How Did The 1950's Impact The Civil Rights Movement
Examining the Impact of the 1950’s on the Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement, is generally identified with what occurred in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, though it was active long before this, and continues it activity to the present day. The goals of the movement were to end racial segregation and other forms of discrimination against African Americans while obtaining federal protection of the rights of citizenship contained in the Constitution and relevant federal law. This brief discussion concentrates on the events of the latter half of the 1950s and the former half of the 1960s, culminating in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This paper shall also show that it was a confluence
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At this time, Woolworth was a leading retailing in the United States and most of them featured lunch counters. On that day, four students from the nearby North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University went into the Woolworth's store, purchasing toothpaste and other sundries from a desegregated retail counter and checkout, but were then refused service at the segregated lunch counter. The four students simply remained there, occupying seats at the lunch counter until the store closed, whereupon they peacefully left. The next day, over twenty students were there, taking seats at the lunch counter. The media covered the events of the second day and by the fourth day of the sit in, over 400 protesters were involved, whereupon the movement spread to other cities throughout the southern United States. On July 25, 1960, after enduring over $200,000 in losses, three of the protesters were invited to sit at the lunch counter and thus a precedent was established and the protest was successful, though many Woolworth lunch counters in the South remained segregated until as late as
At this time, Woolworth was a leading retailing in the United States and most of them featured lunch counters. On that day, four students from the nearby North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University went into the Woolworth's store, purchasing toothpaste and other sundries from a desegregated retail counter and checkout, but were then refused service at the segregated lunch counter. The four students simply remained there, occupying seats at the lunch counter until the store closed, whereupon they peacefully left. The next day, over twenty students were there, taking seats at the lunch counter. The media covered the events of the second day and by the fourth day of the sit in, over 400 protesters were involved, whereupon the movement spread to other cities throughout the southern United States. On July 25, 1960, after enduring over $200,000 in losses, three of the protesters were invited to sit at the lunch counter and thus a precedent was established and the protest was successful, though many Woolworth lunch counters in the South remained segregated until as late as