Did you know that America wasn’t always as equal and free as it is now? Well for many decades Black Americans suffered and fought for Civil Rights. The Civil Rights Movement is important because everyone deserves to be treated equally and rightfully under the constitution. It was a long fight for equal rights‚ and many things impeded the progress of Civil Rights such as Jim Crow laws and the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. However‚ many things helped Black Americans find freedom. Passed immediately after
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much has changed because blacks are still struggling to get respect‚ voting rights‚ and becoming their own. Then it led to African-Americans going to Kanas‚ to seek political‚ equality‚ freedom from all the violence‚ and to also seek a higher education. It was important for African-Americans to seek a higher education‚ so they can be educated and to get the respect they have always wanted.
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The civil rights movement took place during the 1950s and 1960s. It was for blacks to have the same rights as everyone else. When the civil war ended so did slavery but blacks were still discriminated against. When the 14th Amendment came along blacks had equal protection. The 15th Amendment gave blacks the right to vote. Whites did not like that blacks were able to vote and had some equal rights as them. They came up with this hard test called the literacy test knowing that black could not pass
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The Civil Right Movement was successful because it ended segregation. First‚ Ruby was born in Tylertown‚Mississippi on September 8th 1954. “Ruby Bridges” was the first African American girl being escorted by United States to attend an all American white school. Tulane University Presented Bridges with honorary degree in 2012. Ruby was born to sharecroppers Aborn and Lucille Bridges.Ruby parents decided to move the family to New Orleans in 1958 when Ruby was 4 years old. Next‚ “Martin Luther
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Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all
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During the 1950-1960 ‚ the Civil Rights Movement was taking place and it was a protest against racial segregation and discrimination. The media catched every minute of the movement. When the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was broadcasted it was life changing because families at home got the chance to watch a life changing speech at the seat of your couch. You make ask‚ how is this all possible and the answer is MEDIA. Media brings a primarily a force of good that brings positive change because
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the war‚ there was the Watts Riots‚ the North East blackout and before just the year before that‚ on July 2nd the civil right act of 1964 was signed which put into law that segregation as illegal but ironically the Jim crow laws remained in effect. However‚ the major event that year was the racial violence between blacks and white that erupted in Selma Alabama. The voter’s rights movement‚ to sum up was when blacks marched out to Edmund Pettus Bridge‚ when they got there they were greeted by a wall
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AlSaid 1 Aya AlSaid Mrs. Price English 9 Honors 16 May 2016 Civil Rights in To Kill a Mockingbird Have you ever wondered how Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird affected the Civil Rights Movement? The novel helped people better understand why racial discrimination was wrong. The Civil Rights movement was beginning to take shape in the 1950s‚ and its principles were finding a voice in American courtrooms and the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee sets her story in the South of the 1930s‚ although
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threats around them as they made their way to‚ Little Rock Central High school. These kids were known as the‚ Little Rock Nine. From the fight through court to being pushed from the school gates and finally being able to attend the high school‚ these nine were in for a change of a life time. It all started in 1954 at the‚ “Brown v. Board of education “ruling. This was when the Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional. The ruling changed the way of all schools which had segregated people
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Over the past Decade the word racism has become one of the most argued words since the civil rights movement. Only the difference is the black population didn’t have the same rights as the white population. There were peaceful protest all throughout the country‚ and the police force responded with brutal and unnecessary violence. There were still blacks working on farms picking cotton only difference was they were getting paid enough to support themselves not even mentioning their families. Interracial
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