Civil Rights Act Of 1964: The Struggle To Become Civil

The Battle to Become Civil African Americans and the immense struggle to become civil. Which led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a enormous part in American history. During this time a vast number of African Americans were determined to get the rights that they believed they deserved as humans. This did not come effortlessly because obtaining rights when you have none is a very hard. It took many years of struggling to get their rights, they soon obtained the rights that they deserved, but not without a fight. First off, the main reason African Americans started fighting for their rights is because of the way they were treated on a daily basis. For example, a person that was hiring people could put up a sign saying hiring “whites only”
For example, one of the most widely known violent acts against African Americans, was where four young black girls were killed in the church bombing of Birmingham. This was one of the things that was protested against. Protestors were not only protesting for African Americans, but they were also protesting for civil rights activists that were being killed, such as Medgar Evers and William L. Moore. However, not all protests were peaceful, many peaceful protests ended up having conflicts with authorities in 1963 (Civil). This ended up turning into riots where the protesters would start throwing missiles, rocks, bottles, and bricks at policemen. This was the main way of violence during the protests which turned into riots in 1964 and 1965 (Heaps 160). These violent protests also led to cops using dogs to try and help control the rioters (Fitz Video). Even though the violence in these riots had started because officers did not want them protesting, they also also took the riots to any white stores that would not allow African Americans in the stores (Heaps 160). This became a way of many of the
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