Civil Rights Leader And Lawyer - 1606 Words

Civil Rights Leader and Lawyer: Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) Her Drive, Struggles and Achievements What is freedom? Freedom is the state of being free without any confinement mentally or physically. It is the liberty from any external control or any restriction from the simple things in life. Africans were free before the Europeans started sailing across the ocean. The Native Americans were the original slaves in the United States but they were dying rapidly. The Europeans settled in the United States and started to rape the Native Americans women, killed the weak children and forced the men to work endlessly on the fields (Carson 1991, p.6). The Native Americans suffered tremendously before the Africans but they also had the†¦show more content†¦Their goal was to keep the family together and be united as a community. Most important they were free in choosing any religion. They were strong believers in their ancestors’ for leadership and guidances in their daily life. Their strong faiths in their ancestors for direction to the new world became a lucid dream or hope to return home someday. They were free in Africa, their homeland. The meaning of freedom was never a priority for them before until the Europeans arrived. After they started putting them on ships with chains, freedom became their main path for fighting and for many years to come. Freedom was their struggle for various years. Freedom kept them strong and made them tougher to fight not just mentally but physically. Later on, freedom wasn’t the only thing they were fighting for. As the year’s progress and times were changing, The United States became a placed they called home. For many years and generations, they wanted justice, equal rights, unity, education and democracy (Carson 1991, p.13). It wasn’t an easy fight, they faced discrepancies, laws weren’t going to be rapidly changed overnight but they were ready to fight passively aggressive. In the book, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader by Clayborne Carson, et al (1991), it describe the crucial s truggles African Americans dealt with on the