Equal Rights

Equal rights are something that people have fought for over and over again. Whether it is equal rights based on the color of your skin, gender, or beliefs people have been arguing over who should have equal rights through time. Racial equality is one of our nation's biggest issues and we have been trying to solve it for decades. In their lifetimes many African Americans had to face slavery and discrimination. In some places they still find themselves victims today many of those were Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass will forever remain one of the most important figures in America’s struggle for civil rights and racial equality. To begin with, he was an inspiration to more than just African Americans. He spoke out against oppression throughout America and abroad, his struggle for freedom, self-discovery, and his identity stands as a testament for all time, for all people thru out the world not just blacks. Without him our world would not be the same.

In the essay “Learning to Read and Write,” It spoke of the struggle that an African American person suffered through just to gain basic communication skills. Frederick Douglass was the author of the essay “Learning to Read and Write.” In his work he showed how life was for the average African-American during times of slavery through a first person voice. Freedom and equality was all mention throughout every of his stories because of the perspective he had on life. Indeed Frederick Douglass should have received all of the accolades and over more whereas he helped abolished slavery and fought for African American rights but instead of full rights and equality there was still discrimination and racism about. Despite all of that, Douglass is considered one of the most distinguished black writers in nineteenth-century American literature.

Similarly, Sojourner Truth born and raised in slavery was a go getter; to begin with, she was arguably one of the most prominent figures of African American women’s history. ...