Historical Perspective: The Case Of Rosa Parks
Oppression of African People a Historical perspective: The Case of Rosa Parks The modern society has changed significantly during the last several decades, nevertheless, such aspects as racism, sexism and segregation continue disturbing the fragile social harmony. The current study addresses the oppression of African people in the United States and the Civil Rights movement against racial segregation, which emerged as the answer to the segregation policy. One of the most vivid manifestations of this Movement’s activity was Rosa Parks’ act of social disobedience, better known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 1, 1955.
The present paper argues that from the historical perspective, such issues as racial segregation, oppression …show more content…
In the mid-twentieth century, racial segregation thrived in all American cities. The State Court provided no particular rights or privileges to the African American citizens, and even vice versa – its decisions contributed to the fact that these people were forced to reside on the lowest level of the social ladder. The researcher Judith Lee underlines the fact that in the 1960s, the African-American citizens fled from the rural areas to the big cities. This was because they believed that residing in larger cities would allow them to achieve more economic opportunities and social justice.
However, they failed to find any of it; these people saw only discrimination and violence, the phenomenon of segregation concerns almost all aspects of life starting from the separate dwelling areas – ghettos to the necessity to give up a seat on a public bus (Lee, p. 122). Hereby it could be stated that despite the abolition of slavery and previous outbursts of social unrest initiated by the Civil Rights Movement, the people of African descent continued to be stigmatized in the American society of the twentieth …show more content…
The representatives of the African-American community obviously got exhausted of the constant feeling of being oppressed and disadvantaged part of society, which in turn led to subsequent outbursts of social discontent. Famous African-American human rights activist Martin Luther King was one of the first initiators of the Civil Rights Movement in the United
The present paper argues that from the historical perspective, such issues as racial segregation, oppression …show more content…
In the mid-twentieth century, racial segregation thrived in all American cities. The State Court provided no particular rights or privileges to the African American citizens, and even vice versa – its decisions contributed to the fact that these people were forced to reside on the lowest level of the social ladder. The researcher Judith Lee underlines the fact that in the 1960s, the African-American citizens fled from the rural areas to the big cities. This was because they believed that residing in larger cities would allow them to achieve more economic opportunities and social justice.
However, they failed to find any of it; these people saw only discrimination and violence, the phenomenon of segregation concerns almost all aspects of life starting from the separate dwelling areas – ghettos to the necessity to give up a seat on a public bus (Lee, p. 122). Hereby it could be stated that despite the abolition of slavery and previous outbursts of social unrest initiated by the Civil Rights Movement, the people of African descent continued to be stigmatized in the American society of the twentieth …show more content…
The representatives of the African-American community obviously got exhausted of the constant feeling of being oppressed and disadvantaged part of society, which in turn led to subsequent outbursts of social discontent. Famous African-American human rights activist Martin Luther King was one of the first initiators of the Civil Rights Movement in the United