African Americans

Running head : AFRICAN AMERICANS

African Americans in the Community

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African Americans in the Community

Introduction

African Americans make up a significant proportion of the population of the American society . The history of black American 's is full of struggle and suffering and their present status an indication of their determination to acquire equity and equality in the society they call home . However , while a significant number of African American 's

in the society enjoys relative success , historical injustices still hampers equitable acquisition of wealth by

this minority group putting them at a disadvantage against their white counterparts . Therefore African Americans are faced with immense challenges leading to unemployment , poverty , political under representation and lack of sufficient access to higher education

Lives of African Americans in the American society

The origin of African Americans in society can be traced to slavery of black Africans brought to work in colonial plantations by the British colonialists . However , poverty was brought to an end by Abraham Lincoln during the American civil war and these former slaves became free to live as free citizens in the American society . However , that freedom was just the beginning of a long battle for their individual and collective rights in to be recognized as equals and to be accorded similar opportunities with their white counterparts (Shapiro , 2004

Black communities were discriminated upon which led to racial segregation , no voting rights and violence upon the black people . Such atrocities led to the civil protest by...