Civil Rights

Hello and welcome back to my blog. As you all know, my topic is and racing and today I will be talking about how unequal society was during the early 60's in the civil rights era. Segregation kept blacks and whites separate for each other's daily lives. An example of this would be that they don't go to school together, eat at different restaurants, and can't play at the same parks. The conditions for blacks was very poor compared to the conditions of whites and they didn't like that. Many protests and actions have occurred. An example would be when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man. She was arrested and sent to prison for not following the rules. This sparked many tensions with African Americans and more and more movements occurred. This article about the civil rights movement talks in depth of what occurred during this era and lists many of the leaders involved.

Race During the Progressive Era

Welcome back to my blog. Today's topic is on race during the progressive era. Segregation during this time was a big way of life separating all blacks and whites from each other. Laws such as the Jim Crow laws formed by the supreme court case Plessy vs. Ferguson, set this way of life. During this time, African Americans we treated not as well as whites were treated. Places such as schools, public bathrooms, and restaurants were poorly treated and not clean making it a non safe environment. After reading this article, I now know how the Jim Crow laws affected society during the Progressive era.

Blog 4

As you remember, my topic is race. Race during the time of the Civil war was mainly on slavery. Southerners relied heavily on slaves to produce their main cash crop cotton while the northerners' view on slaves died out. Because of the looks on both sides of the country, the Civil War broke out and changed slavery completely. After reading this article on the outbreak of the Civil War I now know how important it was for the slaves to escape to the north to be free.

Blog 2

Welcome back to my blog. As you remember, my theme is race. During the colonial period, this theme was mostly a matter of slavery. Slaves came to America from Africa through the Middle Passage. The voyage to the new world was terrible for them. The conditions were terrible and the would lie naked in filth. When slaves arrive to America, they would go to South Carolina, the center for slave trade. I used this link, click on Chapter 1.

Hello I am writing this blog for a project in my U.S. history class. My teacher asked to choose one of the six themes of American history. Out of the six themes, I chose the theme race. I chose this theme because there are a lot of racial issues occurring in the U.S. today leading to black people dying in the streets and having less rights compared to what they hard 10 years ago. One thing that stands out to me that relates to this issue, is that NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand up for the national anthem as a protest. Kaepernick thinks that by sitting down he can make a statement to other people and he won't stand up until something is done about the issue. I read this article, at US News. This article is composed of many different news websites coming together to great it. This provides many viewpoints to the action and it isn't biased towards a specific side of the incident.