ESSAY PART ONE: THESIS. Introductory paragraphA. Thesis Statement Throughout the centuries, the people of Africa have endured many trials, obstacles and tribulations. From the time they were kidnapped from their homeland and savagely placed in the holds of ships to be sold as slaves to the American people, Africans (now known in the United States of America as African Americans or blacks) have traveled far to achieve and achieve what was thought to be impossible. These things include, but are not limited to, freedom, equality, independence, the right to vote, an equitable education, a wider range of occupations to pursue, politics, but most importantly living a better quality of life. For this assignment, the focus will be primarily on what Black people have done in the land of the United States of America to limit or end segregation, discrimination, and isolation to achieve equality and civil rights. PART TWO: THESIS ARGUMENTS. Body paragraph no. 1 - Topic Sentence n. 1 Slavery or slave labor was an event that began in the future new land of the United States of America in 1619, when the first English colony received the first shipment of African people who were forced to become their servants.A. Supporting Evidence At the beginning of slavery, it is recorded in history that 20 enslaved Africans were delivered to a colony in Jamestown, Virginia. The inhabitants of the English colony need it to establish a system of labor exploitation.B. ExplanationAlthough the system of slavery has existed since the times of the great ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, the Aztecs and various other countries, there was nothing in the... middle of paper... Stories. New York: Morrow/Avon. Liebaman, J. S. (2003, May). "The Federal No Child Left Behind Act and the Post-Desegregation Civil Rights Agenda. North Carolina Law Review 81.Mageli, P.D. (2006). "Free at Last? The Civil Rights Movement and the People Who Created It." Magill Book Reviews. Salem Press, 2005. Retrieved from eNotes.com: http://www.enotes.com/free-last-civil-free-last- civil-rights-movement-people-who-createdMcKissack, F.L. (2000). This generation of Americans: a history of the civil rights movement. Columbus, Ohio: Jamestown.Rostron, A. (1999). of the 1960s". New England Law Review 33.Walker, R. (1994, January 6). Rainbow Coalition Holds Conference on Violence. Call & Post.p. A3.Wilkinson, J.H. (1979). From Brown to Bakke: The Supreme Court and school integration in New York: Oxford Univ.