美国当代的黑人歧视状况.docVIP

20世纪中叶美国黑人歧视状况 摘 要 20世纪中叶的美国是美国种族关系的最低点，大多数美国黑人都处于水深火热之中。克劳德特科尔文The mid 20th century is a period often referred to as the nadir of American race relations. Social discrimination and tensions affected most African Americans in their every aspect of daily life. Claudette Colvin was a black teenager in this period. After experiencing numerous unfair treatments in education, public places, vote right, and employment, her only dream was to live as an ordinary person. Finally, she struggled against the hardship of her life and fought for her civil rights as an American citizen. Her resistances together with the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) got success at last. Key words: 1: Unfair Treatment in Education 2: Unfair Treatment in Public places 3: Unfair Treatment of Voting right 4: Unfair Treatment in Employment 5: Final Resistance On Racial Discrimination against Black People in the Mid 20th Century Setting Following the?American Civil War, three constitutional amendments were passed including ended slavery, gave African Americans citizenship, and gave African-American males the right to vote. However, the mid 20th century is a period often referred to as the nadir of American race relations. African Americans were being disfranchised; white Democrats imposed racial?segregation?by law. Violence against blacks increased with numerous?lynchings. Social discrimination and tensions affected African Americans in their every aspect of daily life. Body Claudette Colvin was a black teenager in the mid 20th century. After experiencing numerous unfair treatments, her only dream was to live as an ordinary person. She struggled against the hardship of her life and fought for her civil rights as an American citizen. Unfair Treatment in Education In the spring of 1950, Claudette Colvin was a student at Moton High School in Virginia. She lived with the educational pressures that society exerts in regards to race. Segregation of white and colored chi