Civil Rights and African Americans essay

Civil Rights and African Americans

African Americans civil rights and the line between equal treatment, poverty, and education has been a long struggle and continue to be one even in today’s society.

Throughout history there have been many advocates for African Americans civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 delivered his “Mountain Top” speech, this speech targeted all men and women regardless of color of skin,

sex or gender that all men should be treated equal, in 1968 the “Civil Rights Act of 1968” was signed this law ensures equal housing opportunities for all men and women.

The list goes on to the different laws set into effect to ensure equality and to investigate discrimination. “Civil rights legislation of the sixties and seventies sought to

end racial discrimination in the United States; doing so required that the federal government establish an official ethno-racial taxonomy in order to specify who was and was not covered by the various statutes,

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, and the Home Mortgage Act of 1975 required federal agencies to identify particular groups to be monitored for evidence of discrimination” Hattam, V. (2004).

All of these set in place and still African Americans are denied health care, equal housing, the rights to go to certain schools, and even in some cases discrimination. Poverty has always been a factor when it comes to African Americans, in today’s society there are approximately 28.1% of

African Americans living in poverty. According to the 2012 “Annual data released recently by the U.S Census Bureau indicates that 43.6 million Americans–one in seven people — now live in poverty.

This is the largest number of people in poverty in the 51 years for which the estimates are available. The figures also show that African Americans experience poverty at a much higher rate than Whites” (2010, Oct 02 Milwaukee Cou…