Our group focused a lot on how the African Americans in our nation have faced a struggle for a long time, and just to add more that that long list of struggle would be to be able to have the right to vote, just as any other white person is able to.
Heather focused on the fact that the government thought it would be a good idea to have black people take a test to have to vote. She made a really good point that most white people wouldn’t be able to pass that test now-a-days. She stated that “This was just an easy, unfair, and illegal way to stop the African Americans from voting.” I think Heather hit it right on the nose by saying it’s just a way to avoid letting them have rights.
Jenni, like Heather, focused on the fact that African Americans have had such a harsh journey to overcome and have also achieved so much along the way. Jenni also focused on how President Johnson said that we have an American problem, not a color problem or a regional problem. Jenni stated that “This really shows us that no matter where we are from, or what color we are, we are all Americans and we need to be able to accept everybody because no matter what we look like we are all U.S. citizens and we all have the same rights. We just need to overcome our differences and accept each other for who we are.”
Chelsea did a good job at summing up the group and also added that African Americans are just as much an American as any other people are and she questioned why should they not be given the same rights as everyone else just because of their skin color?
All in all, our group recognized the fact that African Americans have gone through many struggles but continue to overcome them as a group, sticking together for a common goal.
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