Segregation essays

Segregation essays In the past, many groups of people have been seen down on and are even hurt by another group that believes that they are supreme. In the United States of America, the African American group has been seen down on by the white group. There was segregation between these two groups for many years. There were many problems of poverty and discrimination faced upon the Black Americans. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois show there different strategies for dealing with these problems. The Black Americans had many problems in the United States after they were freed. One of these problems was the education for them. Many whites felt that schools should be separated by race or color. The percentage of Black Americans enrolled in schools in the late nineteenth century was about thirty percent. The percentage of White Americans enrolled in schools was about fifty-five percent (Document A). These people were between the ages of five to nineteen years old. This shows the segregation of the two races in schools that were meant for everyone and anyone that is an American. As the years went on more and more Black Americans were able to go to school and get an education. By the 1920s, about fifty percent of the Black Americans were enrolled in schools. Segregation was not just in schools but in the communities as well. The Black American was considered dirty and disgusting to the whites. They were unable to drink from the same water fountain as the whites (Document J). Even on the bus, the Black American has to stand and allow the whites to sit. Furthermore, they had to stay in the back of the bus. There were many signs that stated whether things are for colored people or not. Another problem that the Black Americans faced was literacy in America (Document B). In the 1890s, sixty percent of the Black Americans were illiterate over the age of nine. The whites used this as an advantage fo...