Civil Rights Movement Significance
I will introduce the Civil Rights Movement. I will identify it, discuss the important background circumstances for it, and assess the historical significance.
Civil rights movement that was a mass protest movement to revolt racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Moreover, it was the national prominence during the mid-1950s. Due to the non-violent protest, the civil rights movement broke the pattern of public facilities which was segregated by “race”, and it achieved the goal that African Americans could have the equal-rights legislation (LP 296-297).
Although slavery was end as a result of the Civil War and African Americans could have their basic civil rights through the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, …show more content…
Most African Americans could not get good jobs. They had less chance of a good education than white Americans. As the textbook states, “In the postwar era, segregation, a system in which about 15 million blacks were mired in economic underdevelopment and susceptible to legal discrimination, have to change” (LP 287). As the textbook mentions, “ Linda Brown was a small child denied entry into a white school in her neighborhood in Topeka, Kansas, so her parents sued”. (LP 287). Finally, the justices declared that “separation was inherently unequal” (LP 288). Although the Brown decision was a great victory for civil rights, as the textbook states, “the Super Court told southern states to act “with all deliberate speed” in the desegregating their schools, which meant that the struggle for integration would continue” (LP 288). It can be seen that it is still difficult for African Americans to have a good education. Moreover, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. …show more content…
Although The Fifteenth Amendment had stated that every citizen could not be denied his or her own rights to vote because of race or color. However, some southern states in United States still passed laws to try to deny voting rights to African Americans. Therefore, Martin Luther King and his supporters required new legislation to guarantee the rights to vote for every African American . They held protests in Birmingham. Bull Connor ordered his troops to attack the protesters with dogs and water hoses that were shocked Americans. On May 10, 1963, after the Kennedy administration acting, Birmingham`s white businessmen and black leaders reached a compromise (LP 291). As the textbook sates, “both sides reached a settlement to end the protests in return for desegregating public facilities and making job available to blacks” (LP 291). It can be seen that these protests promoted the civil rights
Civil rights movement that was a mass protest movement to revolt racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Moreover, it was the national prominence during the mid-1950s. Due to the non-violent protest, the civil rights movement broke the pattern of public facilities which was segregated by “race”, and it achieved the goal that African Americans could have the equal-rights legislation (LP 296-297).
Although slavery was end as a result of the Civil War and African Americans could have their basic civil rights through the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, …show more content…
Most African Americans could not get good jobs. They had less chance of a good education than white Americans. As the textbook states, “In the postwar era, segregation, a system in which about 15 million blacks were mired in economic underdevelopment and susceptible to legal discrimination, have to change” (LP 287). As the textbook mentions, “ Linda Brown was a small child denied entry into a white school in her neighborhood in Topeka, Kansas, so her parents sued”. (LP 287). Finally, the justices declared that “separation was inherently unequal” (LP 288). Although the Brown decision was a great victory for civil rights, as the textbook states, “the Super Court told southern states to act “with all deliberate speed” in the desegregating their schools, which meant that the struggle for integration would continue” (LP 288). It can be seen that it is still difficult for African Americans to have a good education. Moreover, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. …show more content…
Although The Fifteenth Amendment had stated that every citizen could not be denied his or her own rights to vote because of race or color. However, some southern states in United States still passed laws to try to deny voting rights to African Americans. Therefore, Martin Luther King and his supporters required new legislation to guarantee the rights to vote for every African American . They held protests in Birmingham. Bull Connor ordered his troops to attack the protesters with dogs and water hoses that were shocked Americans. On May 10, 1963, after the Kennedy administration acting, Birmingham`s white businessmen and black leaders reached a compromise (LP 291). As the textbook sates, “both sides reached a settlement to end the protests in return for desegregating public facilities and making job available to blacks” (LP 291). It can be seen that these protests promoted the civil rights