Segregation
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 1920's, about fifty percent of the Black Americans
Another problem that the Black Americans faced was literacy in America (Document B). In the 1890's, sixty percent of the Black Americans were illiterate over the age of nine. The whites used this as an advantage for themselves during elections. People would need to take a literacy test before they were able to vote. Since the Black Americans were illiterate, they were unable to vote. But in the 1910's, around thirty percent of Black Americans were illiterate. So this shows us that as time went on, more and more Black Americans were able to go to school, get an education, and become educated. Booker T. Washington states to the people of America in the "Atlanta Compromise Address" in September 18, 1895, about how the Black Americans are so much like their brothers and sisters (Document D). He states, "...we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, in nursing your children, watching by the sickbeds of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves...." This shows that Black Americans were like family to their "owners" in which feelings were strong to one another. The Black Americans never showed any form of strikes or labors wars when they were forced to work in the
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