Essay On The Causes Of The Civil Rights Movement
Violence. A common thing in the 1960s, racism was at it’s highest. African American kids were not able to have the same opportunities as other white kids, and it is all because of their color. African American kids would get picked on, hurt, and even killed. It was common back then. Segregation and Discrimination was a thing. And it was everywhere. African Americans were sick of it, and many Men, Women, and even Children rose to fight back, to make a change. To stop racism, Discrimination and Segregation. There were many causes of the Civil Rights Movement. And one of them is Violence.
Bloody Sunday. A very violent day. Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday, March 7, and, led by John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC activists, …show more content…
One example of segregation is separate schools. African American kids were not aloud to go to the same schools. Whiter kids had nice stuff, like a nice building, textbooks, desks, and they had buses. African Americans did not have nice stuff, some African American schools had buses, but not many. Another example is that African Americans could not sit in the front of public buses, they all had to sit in the back. And if the bus was full, they could kick African Americans off the bus to give room for the white people. And they would not even get a refund. My final example is that white people are rude to African Americans. One time, a white boy said hi to and African American. The father of the white boy saw it and yelled, “What did you say to that ******?” He then told his son to kick him, and the white boy did what he was told. My final cause is discrimination. One example of discrimination is separate water fountains. Most of the time, there were 2 different water fountains. One would say ‘Colored’ and the other says ‘white.’ The white one would look nicer than the colored one. Another example is separate jobs. Most of the jobs are for white people only, rarely would there be nice paying job for african americans. My final example is stores. Most stores had different doors for people. African Americans had to enter through the back, and white people would enter through the front
Bloody Sunday. A very violent day. Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday, March 7, and, led by John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC activists, …show more content…
One example of segregation is separate schools. African American kids were not aloud to go to the same schools. Whiter kids had nice stuff, like a nice building, textbooks, desks, and they had buses. African Americans did not have nice stuff, some African American schools had buses, but not many. Another example is that African Americans could not sit in the front of public buses, they all had to sit in the back. And if the bus was full, they could kick African Americans off the bus to give room for the white people. And they would not even get a refund. My final example is that white people are rude to African Americans. One time, a white boy said hi to and African American. The father of the white boy saw it and yelled, “What did you say to that ******?” He then told his son to kick him, and the white boy did what he was told. My final cause is discrimination. One example of discrimination is separate water fountains. Most of the time, there were 2 different water fountains. One would say ‘Colored’ and the other says ‘white.’ The white one would look nicer than the colored one. Another example is separate jobs. Most of the jobs are for white people only, rarely would there be nice paying job for african americans. My final example is stores. Most stores had different doors for people. African Americans had to enter through the back, and white people would enter through the front