Racial Injustice In America

Justice for All
The United States of America grants there citizens civil liberties. Civil liberties give these citizens the rights to speak, believe, and act as the chose. The Constitution as well grants the people the right to express themselves freely without being penalized.
The rights of an individual to receive without being discriminated such as education, healthcare, employment and much more are all parts of having civil rights here in the United States. Civil rights have come a long way from the turn of the century, African Americans had very little rights compared to the rest of the people. African Americans lived in an unequal world filled with discrimination, segregation, and many different types of oppression. African

American suffered abuse from the people and all because they didn't have equal civil rights. Laws such as the Jim Crow laws at the local and state level restricted African Americans from entering certain areas such as bathrooms, school, theaters, and public transportation. In the late 1900s the well profound quote :separate but equal” was created in the United States, stating that people of color would be separated or segregated away from the people but would get equal treatment although the two are separated.
During the Civil Rights era many well know leader rise up and spoke out against the unfair treatment. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and many others made an incredible impact on winning equal rights and later on giving them the privilege of having the same civil liberties as everyone else. Although this civil right movement was a nonviolent movement many of these leaders lost their lives. Martin Luther King Jr. soughed for equality for African Americans by using peaceful protest which later on lead to his death. He was the face behind many well-known peaceful protest such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington which eventually helped bring equal rights to his people. A African American women by the name of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) who refused to give up her seat to a white Montgomery bus passenger on December 1, 1955 sparked the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. African Americans refused to be passengers of the Montgomery city buses, in hope to stop segregated seating, the boycott lasted from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. The well throughout boycott was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955, which sparked a chain reaction of related boycotts throughout the south and later on lead to change. Americans both white and black gathered by the thousands in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, in hope of finding jobs, racial equality and most importantly freedom. African Americans demanded economic equality by doing the March to Washington as they continued to suffer discrimination.
Civil rights has come a long way from the turn of the century, nowadays whites and blacks are seen as having equal rights, both are now able to go to the same school, are able to work side by side, we even have a African American in the white house!

Although the U.S has come a long way from the turn of the century, African Americans go through a small amount of discrimination. After an African American is arrested he is 33% more likely to be detained then a white person. There have also been reports by the Sentencing Commission that African Americans are known to receive 10 percent longer sentences than whites although being accused for the same crime. In the article, “For African Americans, discrimination is not dead” by Carroll Doherty he stated, “Our June survey found that blacks (36%) were far more likely than whites (19%) to say that economic conditions were excellent or good, even though the unemployment rate for blacks was roughly double that for whites.” Overall discrimination and racism has gone down but it is still seen as an issue in today's

time.
Civil liberties were law established for the wellbeing of the community.

Civil liberties are meant to protect us from government action. The bill of Rights and the Constitution both have to do with civil liberties. Freedom of speech is in the first amendment in the Constitution, both African Americans and women were not able to speak up in the past. African Americans were seen as property and not as individuals who also deserved the same rights as everyone else. African Americans had very little rights and the right to be free was not one of those rights, African Americans were taken advantage of, discriminated and were bought as slaves. The right for a fair court trial is still seen as an issue in today's century, there has been a study done indicating that African Americans and Latinos are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police than whites. In the article “Fourteen Examples of Racism in Criminal; Justice System” by Bill Quigley he states, “When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked. When blacks and Latinos are stopped 85% were frisked according to information provided by the NYPD.” The right to vote was one that both African Americans and women fought for, voting was only allowed for white property owners in the past. Now in today's world anyone has the right to vote without a problem no matter the race or gender that person may

hold.
The goals expressed by the Constitution have not been met here in the United States. Discrimination and racism sadly still exists not only towards African Americans but also towards Latinos. The Constitution is meant to give the citizens of the United States equal right and opportunity but it clearly still an issue. The court trail are still discriminating towards people of color, making them face a harsher sentence than those of no color. Civil rights leader such as Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and many others stood up for what they believed in by fighting a long difficult battle but in the end there's still more fighting to be done for the people of the United States for them to actually achieve, “one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”