How Did Jfk's Actions Influence The Effectiveness Of The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights movement was a period in the mid-1900s (classified as 1954 to 1968) where lots of social justice was campaigned for. Systemic issues were identified and combatted. Activists fought against institutionalized racism and discriminatory practices. Participants of the civil rights movement used civil disobedience in many ways such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Greensboro sit-ins, and the Free Riders Movement to create change and bring attention to the problems of discrimination and segregation. Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of change in India and a trailblazer for the idea of social disobedience and peaceful protest. In 1882 the British government implemented the Salt Act which prevented Indian citizens from collecting or selling
The point of this march was to fight against employment discrimination, discrimination, and violence against African Americans as well as other minorities and it was also marched to support the famed Civil Rights Act that JFK was attempting to pass in Congress. King’s March on Washington was largely successful, with Kennedy’s vice president who took office after his assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson, signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. MLK’s peaceful protest tactics spearheaded this movement and inspired many others by utilizing the peaceful aspect to identify African Americans as equal human beings. Priorly African Americans were believed by White Supremacists to be less advanced, less developed, and savage beings. His use of social disobedience was massively important in giving African American activists the confidence to stand up against unjust legislation and discrimination against them. Throughout the 1900s-1960s, establishments were allowed to segregate based on race due to the Plessy v Ferguson
Many Jim Crow codes, ordinances, and practices segregated these buses in the deep southern United States. Although in the past legislation that segregated these buses had been in place, the 1960 Boynton vs Virginia case resulted in the outlawing of racial segregation on interstate buses and facilities. Although this was a Supreme Court decision, it was not enforced in the deep South and little government attention went to the enforcement of this decision, rendering it almost useless because this ruling was only very relevant below the Mason-Dixon line. In 1961, CORE, or the Congress of Racial Equality organized the Freeriders movement which was a movement in which African Americans and other supporters of this movement would ride interstate buses into states with interstate bus segregation to disrupt this custom and bring more enforcement to the Boynton vs Virginia decision. On May 4th, 1964, the first Freedom Riders protest took off from Washington DC and headed for the Deep South. In this 8 month long movement, four hundred riders rode through the Deep South, risking their lives for the freedom and desegregation of African Americans in the Deep South. This was an extremely dangerous and brave nonviolent protest, this quote emphasizes the danger of this brigade. “We know someone will be killed but we cannot let violence overcome