"Struggle for Constitutional Liberty and Justice"

 
Struggle for constitutional liberty and justice Introduction The constitution of the United s has undergone various amendments through the centuries to ensure that justice and liberty become the fore pillars of the country (Bean, 2009). Various activists, politicians, influential people and the acts of the government have contributed greatly to ensuring that justice and liberty is served fairly to all citizens of the US. Background Since the great depression African American women in the United States have struggled to earn their constitutional rights. The African Americans faced a lot of prejudice and discrimination. It was for this reason that courageous individuals and organizations came up to champion for the constitutional rights and equality before the law for blacks and whites. The African Americans and other minority groups got considered as out casts by the whites, and as a result, they got discriminated and harassed (Eagles, 2012). The whites were given priority over the blacks who were ignored. It was for such reasons that the following individuals came up and struggled for the African American women and other minorities to be included in the constitutional promise liberty and justice for all. Thanks to them U.S is a better union since 1960. Influential activists Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of United States and he was a central person in fighting economic depression. He was also a leader of the Democratic Party and most importantly he championed for American liberalization (Robertson, 2013). He considered the minority in his tenure as he came up with domestic policies, which advocated for liberalism, democracy and equality before the law. Philip Randolph was an African American leader in charge of labor and he was also a civil rights and crusader. He was active and responsible for shaping first federal laws which gave African Americans equal rights and opportunities in the place of work. He was the president of a union of black workers in the passenger rail service (Houck & Dixon, 2009). He convinced Roosevelt to sign an order that forced factories to stop discriminating against African American workers. He advocated for equality at the work place. He advocated for payment on the basis of input of the individual employees and not their race. He championed for a better pay for the African American employees who were mainly paid meagerly where they worked. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who took advantage of her position as the first lady from 1993 to 1945 to campaign for her husband civil rights policies.