BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN’S STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES (1830-1960)

Abstract

People from all over the world went to the United States to benefit from this land of freedom. Also, the import of Black Slaves from Africa in the Colonial Era was followed by the most acute forms of discrimination. In addition to this; the American society was based on life, freedom and search for happiness; all of this benefited only whites. Furthermore, Black Women were forced to come to American Colonies were enslaved and exploited by whites; they spent their lives under torture, race and discrimination, and were deprived of their basic civil rights. These Black Women fought to secure their right to vote and to regain their status. Through their struggle they reached an important role. In the early 1950s they tried to gain political power, the right to vote and equality in public places. This research deals with the role of Black Women in the most important events that changed American society during the twentieth century with the aim to highlight the evolution of their lives within the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the struggle and resistance to continued discrimination.