Attitudes During The Civil Rights Movement
In the Deep South, during the Civil Rights Movement, the attitudes toward the African Americans were negative and caused prejudice and discrimination. These attitudes of hatred cause many activities and acts that transformed their lives into the Civil Rights Movement and then into how we know life today. Some of the events were the most significant to this time, that show change in the attitudes of the white people and the declaration of hatred toward the African Americans were the writing of the 13, and 14 amendments, the Integration of Central High School, and the Bombing of Birmingham Church.
The attitudes toward the African Americans were filled with hatred and inferiority. All this negative attitude really started with the shipping …show more content…
In 1956, the Brown v. the Board of Education was a huge case that impacted the way that the African American people were treated. A black man named Oliver Brown did not agree with the state saying that his daughter could not attend an all white elementary school that was much more convenient to attend than the all black school across town. When this case was taken to court, eventually, the Integration began. (A+E Networks) Black students were then allowed to go to all white schools, starting with the Little Rock 9. In the book, “Warriors Don’t Cry,” Melba is a young girl that is part of the Little Rock 9 that were the first African Americans to attend Central High School. This book is her story of the pain and torment that she felt being hated and abused by her peers in a place that she was supposed to learn and to feel safe. Melba had to learn how to be a warrior and not show her pain and hurt (Beals). The students that were part of the integration could finally go to schools that were closer and more convenient to attend. They were given the chance at good education and a more successful future. But on the other hand, these black students were abused and hurt through physical torture and verbal words being said to them. Mobs of white people would stand outside the school daily to try to hurt the 9 black students as they entered into their school, trying to prevent them from going to school that day. School should be a place that all students should feel safe. School should be a place that all students should have an equal opportunity to learn, and shouldn’t have to worry about how they will be able to get to their next class without being harassed, or how they are going to get home without being hurt. The Integration of Central High School was the start of tolerance towards the black people. They were able to be more excepted as
The attitudes toward the African Americans were filled with hatred and inferiority. All this negative attitude really started with the shipping …show more content…
In 1956, the Brown v. the Board of Education was a huge case that impacted the way that the African American people were treated. A black man named Oliver Brown did not agree with the state saying that his daughter could not attend an all white elementary school that was much more convenient to attend than the all black school across town. When this case was taken to court, eventually, the Integration began. (A+E Networks) Black students were then allowed to go to all white schools, starting with the Little Rock 9. In the book, “Warriors Don’t Cry,” Melba is a young girl that is part of the Little Rock 9 that were the first African Americans to attend Central High School. This book is her story of the pain and torment that she felt being hated and abused by her peers in a place that she was supposed to learn and to feel safe. Melba had to learn how to be a warrior and not show her pain and hurt (Beals). The students that were part of the integration could finally go to schools that were closer and more convenient to attend. They were given the chance at good education and a more successful future. But on the other hand, these black students were abused and hurt through physical torture and verbal words being said to them. Mobs of white people would stand outside the school daily to try to hurt the 9 black students as they entered into their school, trying to prevent them from going to school that day. School should be a place that all students should feel safe. School should be a place that all students should have an equal opportunity to learn, and shouldn’t have to worry about how they will be able to get to their next class without being harassed, or how they are going to get home without being hurt. The Integration of Central High School was the start of tolerance towards the black people. They were able to be more excepted as