior to another because of their complexion. Racism did not always exist, people believe that it was stemmed during the slavery period almost six hundred and twenty years ago. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, a world-wide symbolic figure who suffered many years trying to discontinue the violence in South Africa during the apartheid era. Many activists strived for equality and protection as promised in the constitution. It is believed that it will take possibly a millennium before racism can be oppressed.