The Non-Harmful Tactics Of The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Right Movement was a period of time from the mid 1860s and to the late 1960s

where people fought for equal rights for African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement was

inspired by many people such as Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King just to name a

few. The Civil Rights Movement was a series of non-violent protests and boycotting for African

Americans to show that they deserve equal rights as any other American.

The Civil Rights Movement all started December 5th , 1955 when an African American lady

named Rosa Parks, sat in the white section of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Other people

say that the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement was the proposition of the Jim Crow

Laws. The Jim Crow Laws
started in 1890 in Mississippi. The Jim Crow Laws were permanent laws

for the southern states that regulated that all public places were segregated. White and colored signs

went up everywhere. They were in buses, local bathrooms, schools, trains, local shops and many other

places.

This period of segregation lasted a very long time. Someone named Martin Luther King Jr.

came along. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. Martin

Luther King Jr. became a pastor of a baptist church after he graduated as a valedictorian at Morehouse

College. Then he also attending theological seminary school. After the Rosa Parks incident, Martin

Luther King Jr., was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott when he was 26. Martin Luther King

Jr. was an American hero. Martin Luther King Jr. used non-violent approaches in many other boycotts

and marches that he led. The people chose Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the marches and the boycotts

and the Civil Right Movement. King had a way to lead the people in his protests for equal right no

matter the color of anybody's' skin.
Martin Luther King Jr. … had a dream, he wanted racial equality,

and wanted every person to have the same rights, we should all be treated as equals. Martin Luther

King, Jr., had white and black followers standing up with him. Many people respected his views and

faith and passion.

The Civil Right Movement had many struggles over its period of time. Eventually the Civil

Rights Movement reached it goals and provided racial equality for all people, no matter their skin

color. The Civil Rights Movement used non-violent, peaceful, non-harmful tactics to reach their goals.

Those tactics used inspired by many people but one key person was, Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma

Gandhi used non-violent tactics to free British rule in India. Martin Luther King Jr. mostly used

boycotting, protests, and marches as his attacks for racial equality.

The major success of The Civil Rights Movement was racial equality all states. The southern

states were the problem areas for African Americans and racial equality. The northern states were okay

with racial equality. The public school became integrated and not segregated. The public attractions

and public places were also now integrated and not
segregated.

The First Amendment played a huge role in the Civil Rights Movement. The first Amendment

is, “Religion and Expression. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or

prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of

the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This

amendment let people express themselves without being arrested or having any complications with

their non-violent tactics. It let many people say what they needed to say to express themselves and it

allows them to use their own non-harmful attacks to get the people to understand that racial equality is

better than the Jim Crow Laws. The Jim Crow Laws kept everything separated and was sorted by

color of the people's skin or segregated. The first amendment allowed the people the chance to change

that.

The fifteenth amendment forbade any state to deprive any state a citizen voting rights. The Civil

Rights Movement helped with the amendment as well. The Civil Rights Movement helped declare

many amendments that helped, contributed, or are similar to racial equality.

The Origins and Successes of The Civil Rights Movement will be forever appreciated and they

shaped our nation to how it is today. It all started with Rosa Parks and her refusal to move on the bus.

Then it ended with the probably most memorable Civil Rights Movement leader being assassinated, on

his balcony of his hotel. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a lot to his country and stood up for his rights.

His sacrifice changed our nation.