Racial Equality And The Civil War - 1868 Words

Since the declaration of independence when slavery was legal, to the civil war when slavery was outlawed, and then to the civil rights movement where African Americans fought for equal rights, one prevalent issue has proven to be interminable. Although this issue has had different terms to describe it throughout our nation’s history, it hasn t changed. Beginning with slavery, then segregation, and now modern day racism, the core issue of racial equality never seems to be resolved. There have been countless laws, protests, and acts enforced throughout many years of human history that seem to only temporarily subside the problem. Although this proves to be true is most cases, there have also been laws, protests, and acts created and†¦show more content†¦During the same time, a partially black man tried to sit on a white area of a train, when he was arrested, he took it to court. The supreme court ruled in Plessy v Ferguson that although the 14th amendment made African A mericans and whites equal under law, it didn’t mean they had to be equal in society as long as their facilities were equal. This court case made â€Å"separate but equal† constitutional. This led to the birth of two types of segregation. De facto segregation was one of them, which was all segregation that wasn’t a result of laws, such as denying a black person housing or a job. The other is de Jure Segregation, which was all segregation that was a result of the law. The best example of de Jure Segregation is Jim Crow laws, enforcing racial segregation in the south. As a result of not gaining equal rights as whites, black leaders put their heads together to resolve the problem. Booker T. Washington, an african american leader, urged African Americans to move slowly towards radical progress to win white Americans’ respect for full voting and citizenship rights. He argued that not being forceful and aggressive in the approach, could win their superiors over. W.E.B. Du Bois, also an african american leader, had the same end goal as Booker. T. Washington, however had a much different approach. Rejecting Booker T.