Values And Culture In The 2000's

One of the biggest turning points for African Americans was the case of Brown vs the Board of Education. In the 1950’s, public places were segregated, including the local schools. There were all white-school and all-black schools. During this time, many African American children had to be bused out of their neighborhoods or had to walk several miles just to attend their specific school. Brown vs the Board of Education was not just about equality, this case was the starting point of many American realizing that separate but equal was not effective. This case was the catalyst to equality when using restrooms and water fountains, essentially making all men/women equal, regardless of race, creed, or color.

During this year, was the time period of Civil Rights Movement; in which African-Americans were struggling to have equal rights for using the same rest areas, restaurants, education, water fountains, and voters

And In 2000 Vermont became the first state to adopt a statute providing for a civil union for same-sex couples. (http://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/baker-v-vermont) A coalition supporting gay rights had brought a case before the Vermont Supreme Court on behalf of gay couples, Baker v. Vermont. The plaintiffs asked the Court to make sure that gay couples were not excluded from the same benefits and protections that straight couples have. http://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/baker-v-vermont.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court 's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the Civil Rights Movement.[1] However, the decision 's fourteen pages did not spell out any sort of method for ending racial segregation in schools, and the Court 's second decision in Brown II only ordered states to desegregate "with all deliberate speed".

University of Alabama Integration Schools in southern America had always been segregated and their citizens wanted it to stay like that. Most white people thought it should stay this way, but the Supreme Court did not. They thought segregation was unconstitutional, shown in the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 (University…).In that case the Supreme court decided that no schools in America should be segregated, no matter where they were. John F. Kennedy also felt this way, which he shows by using his executive powers to send troops to allow 2 students to safely integrate the University of Alabama (University…).

This showed that segregation was slowly fading. One of the most important systems in society is the education system. So when this changed so did many other things. African Americans were given more opportunities for jobs and careers. This gave them the chance to become just as important or “big” as white people. “Negroes do not wish to be branded as inferiors by being segregated, and they want to walk the earth as human beings with dignity” (The Atlantic). The process of integration has started to bring equality and is closer to making it so that the black man is not looked down upon by the white

Segregation was legal in many parts of the United State. People of color across the country had to live with the fear of racial violence and lynching. Employment

The blacks were harassed if they didn't use different movie theaters, sit in the back in the back of the buses, blacks had to have a separate one of everything. Blacks even had to have different trains, so they couldn't ride with the white people. In the same way, blacks felt like they were being violated of their rights because they were forced to use a different one of everything. It's not until the case of Brown V Board Of Education in the 1950's and 1960's is what ended segregation. The constitution was rewritten by many states to conform the 14th Amendment. In addition, blacks immediately felt like regular people. (Plessy vs.

In 1960-1980, many new advancements were out in the world. Still women were expected to stay home. Women were frowned upon when they got jobs or didn’t marry. African Americans were the poorest living in slums. Other races were treated the same. This was the time of the Civil Rights movement. Whites killed African Americans for doing what they considered wrong in the south. African Americans earned the rights they wanted, to the dismay of the whites.

Sixty five years ago segregation was still prevalent in American society. Certain groups of people(mostly African Americans) were subject to racism. They had to live in a world were they where not welcomed. Throughout the early 1900’s African Americans were segregated from White Americans. This means that they were seperated from white people solely based off of the fact that they were black.

Everywhere you can think of was segregated (public schools, swimming pools, hotels, etc.., were segregated. Some neighborhoods didn’t allow blacks to live in them. This was because blacks were considered inferior by white people and were seen as second-class

In later years, other acts were passed that helped women and disabled people. Women were not allowed to be discriminated against. If they were fired because they were pregnant, they would now be able to fight back. Because of an amendment to the Civil Rights Act, institutions were not allowed to get funding if they discriminated against women. Also, schools had to have equal sports programs for men and women (http://www.cliffsnotes.com/more-subjects/american-government/civil-rights/civil-rights-for-minorities-and-women).

Segregation emerged and it wasn’t until a century after that segregation was starting to be dealt with. Segregation prohibited African Americans to enter specific facilities, public places, and restaurants. Segregation caused an immense amount of violence towards African Americans, where African Americans were lynched the night prior to voting day in Mississippi, so that they wouldn’t be able to vote. Segregation made a significant mental change on African American individuals. There were African Americans who had given up on the removal of segregation and accepted that they lived in a society where they were to be belittled and treated as unequal. There were those whom were in the middle class that saw segregation as an opportunity to profit because of economical and educational security. Finally, there were those who grew tired of oppression and advocated towards violence due to their hatred and bitterness of the white race. In my opinion none of these were the right ways to approach segregation. The African American race should have always looked for ways to demolish segregation. A way that would catch people’s attention and yet keep them safe. Direct Action was the correct way to approach segregation. It caught the public’s attention, as well as made the government deal with the issue and still kept people

Before the 1950s, conditions for African-Americans were not good at all in many areas of life. When the Great

primarily the result of challenges made by the NAACP, and the resulting general shifts in