How Did African Americans Affect The Civil Rights Movement

In the 1920’s many African-Americans migrated from the South to the Northern part of America. Even though, it was expected that segregation will decrease with the decline of the African-American population in Mississippi, it didn't quite happened. Mississippi in the 1920’s was still considered one of the most discriminated state in the U.S. An example of this could be seen during the Great Mississippi flood of 1927, where African-Americans were used in a pointless attempt to stop the rivers from spilling over. Many of them were swept into the torrent while trying to reinforce the levee. ‘No lives were lost among the Guardsmen’, this is what the National Guard said afterwards. Furthermore, lynching was a common practice in Mississippi during
The 20th century was when African-Americans succeeded in their fight to achieve their dreams. This fighting is known as the civil rights movement and it lasted from 1955 to 1968. African-Americans fought for their recognition of rights by using the methods of boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides etc… They wanted to prove to the whites the strength that they have. This was first seen in WWII followed by the Civil Rights Movement. WWII was the moment, when African Americans were able to join forces with the white race and fight for their country. However, racism still occurred during those hard times. African-Americans were barred from the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army Air Cops, and the Navy which allowed only African-Americans as mess men. African-Americans soldiers noticed the irony and hypocrisy in fighting for freedom and democracy in Europe, when these things do not exist even in their own country. Groups such as the NAACP and the Regional Council of Negro Leadership were created and gained triumph during the same time. Their motivation remained strong thanks to African Americans such as Aaron Henry and Medgar
He had the opportunity to be raised in a family, where none of the parents or grandparents were slaves and to gain education. Not a lot of African-Americans could go to school, due to the fact that most of them had to work in fields, ‘‘Our civilisation and safety require the social bar to be forever preserved between the races. Education of negro tends to throw down the bar. It is preparing the way for social equality’ and that could never be allowed. Education gave blacks the dangerous idea that they were equal to whites.’’ In spite of that, his hatred towards whites and his yearning towards freedom started to grow as a result of whites stealing his own land by using legal