The recent riots in Baltimore were the result of the people’s (mostly black communities) view/opinion that Freddie Gray was unjustly treated in the back of the police van after he was arrested and being transported to the Police station. Whether rioting was or was not the best approach by the people of Baltimore to address what was perceived as a gross injustice is debatable. History has taught us a tremendous amount about how to effectively respond to these sorts of situations. Specifically‚ the
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First Era The voting rights of African Americans has always been controversial‚ it also has a very rocky past. The fifteenth amendment to the Constitution‚ embraced in 1870‚ guaranteed the privilege to vote regardless of color‚ race or previous oppression. However‚ the amendment by itself did nothing to ensure minorities the right to vote. Reconstruction was beginning to implode as more and more rules being bent and broken without consequence. The nuisance of government-authorized anti-discrimination
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King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957‚ serving as its first president. With the SCLC‚ he led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany‚ Georgia‚ and helped organize the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham‚ Alabama.
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receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for 1964. King’s struggle continued throughout the 1960s. Often‚ it seemed as though the pattern of progress was two steps forward and one step back. On March 7‚ 1965‚ a civil rights march‚ planned from Selma to Alabama’s capital in Montgomery‚ turned violent as police with nightsticks and tear gas met the demonstrators as they tried to cross the Edmond Pettus Bridge. King was not in the march‚ however the attack was televised showing horrifying images of marchers being
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Bloody Sunday was unintentional but strategically successful for the SCLC. On March 7‚ 1965‚ John Lewis led a group of nonviolent protesters on 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. However‚ when they reached the Edmund Puttus Bridge they encountered state troopers led by Sheriff Clark. After John Lewis asked to pray‚ the state troopers began to lumber towards the protesters and attack them with clubs and teargas. The images of the helpless protesters began to circulate throughout the nation and
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The people of the Civil Rights Movement are the people that I admire most. I admire them for their courage‚ their tenacity‚ patience‚ peacefulness and their relentless quest for equal treatment. From these individuals I learned that one person can make a difference‚ one person can start a revolution and make a change. From their leadership I have learned that you must stand up (or sit down) for what you believe to be right. At the forefront of this movement was Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. What I
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highest point from 1955-1965. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965‚ guaranteeing basic civil rights for all Americans‚ regardless of race‚ after nearly a decade of nonviolent protests and marches‚ ranging from 1955-1965 Montgomery bus boycott to the student sit-ins of the 1960s to the Huge March on Washington in 1963. This reform movement was to put an end to racial discrimination against African Americans and to put a stop to segregation in the Southern states
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A major turning point in the civil rights movement was the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which outlawed discrimination and segregation. In 1965‚ King organized the Selma to Montgomery March where all races were invited to peacefully march from Selma to Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ for voting rights. As a result‚ the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was approved‚ marking the end of unequal voting laws. The movement essentially decelerated in the years after King’s murder‚ but
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also demonstrated commitment when he took lead in the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 and when he pressed on and encouraged the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Born in 1929‚ King stood out from other African-Americans in that he received full formal education including a college degree. Since his college years‚ King was deeply concerned with the division and prejudice towards African-Americans
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Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest. During the time period in which the film SELMA was based‚ Civil Disobedience was mostly used when protesting colored people’s rights to vote. In today’s society‚ one of the most controversial topics in America‚ is Abortion. Both abortion and the voting rights of colored people have been‚ and are still‚ two of the most controversial topics in America today. Many people
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