It is no secret that African Americans in the land currently known as the United States have been abused and mistreated for centuries. Some of the most horrific displays of the loss of humanity and respect for life have found their victims in the African American community. Early on in the Americ...

It is no secret that African Americans in the land currently known as the United States have been abused and mistreated for centuries. Some of the most horrific displays of the loss of humanity and respect for life have found their victims in the African American community. Early on in the Americ...

Minorities – Blacks in America Americans cherish the picture of their country as a land of wealth and opportunity. Yet many groups wanting to share in the nation's overall prosperity have experienced how scarce opportunities can be in the competition for income and status. Discriminati...

Returning from WWII, black Americans, just as those three decades prior, expected to find America land of equality for all people and specifically a land endowed with increased black civil rights. Although the late 1940s and 1950s are not generally considered a period of social advancement for black...

Leading up to and throughout the Civil War, many issues were in dispute. These issues became increasingly important to the United States unity. Slavery was abolished and the Union began to come together. The South felt the need for Slavery and therefore ignited a war between Americans. The endin...

Dredd Scott America in 1857 was a nation on the brink. Relationship between the North and South had been strained for decades and was only getting worse. All tension had to do with the issues of slavery. In 1848 the U.S. had acquired new lands in the Mexican cession, and the debate was ...

Discrimination and exclusion have been a part of our country for as many years as America is old. Gender has certainly played an enormous role in the history of discrimination, as have many different races. While a case can be made for women being discriminated against and excluded, there is no si...

Civil Disobedience in the 1960's by people fighting for the rights of African Americans was very effective. Extreme discrimination and conditions called for extreme measures to be taken. Among the most effective acts of civil disobedience were the bus boycotts, freedom rides, and sit ins. Bla...

Tonight I will be speaking about one of the most controversial eras of our time. The 70's. When terms like "Pardy Hardy!" Goin' Cruizin' "Right On!" "ROCK ON!!" and "Shake your Booty" were getting used in everyday conversation. Guys wore their hair long and in afros. Pet rocks were ...

"The Road to Brown" was lead by a man named Charles Houston. Houston devoted his entire life to try and get equal treatment for blacks. But in order to begin the road to equality, a previous decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, which gave the "separate but equal" clause, had to be o...

The Dred Scott decision of 1865 had many implications on the status of free blacks in the United States, along with the concept of popular sovereignty, and the future of slavery in America. Dred Scott was a slave who moved in with his master to the free state of Illinois. He claimed that residen...

Discrimination Throughout the years of US history there have been countless acts of discrimination, of all sorts, and there have been an immense amount of cases filed in regards to these acts. Although it is commonly believed that discrimination is always illegal, the courts have repeatedly upheld...

Throughout the civil rights movement, there were multiple approaches to bringing equality and integration to many southern states. Some approaches were non-violent while others had violent endings. An event in the civil rights movement that signifies how the Supreme Court has an impact on the natio...

The Federal Judiciary System The federal Judiciary is made up of a three-tiered court system. At the bottom are the federal district courts, the middle is the appellate courts, and the top level is the Supreme Court. District courts are at the bottom of the three-tier federal court ...

AMISTAD Amistad is based on a true story about an 1839 slave revolution. La Amistad is the Spanish word for "friendship", ironically the ship had nothing to do with friends at all. The ship's purpose was to illegally transport slaves to Spain. The director, Spielberg does an ex...