The Fight For Equality: The Civil Rights Movement

African Americans have fought for equality for an extensive period of time against desegregation and racism. The genesis of the Jim Crow Laws have allowed the continuing evolution of many court cases over the years, which have inspired many prominent civil rights leaders to affect and impact of our United States’ history and future. But throughout history the main factor is a matter of perspective and/or point of view of a personal and cultural belief leading to social inequality; in many instances one's ill-information leads to misinterpretation and misunderstandings.
The civil rights movement starting 1954 marked a revolutionary point and a historic movement that united the people for a common goal after the realization that for 366 years
As put by Barbara Reynolds in her article “I was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. But it’s hard for me to get behind Black Lives Matter”: “Many in my crowd admire the cause and courage of these young activists but fundamentally disagree with their approach. Trained in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr., we were nonviolent activists who won hearts by conveying respectability and changed laws by delivering a message of love and unity. BLM seems intent on rejecting our proven methods… [A]t protests today, it is difficult to distinguish legitimate activists from the mob actors who burn and loot. The demonstrations are peppered with hate speech, profanity… Even if the BLM activists aren’t the ones participating in the boorish language… neither are they condemning it.” There are “members” who taint the movement’s focus, but this does not equate “anti-cop”, which is usually the argument used to dismiss the movement. Many people claim that the Black Lives Matter movement is causing people to hate police; on the contrary, a long history of violence against minorities has created distrust and resentment toward law enforcement officers. Black Lives Matter began only in 2013. But radicalized police violence traces back long before Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown. James Baldwin wrote about it in 1966: “the police treat the Negro like a dog.” Beginning in the 1800, Texas Rangers killed Mexicans along the border without fear of penalty since no jury along the border would ever convict a white man for shooting a Mexican. Abuse of Mexican Americans by rangers and police continued unchecked late into the 1930s. This problem isn’t new, and trying to cover it up won’t make it go