The American constitution promised that „all men are created equal" and it could be said that it was made solely for the white race. Slaves were not looked upon as human beings as they were looked upon as property. After the Civil War and the Emancipation Declaration abolished slavery, everything at first seemed to change. Although Blacks were now called citizens they still had no civil rights.
Eventually Black Codes and the Jim Crow laws were set up to limit the movement and rights of the Blacks. To keep Blacks from registering to vote, poll taxes were raised, comprehension tests were held and the grandfather-clause was put into practice. The Separate but equal" decision of 1896 confirmed the segregation in the South and soon everything was being segregated, the churches, schools, restaurants, even the toilets. Segregation in the south was in full effect and it was nothing nice for the African American.
Many tried to escape segregation in the South by moving into northern urban......
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