In The Early 1900’s The Living Conditions Under Which Many African Americans Wer

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Term Paper Title	In The Early 1900’s The Living Conditions Under Which Many African Americans Wer
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In the early 1900’s the living conditions under which many African Americans were living
was poor.  There was racial segregation, the passing of Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, and linchings.  Africans were treated unequal and were highly discriminated against.  African children were least likely to attend school, get high or well paying jobs, and raise a family out of poverty.  There were few activists in this time period for the treatment of Africans, but two young men stepped forward. Du Bois and Washington, both from different backgrounds but both out to help the African race. Du Bois was born into a free family and makes certain demands to improve the living for his race, while Washington was borninto a slave family and seeks economic improvement.  I believe that Washington offers the best strategy for improving their treatment and the quality of their lives in the United States.

     Washington believed that African children should be educated. At the end of the Civil War the number of African children going to school tripled, and in 1905 the amount of children sky-rocketed again.  In 1920, 65% of white children were going to school, and 55% percent of African children attended school.  Yet, $22 was spent on each white student and$3 was spent on each black student.  Schooling for African children was hard, there were few school houses and students were often packed into tiny shacks that were supposed to be schools.

     The number of school houses in Alabama in the year 1871 for whites was 2,399, with 184,441 children attending schools, and 76.9 children per school house.  The number of school houses for Africans that same year was 922, with 165,601 children attending and 179.6 children per school house.  Schools for African children were overcrowded and not much learning would take place.  More schools had to be built in order for education, discipline and morals to be taught. More money had to be given to African education, this another reason why the Tuskegee Institute was erected.

     Since 1890 the number of illiterate African children over the age of 9 that has decreased almost 50%.  Yet, the amount ...

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