Throughout history many different minority groups have been
             discriminated against. Although some of these minority groups are hated
             many members of these groups continue to make positive contributions to
             American society that help shape our country. One of these individuals is
             Jackie Robinson. His influence on the game of baseball has set standards for
             all of baseball fans to admire. The message he made Americans realize is
             that Blacks are just as capable of doing things as whites are, and any other
             Throughout most of American history African Americans have been
             discriminated against for no reason other that the fact that their skin is a
             different color. Hatred of blacks stems back to the days of slavery. Blacks
             have arguably had it the toughest out of all of the minority groups in
             American history. From being able to use the same bathrooms as whites to
             not being able to attend school to not being able to hold a job just because of
             The end of the civil war marked the time when the fight for equality
             took full swing. After the war southern state legislators, dominated by
             former confederates, passed laws known as black codes that severely limited
             the rights of black. The codes were slightly different from state to state but
             they usually contained limitations on black occupations and property owning.
             In response to these laws, Congress, in 1866 seized the initiative of the
             remaking of the south. Congress, especially the Republicans, wanted to
             ensure that the south was correctly rebuilt with the newly freed blacks as
             visible members of society. By 1868 integrated southern legislators had
             repealed most of the laws that blatantly discriminated against blacks.
             Many of these unjust codes in the south led to the creation of three
             new constitutional amendments. The 13th amendment abolished slavery.
             The 14th amendment made blacks citizens of the united states and prohibite...