Civil Rights Movement In The 1960s
The Sixties In all of American history, one decade, the 1960s, would prove to challenge “the norm” on many fronts, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since. Woodstock, the Civil Rights Movement, the Sexual Revolution, the Space Race, and the Vietnam War were all iconic moments in American history that grace the pages of children’s history books still today. With so many moving parts in the political and cultural atmosphere, it is hard to digest the impact of these movements in only a seven-hour lecture series. After reflection, it is evident that the most impactful events discussed in the series were the Civil Rights movement, the Great Society, and the music. In Amity Shlaes lecture, she talked about the St. Louis area housing project of
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Its greatest achievement came in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, allowing African-Americans the right to vote without being tested at the polls. It was through the work of all the brave men and women that Larry Elder’s father was able to give him the advice that “you get out of life what you put into it” and that “hard work wins.”2 Elder’s father was a teenager that was kicked out of his house during the Jim Crow times. He worked as a chef in the Marines, and then was only able to find jobs cleaning toilets while going to night school and being a father. He was finally able to open his own restaurant through his own had work and saving2. How miraculous is it that a man who personally saw the Jim Crow days was also able to tell his sons to work hard and they could be whatever they wanted, after having grown up in a time where a black man could be lynched for being outside at night! Because of the foundations laid by these civil rights activists, African-Americans can become whatever they work to be. The civil rights movement is where we can see the roots of movements like black lives matter. Racism is by no means solved, but it is no longer enough of a burden to indefinitely restrict the ability to succeed for blacks. Taking a knee during the anthem at football games is a form of non-violent protest, which saw its prominence in the sixties. The move was controversial, though successful, and for the past few years, because black players decided to take a knee during the anthem, there has been lots of media conversation about police
Its greatest achievement came in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, allowing African-Americans the right to vote without being tested at the polls. It was through the work of all the brave men and women that Larry Elder’s father was able to give him the advice that “you get out of life what you put into it” and that “hard work wins.”2 Elder’s father was a teenager that was kicked out of his house during the Jim Crow times. He worked as a chef in the Marines, and then was only able to find jobs cleaning toilets while going to night school and being a father. He was finally able to open his own restaurant through his own had work and saving2. How miraculous is it that a man who personally saw the Jim Crow days was also able to tell his sons to work hard and they could be whatever they wanted, after having grown up in a time where a black man could be lynched for being outside at night! Because of the foundations laid by these civil rights activists, African-Americans can become whatever they work to be. The civil rights movement is where we can see the roots of movements like black lives matter. Racism is by no means solved, but it is no longer enough of a burden to indefinitely restrict the ability to succeed for blacks. Taking a knee during the anthem at football games is a form of non-violent protest, which saw its prominence in the sixties. The move was controversial, though successful, and for the past few years, because black players decided to take a knee during the anthem, there has been lots of media conversation about police