How Significant Was Muhammad Ali In The Civil Rights Movement In America?
How significant was Muhammad Ali in the act of civil rights movement in America?
-History Internal Assesment-
Part A-Plan of investigation
This investigation will assess the significance of Muhammad Ali in the act of civil/human rights movement in America. The investigation also covers how Muhammad Ali related to the civil rights movement and what caused it. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that formed the basis for state-sanctioned discrimination, drawing national and international attention to African Americans’ plight1. In the chaotic decade and a half that civil rights protesters used non-violent protest and rebelled to bring about change, some group of leaders and Afro-American wanted a quick change, violent or non-violent. The white man and Afro-Americans had separate bathrooms, streets and sections which brought more power to racism and discrimination. In the 1950s, the civil rights movement started, many influential political leaders and famous professionals such as Mohammed Ali were very active in this movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, …show more content…
Cause to join movement.
As the result of the racial nature that was typical in America at this time, and his opposition to this, Ali came across as a very controversial figure. He openly showed his opinion about white American s: Integration is wrong. We don’t want to live with the white man; that’s all and no intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters1. (This statement and other similar lead the majority of White Americans to view him as a racist and in some respects it fuelled hatred towards the community he was attempting to liberate, many viewed this therefore as a hindrance rather than
-History Internal Assesment-
Part A-Plan of investigation
This investigation will assess the significance of Muhammad Ali in the act of civil/human rights movement in America. The investigation also covers how Muhammad Ali related to the civil rights movement and what caused it. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that formed the basis for state-sanctioned discrimination, drawing national and international attention to African Americans’ plight1. In the chaotic decade and a half that civil rights protesters used non-violent protest and rebelled to bring about change, some group of leaders and Afro-American wanted a quick change, violent or non-violent. The white man and Afro-Americans had separate bathrooms, streets and sections which brought more power to racism and discrimination. In the 1950s, the civil rights movement started, many influential political leaders and famous professionals such as Mohammed Ali were very active in this movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, …show more content…
Cause to join movement.
As the result of the racial nature that was typical in America at this time, and his opposition to this, Ali came across as a very controversial figure. He openly showed his opinion about white American s: Integration is wrong. We don’t want to live with the white man; that’s all and no intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters1. (This statement and other similar lead the majority of White Americans to view him as a racist and in some respects it fuelled hatred towards the community he was attempting to liberate, many viewed this therefore as a hindrance rather than