Essay On African Americans In The Civil Rights Movement
It is 1955, and you hear the sounds of a big group of people. You guess it is African Americans marching for their rights. You silently cheer them on. Their actions are smart; they are getting themselves on the road to freedom. Some of the key factors that made it possible for all people in America to have equal rights are that people had courage, they persevered, and they made peace. My first reason is that people had the courage to do the right thing. Many African-Americans stood up for their rights. Rosa Parks, in specific, knew that she would get into trouble for not obeying the law, (blacks could not sit wherever they want). According to “Bravery on the Bus”, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested. This makes me think that you must have great courage to do this, because Rosa Parks did.
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African-Americans boycotted Montgomery, Alabama’s buses after Rosa Parks was arrested. They refused to ride the buses because they thought it was unfair that they had to sit in the back of their bus and they were always told what to do. They held this boycott for 381 days, or 1 year and 16 days. This is a very long time for something like this, and you have to persevere for a long time to do it. Even though it hurt them, they still kept going. That is a true demonstration of perseverance. The article “Bravery on the Bus” states that the people’s perseverance (the boycott) was a “key victory” for civil rights. Also, President Abraham Lincoln kept trying and trying to outlaw slavery by passing laws. In the article “Free at Last”, Jeffrey Rosen states that ending slavery “became his life’s work”. Lincoln died before slavery was abolished, but his hard work helped make equality between races. You can see that many African-Americans worked hard to get their rights. I know this because it took nearly 100 years to stop
African-Americans boycotted Montgomery, Alabama’s buses after Rosa Parks was arrested. They refused to ride the buses because they thought it was unfair that they had to sit in the back of their bus and they were always told what to do. They held this boycott for 381 days, or 1 year and 16 days. This is a very long time for something like this, and you have to persevere for a long time to do it. Even though it hurt them, they still kept going. That is a true demonstration of perseverance. The article “Bravery on the Bus” states that the people’s perseverance (the boycott) was a “key victory” for civil rights. Also, President Abraham Lincoln kept trying and trying to outlaw slavery by passing laws. In the article “Free at Last”, Jeffrey Rosen states that ending slavery “became his life’s work”. Lincoln died before slavery was abolished, but his hard work helped make equality between races. You can see that many African-Americans worked hard to get their rights. I know this because it took nearly 100 years to stop