You walk twelve miles before daylight just to see your children before you go to work in the field for the day hoping you will get back in time. The situation described above is an example of one type of oppression that African Americans had to deal with as we brought them over from Africa and forced them to work on plantations as slaves. This is just one type of oppression American men and women …showed first 75 words of 834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 834 total…herself. As a result of this, Women and African Americans went through many trials and tribulations, but still managed to overcome them and live productively as American citizens in our society. Now they are not just people who live in America, but they have earned the title of being Americans and are seen in our society as people. This was a difficult feat for them to overcome, but they have, and still continue to succeed.