Horrible things went on at a Slave Auction causing children and married couples to separated and or pulled apart. ... I could not imagine how disturbing it could have been to watch your child be sold and just separated from you. ... After reading this African American Literature piece, it showed me the horrible conditions of the slaves were and which pain and sorrow they had to live with. ...
During this time in the southern states, black people had to use separate bathrooms, drinking fountains, sections in restaurants, churches, and even go to separate schools. ... The novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee has numerous accounts of racism and prejudice throughout the entire piece. ... There were separate schools, water fountains, restores, even churches. ... Throughout the novel, we see each separate person and his personal narrow-mindedness. ...
The first piece of reconstructionist legislation was the 14th amendment, which guaranteed blacks citizenship and equal protection under the law. ... By 1885, most states had separate schools which catered to the black and white communities of the south. ... Ferguson case which decided separate was allowed as long as the facilities were equal. ...
I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... The distance between them and me was far more miles than that physically separated us. ... They would live on separate sides of the cities. ...
Centuries later, even after the Civil War (the war that was so called fought to "free slaves" but in actuality was fought over power and control by two separate factions of the ruling class) Africans were still resisting. ... In this document, a police officer gives his account of the women's reasons for striking, "They swear they will never wash another piece for less than one dollar a dozen, but they will never get it and will soon give in....
