African American Segregation In The 1930's

From the 1930’s to the 1960’s, vast amounts of segregation affected African Americans in the south. This caused chaos between whites and African Americans because of mistreatment of their daily life, due to white superiorness. African Americans were mistreated in many ways, including segregation in schooling and in transportation. Whites had a better school environment than African Americans, and whites gave themselves the right to sit in the 1st class section of the buses and trains. African Americans also didn’t have the right to vote. Whites would pay to vote, therefore African Americans could not afford to vote because they were so poor. School separation, transportation issues, and voting restrictions were all key concepts of segregation

African Americans were separated into a separate schools. The school designated for blacks was unacceptable and had horrific learning environments, “Southern schools were racially segregated. Blacks and whites had to attend different schools. The separate school systems were not equal. Schools for white children received more money.” (Brooker, “Education”). African American schools sometimes did not have windows. When it would rain, the water would seep through the roof causing floors to cave in and rot, “Many school buildings for African Americans had leaking roofs, sagging floors, and windows without glass. They ranged from untidy to positively filthy, according to a study issued in 1917” (Brooker, “Education”). The schools did not have a good library or teacher that was trained for their jobs, “It had neither an

African Americans were forced to sit in designated spots on the buses and trains because whites felt they were more superior than blacks, “The law required African Americans to sit in the back of city buses and to give up their seats to whites should the white section of the bus become full.” (Batten,”Civil”). African Americans would begin sitting the first class section of the bus, but then would be ordered to move to the back when a white wanted a seat there. Some African Americans would refuse to move. As a result police were called to remove them by dogs and the person would then be arrested. Rosa Parks was an influential woman to African Americans during the time of boycotting. Rosa Parks entered a bus one day and sat in the first class section with full intentions of not moving until her time to get off came, “American woman, was arrested after she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus.” (Batten,”Civil”). A white got on and the bus and ordered her to move and she insisted on staying in the seat she was in and there was no reason for her to move. Rosa was removed by police and given consequences shortly after. After Rosa Parks attempted to stay on the bus, many African Americans followed Rosa’s footsteps. Many African Americans boycotted in an attempt to desegregate buses. African Americans would try to do the same as Rosa and