Advantages And Disadvantages Of African Americans

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Ladies and gentleman,

Today I stand before you, to discuss with you significant changes that we have to improve about the disadvantages of the rights of blacks.

Black Americans are facing many disadvantages during the 1950's. They are discriminated; from public services, to cafes and restaurants. After the American Civil War in 1865, black people in the American south were no longer slaves. But they had never gained equality with whites. Blacks had remained second classed citizens throughout their movement to America.

In most southern towns and cities blacks are not allowed to use the same restaurants, parks, public toilets or transport. Schools are separated, which did not mean blacks and whites had equal education. White schools have a much higher standard of education. There is more money spent on making the facilities higher quality, whereas black schools have a poor quality of education and environment. Due to the poor education that blacks have received at their schools they cannot pass the literacy tests and therefore cannot vote. Another …show more content…

We as a community need to contribute to the development of a more suitable living environment and improvement of the quality of life. In the words of Martin Luther King, “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” We need to push for a change to improve the rights of blacks. The involvement of the members of the community will be vital, consisting of all community members, to make changes. We need to unite as a community and put our differences aside to accomplish the task ahead. Haven’t we all been taught that everyone should have an equal opportunity in all experiences? We need to stop all the violence, and spread peace. We need to stop judging others based on their ethnicity and nationality. We can conquer anything we put our hearts to, because we can learn to change for the

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