The black community in America has faced a lot of hardships since they came in as slaves to work in the plantations of the whites. They have had numerous champions from Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King Jr. all propagating a world where the black man had as many rights as their white counterpart (Wright, 2006). Many attempts have been made in history some like the Universal Negro Improvement Association faced challenges from among the black community itself, especially the members of the middle class who viewed the motives of Garvey with skepticism as in the past such movements had been used for selfish goals (Cronon, 1955).

The black community faced a lot of segregation from the white community who viewed them as lesser humans and did not, therefore, want to mix with them. Even in public schools, black children were unwanted. In 1954, for example, the ruling in Brown vs. Board of education held that it was contrary to constitutional rights to discriminate other people. This meant that black children had every right to attend public school. This was in 1954.

In 1964, however, there was a milestone. This was the passing of the Civil Rights Act 1964 (Wright, 2006). It was signed into law by then president Lyndon John in the full view of Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow civil rights campaigners (Skog, 2007). This law recognized the equality of women in employment and allowed them to hold jobs. It also allowed the Attorney General to sue anyone who did not uphold it, for example, in the case of employment of blacks and other minorities. Also of importance to note is that public places were no longer segregated, and the Act even went on to define public places to include restaurants, movie houses, sports arenas among others (Skog, 2007).

This was the culmination of a process journey that had taken many years to travel and one that then gave the