Essay About Franklin Roosevelt And First Sign Of Blacks

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More than a hundred years ago the Europeans brought slaves to North America.
The blacks found themselves in the midst of prejudice whites with no way out.
When the blacks came over Jim Crow laws were incorporated. With these laws it
was near impossible for blacks to rise in the white world. Booker T. Washington
was the first black to rise to any prominence in this time. In the early 1900s
blacks however began to fight back. In 1909 black advancement organizations
began to increase all over North America. Unfortunately with the rise of these
groups also came the rise of racist white groups like the Ku Klux Klan and
others brutally killing blacks. All blacks coming into N. America were being
brought into a very hostile environment.
The first sign of blacks becoming more equal was the blacks to fight in the
World War. For the first time they were looked upon as war veterans instead of
black slaves. Although progress was beginning a black man named Garvey believed
that the whites would never change, because of this he started an association
called “Back to Africa”. At the coming of the Second World War, blacks
participating in the war were being more important positions than ever before.
Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to make a strong contribution to
the Civil Rights movement. He had signed a declaration that stated no one could
be discriminated in the work place and other areas based on race. Also the high
court passed a law that enabled black children to have the same education
opportunities as white children.
It was in December 1955 that Rosa Parks made a big step for civil rights by
doing a very small but courageous thing. She was arrested for not giving up her
seat to a white man on a bus, which broke one of the many Jim Crow laws. With
that one action black activist hired Martin Luther King Jr. to boycott the bus
laws. This boycott of the Jim Crow transportation laws was a complete success,
launching Martin Luther King Jr. into national stardom with the accomplishment.
King often acted on and admired the ways of M. Gandhi. Soon blacks all