Humanities Timeline Summary

This time line is about the civil rights movement. Around 1865 is when it all started. The civil war had just ended and the reconstruction period had just started. Blacks and whites were trying to integrate with each other, but the white refused and made laws that separated the two races which was called the " The Jim Crow laws ". At this time period everything was a mess, Whites felt that were me superior then all the other races. This is when the African Americans became furious and started fighting back. After years and years of fighting the government had finally passed 3 new amendments to the constitution that gave all races the same rights which were amendment 13,14,15. Even thought the government passed these laws down, whites were mad and still found ways to put blacks people down and made themselves feel better. That was when he court case in the supreme court " Plessy vs Ferguson " in 1896 happened, this court case was to enforce " Separate was not equal " But it was overturned to Separate is equal. After almost 50 years from the court case of fighting, was another court case " Brown versus Board of Education", this case was to finish the job of what Plessy vs Ferguson case couldn't but this time Brown Versus Board was not overturned and the outcome came out as " Separate was not inherently equal ". After the court case they integrated two schools , central high , and Little rock high . That was when nine teenage African American students went to little rock high. But the governor sent national guards to block the entrance so the African American students not to enter the school which broke the 14 amendment. The blacks fought back in 1963 with " The Children's March", this event was when all the African American students from all over the United States went to jail to boycott and thats when the president knew he had to do something about it. The President sent troops to bring the little rock nine to school everyday and keep them safe. That was when "The Jim Crow law " was vanished because of the civil rights act which took away all the discrimination of race employment and racial voting rights.

Humanities Civil Rights Act Timeline

General Civil Right (1865 - 1965) - The whole movement started when the civil war ended in 1865. At that time, segregation started and in 1965 that was when public facilities were integrated, and when they demolished the Jim Crow Laws, racial discrimination employments, and racial voting rights, which was called the civil rights act.
Reconstruction ( 1860's - 1880's) - This was a time period when blacks and whites were trying to integrate right after the civil war, blacks were trying to enforce the 3 new amendments that had been passed by the government on the white people.
Jim Crow Law ( 1875 - 1965 ) - Jim Crow Law was a state law in the south that separated White and African American people in the states of the south and was ended after almost a century after it was started

Amendment 13 ( 1865 ) - Amendment 13 was a law that ended slavery and made it illegal to have slaves.
Amendment 14 ( 1868 ) - This amendment was to enforce amendment 13,15. This amendment assured that no state law shall take away any rights from any person.
Amendment 15 ( 1870 ) - This amendment was the right to vote, and that can not be taken away according to race , sexuality , color or previous condition of servitude.
Plessy versus Ferguson (1896) - Plessy Versus Ferguson was a court case in the supreme court for "Separate is not equal" but in the end it was down to 7 votes to 1 vote, the outcome of the decision was " Separate but equal " is fair.

Brown Versus Board ( 1954 ) - This was the greatest success of NAACP, National Association For Advanced Colored People; Brown versus Board was a law case which continued what Plessy Versus Ferguson failed to do which was to state "separate is not equal" , but this time it was 9 - 0 votes and the outcome was "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Children's march ( 1963) - This event took place in the south where African American children/students from all over the United States went to March and decide to all go to jail as a boycott protest for segregation.

Racial Differences in Education

The statistic that caught my attention was barely any African American & Latinos students graduate from high school. Some examples are 55% Latinos graduating, 51% African American
& 76% white students graduating. What I'm trying to say is that either African American & Latino students like the streets more than there education or there family is in poverty in other words have no money. It is also known that high school graduates live 7 years longer than a high school drop out & what I feel about all of this is that they're trying to say all Latino & African American are all the same like probably every one else thinks that Latino & African American are stupid or just don't like school or maybe even think that Latino & African American parents don't care about there Children's education or don't give them discipline as much as white parents. All I have to say is that were all not the same we all have are differences & a lot of us have difficulties in school. So what do you THINK about that?

Have you ever thought about the racial gap between races in education or even in life?

"Black and Latino students are 2-3 times more likely to have below basic skills in reading and math"

According to the statistic above, Black and Latinos have a higher percentage chance of having below level of reading and math skills. This absurd quotation and statistic might be true for some Black and Latino students, but it doesn't apply for all Black and Latino students. This statistic is just one of all the other stereotypes on the racial achievement gap. This quote is the same as saying Asian students are 2-3 times more likely to have above basic skills in math. Stereotypical quotes are true sometimes but in this case I would think I would be in the middle. There are many Blacks and Latinos who are smart. This statistic bring up another point, the only reason Blacks and Latino students are 2-3 times more likely to have below basic skills in math and reading is because there family are either in poverty or below poverty lines, and thats there excuse to do bad in school. In my opinion this is not a acceptable excuse for doing bad. This Black and Latino student stereotype is a very confusing one, it brings up many points and makes me think in the middle of true and false. Many Lower East Side Asian Families also live in the projects, and many families are in poverty like Black and Latinos are but they do good academically wise in comparison to other race's. In some cases the parents have a big responsibility in the education of their children. If the parent takes full responsibility of caring about their child's education then the child will most likely do better. In other cases some children are delinquents and do bad in school to get attention because they don't get any attention at all at home. My parents always care about my education and put pressure on me to do good in school and if i don't get high grades then both me and my brother know that we will have consequences of our own. According to what I have noticed, I am predicting that Black and Latinos have lots of responsibility as a parent and they don't have time to get involved with their children and their education. This statistic brings up many things that go through my mind but also makes me very confused about if the quote is either true or false.