The Progression Of The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was an enormous issue between the 1950s and the 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing cause. African Americans were trying to achieve the same equal rights that the whites had. Every progression that they achieved, they saw as a victory. Was that the only reason why they were being persecuted for many years, or was is because they were actually making progress? For instance, Civil rights is the protection of historically underprivileged groups from the violation of their equal rights of a discriminatory action. Civil liberties are the personal freedom that individuals receives, that the government intrusion protects. Protecting civil rights is a huge essential part of the democratic values in the United
States. During this time people rallied as one to demand for political, social, cultural, and legal change to outlaw discrimination, and end segregation completely. The 14th amendment was established to address the rights citizens have, such as life, liberty, and property. To illustrate, In A Time for Justice is a short history about the Civil Rights Movement.
The film uses spoken accounts of individuals who participate in the struggle and historical footage. The bus boycott in Alabama, Montgomery and the crisis of the Little Rock Nine were the main two events that drove the citizens to demand for equal rights. For example, The bus boycott was a social and political protest against racial segregation on bus transportation system. A couple days before the bus boycott began, an African American woman named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat up to a white man on the Montgomery bus resulting for the bus boycott to be created. The Little Rock Nine was an issue that involved nine African American students. Finally, the bus boycott resulted in a positive solution by fighting for African American rights. For example, in The Little Rock Nine, the governor called for the guards to prevent the students from entering the Central High School, claiming that his actions were only to protect the students. Finally, they were able to go into the school, and from that moment the students faced physical and verbal
harassment.
However, In the film, A Time Of Justice, I observed that African Americans were treated unequal because of the color of their skin. They were trying to accomplish one thing and that was to gain equal rights that they were fighting for. Being African American was an issue to the Caucasian community, and they did everything to take their right away. The movement had one accomplish and that was to end racial segregation and to achieve equality. In addition, One Woman, One Vote informs the audience about how the women's suffrage movement made a huge impact in today's society.
These two events drove the women to fight for their equal rights. The group of women marched in the parade to spread the word about women’s suffrage. They were beaten, arrested, attacked etc. for their actions. This made the women realize that they had to fight harder to bring their attention their equal rights. The film informs us how when the women were arrested they had to go through harsh times. Women were unable to vote, and believed that they should have this be able to vote. There were many other events that occurred during the civil rights time, but the women's suffrage movement was able to pass the 19th amendment which gave them the ability to
vote. However, In the film, One Woman, One Vote, I observed that the women were being treated unfairly because of their identity. The women had to fight for many years, just to be able to vote. People believed that women should not have a saying that involves politics and government. These women were mistreated poorly because of their actions. The women's suffrage movement had one accomplishment, and that was to achieve voting right by passing the 19th amendment to the constitution. Consequently, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to assemble peacefully are important clauses in the first amendment and are also important to the Civil rights movement. This represents that congress should not make no law cutting the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to assemble peacefully. Without these laws people would unable to make enlightened decisions and we would have a dictatorship. If we did not have any civil rights then there would be no civil liberties. Civil liberties allow individuals to stand up for themselves and fight for the injustices. In a Time for Justice without the first amendment, African Americans would not have the right to protest, which would not have change how they were mistreated. In One Woman, One Vote, without having the right to peacefully assemble the women would not have been able to create the women's suffrage movement.