In this paper I will attempt to discuss the progressive improvements of African Americans from their arrival in America in the 15th century until the present day. During a time when it was easier to conform, rather than rebel, Rosa Park, chose the later. Her choice sparked the African American movement during the sixties, igniting others into the bus bo

Therefore, segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which requires all citizens to be treated equally. By the 1960’s several Southern states still had no black students enrolled in public schools with white students. In the late 1960’s some progress was made after a series of civil rights protests and the passage of federal laws desegregating other public facilities. The Brown decision sparked a host of other actions in the Southern civil rights movement. One critical effort began in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, when a black activist named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Another was a sit-in, when black students sat and waited to be served in the same cafeterias as whites. Freedom Rides, bus trips throughout the South that attempted to desegregate buses and stations. The growing power of the civil rights movement was demonstrated on August 23, 1962 when more than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators marched on Washington, D.C. It was there Martin Luther King Jr., gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. And the movements continued, in 1961 the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee )SNCC), campaigned in Mississippi, attempting to register black voters despite intense white resistance. In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voter Act, which allowed Blacks the right to vote. Quite successful, but the battle for some still continues, although to a lesser degree. Today there is still racial profiling, police brutality and other forms of segregation, but it’s less noticeable due to corrective implementation to laws that are still being reviewed. African Americans has come a far way. In 1994, the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus stood at 40, including Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, the first black women to be elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1989 General Colin Powell became the first African American Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. More remarkable, General Powell was appointed as the United States Military Leader and Secretary of State under Bush. He is the first Black Secretary of State in the United States History. African Americans achievements continued when L. Douglas Wilder was elected the Governor of Virginia, the first elected black governor in Ameri

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