From 1975 to the present, African Americans have made substantial social and economic progress. But simultaneously, these visible signs of improvement and progress mask deep inequities that relegate African Americans to second-class status, with fewer opportunities. Using the readings from The Future in the Present briefly, write two paragraphs identifying contemporary social problems that disproportionately impact people of color and discuss what activism (social action strategies) you consider in combatting these problems.

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explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.