(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Black American's in the Early 1950's

            Describe the disadvantages that Black American's faced in the early 1950's.
             Black American's faced a series of disadvantages in the early 1950's.They ranged from having to use different restrooms that white people all the way up to fearing for their lives in case the Ku Klux Klan showed up. Another problem which was a significant disadvantage was the Jim Crow laws, named after a black character in a programme in that year. This rule forbids a lot of things to Negroes and blacks like white and black people swimming together or playing cards together. It forbids trivial things like black people going into restaurants.
             Some towns only allowed white people to use the vending machines and the water dispensers. An interesting point comes from an early picture of the water machines. Both basins are connected by the same pipe which means they are drinking the same water. The other major problem was the schooling under the Jim Crow laws. Although some black people had broken off and started their own schools they soon ran out of funds and were forced to shut. The black students were then forced to attend a white school.
             The earlier Civil War (1861-1865) had seen slavery abolished which had been the first "real" mark of the black's fight for Civil Rights. It was shortly after the war finished that the biggest fight the blacks would ever encounter would show up. The Ku Klux Klan. This "terrorist" organisation was bent on keeping the black rebellion down. They lynched (unlawfully hanging), raped and murdered black people who they thought were being unruly although many times it was because they just didn't like the person in question. Although they were a thorn in the black's side they fell in power when a KKK leader was jailed for the rape and torture of a young black woman.
             The majority of the black population moved north to the Northern states because there was more jobs and "freedom" for them there.


Essays Related to Black American's in the Early 1950's

1. The Black Power Movement

Black Americans, like oppressed groups elsewhere, have rarely accepted the subordinate position forced upon them by the larger white society. American racism and exploitation have generated black protest. ... Most Americans have some knowledge of certain dramatic confrontations between blacks and whites. ... Its significant uses of the black religious community to accomplish political goals also linked the modern movement to the earlier mass movements, which also relied heavily on the church. ... Two, this was the first time in American History that blacks adopted nonviolent tactics as a way ...

  • Word Count: 1967
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. The Conformity Of The 1950s

Americans prospered heavily from 1945 to 1960. ... The wealthy believed in costly early-intervention programs while the working-class could only resist such innovations in society. ... American was no longer the frontier it had been. Many individualists rebelled against the 1950s materialistic society. ... In other words, it was easier to make every car black than it was to make one lime-green and another mahogany. ...

  • Word Count: 750
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. racism in america

Through amendments and acts, the American government has worked towards reducing racism towards African-Americas. ... The fifteenth Amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote, therefore under the eyes of the law, proclaiming blacks as equals to whites. ... Another unfair voting restriction were literacy tests that only blacks were forced to take. ... Though these amendments were passed, African-Americans never felt truly equal to whites in the early 20th Century. ... These hardships began to change in the 1950s and 1960s. ...

  • Word Count: 602
  • Approx Pages: 2

4. Music: Its Purposes in the African American Community Other

During the 1600s to the early 1700s, the majority of the music was mainly instrumental accompanied by dancing and chanting. ... A civil war broke out in America and when it was over the slaves were free; the slave community had just become the black community. ... The enslavers were at first "concerned about the gathering of crowds of slaves and ( ) took action as early as 1695 ( )." ... The next era of African American music was called, "Classical African American Music (1860s -1950s)." ... In the 1950s there was a major shift form instrumental being the most popular music to vocal music be...

  • Word Count: 4223
  • Approx Pages: 17
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Rock And Roll In The 1950s

R&B was mostly influenced by African American. ... In conclusion, the 1950s are best known for the rock and roll era. ... Music. 1992) Little Richard was an American singer and songwriter during the late 1950s. ... During his live performance he put on thick makeup and black mascara in his face. ... Lewis was born in Ferriday, Louisiana; he stated so show talent for music at a very early age. ...

  • Word Count: 1729
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

6. Islam in the African American Experience

In his incisive book, Islam in the African American Experience, Richard Brent Turner takes the reader through the evolution of Islam in black America. ... In it, Turner comprehensively demonstrates how he believes that, "The new American Islam was deeply influenced by racism in America, by the Pan-African political movement of African Americans in the early twentieth century, and by the historic patterns of racial separation in Islam."... In the first chapter, titled "Muslims in a Strange Land: American Muslim Slaves in America", Turner describes for the reader the early evolution of Islam ...

  • Word Count: 3585
  • Approx Pages: 14
  • Has Bibliography

7. Civil Rights: Are We Free

Civil Rights: Are We Free The Struggle for 3quality for Americans of African descent continues descent the Significant advantages made during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Since this nations birth, blacks, with the exception to the native American Indians, have suffered disproportionately more than any other group. ... No group in America has or has had more difficulty assimilating into the American culture. ... Black Americans are often filled with rage when conjuring up visions of slavery in America. ... As America did in the early 1960s, it is time for the civil right organizations and le...

  • Word Count: 546
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

8. Book Review

In his incisive book, Islam in the African American Experience, Richard Brent Turner takes the reader through the evolution of Islam in black America. ... In it, Turner comprehensively demonstrates how he believes that, "The new American Islam was deeply influenced by racism in America, by the Pan-African political movement of African Americans in the early twentieth century, and by the historic patterns of racial separation in Islam."... In the first chapter, titled "Muslims in a Strange Land: American Muslim Slaves in America", Turner describes for the reader the early evolution of Islam...

  • Word Count: 3389
  • Approx Pages: 14

9. The Great American Identity

A major turning point for blacks and other disfavored races in America were the 15th and 19th amendments. ... This was supported by the American people, and gave American citizens a sense of identity. ... This included most minority groups such as Blacks and Jewish people, as well as other religious groups like Catholics. ... The KKK still exists, but it no longer has the strong presence it did when the big civil rights movements started in the 1950s and 1960s. ... This was the main economic model followed from the end of the Depression through the early 1970's....

  • Word Count: 852
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

10. The American Civil Rights Movement

The roots of the movement started in the 19th century however the peak of the movement was in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Furthermore within the 1950s, equal opportunity was not provided. ... After the little rock event, America began to become aware of the struggle faced in the south.in 1955, the black population in Montgomery organised a boycott that lasted for 381 days. ... Four students from an all-black college began performing 'sit-ins'. ... Civil rights movements' means of protestation were at the early stages influenced by 'civil disobedience', that is to say fr...

  • Word Count: 1999
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question