Argumentative Essay: Civil Rights For The Black Church

Religion has had a profound effect on numerous events throughout the course of American history. The Civil Rights Movement was not withheld from the influence of religion, particularly Christianity and Islam. Many of the key players such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, who were devoted to the cause of justice and equality for African Americans, gained their passion from their spiritual roots. Through these religious leaders organizations were established to fight for civil rights. It was through these religious men and the religion of blacks that the fight for equality gained enthusiasm and courage to fight oppression and discrimination. Opposition also came from religion,

Arousing the Civil Rights Act instated in 1964, Judge Lee Rosenthal of Southern District of Texas ruled that Title VII forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, supplementing the traditional instated prohibition of prejudice based on one’s color, race, religion, sex, and national origin in the workplace. Concluding that biased notions towards one’s sexuality and transgender status are forms of discriminant towards one’s sex, Judge Rosenthal decreed the inclusion for protections of non-heteronormative individuals.

We must always question the real intention of the black studies academic because it same to have some negative aspects as well. For years’ students, fought for the programs that introduce their history and culture to the predominantly white academic. Those departments were to introduce the black students to a history that not only talk about slavery, but introduce them to a history that talks about inspirational leaders and founder who fought to educate themselves. But we can place doubts within the program because we have to question whether if they didn’t demand or fought for the rights of education, would there be a Black Studies department?

Civil Rights are types of laws that embrace common situations that affect individual’s lives, such as employment, voting, housing, education and public accommodations and facilities. These laws exist as a matter of creating policies that promote opportunities for all persons and equality without regard of gender, race, disabilities, religion or national origin. This legal phenomenon might happen by various reasons: lack of equality in the society, prejudice against minorities, or existence of previous laws that support the oppressed.

From the 1790’s to Modern day, starting from the first African-American Congregation and then forward the Black Church has been the target of many dangerous incidents, the Black Church has been involved in numerous controversial event, it started the first African-American Congregation and even played a Crucial role in the civil rights movement. The Black Church’s history dates back to slaves on the plantation.

Another reason the church was such an influence on the boycott was because black people

only a refuge and hospitality center for the oppressed, but the creative and cultural life

While the United States offered a perceived, unconditional blanket of freedom to many Europeans, the political conditions within neither favored nor welcomed the overwhelming numbers of immigrants it would experience between 1840 and 1860. America was, figuratively, in its infancy; having enjoyed independence from England for a little over half-a-century. While the United States had reveled in an existence free from outside influence, which was appealing to those who sought protection under this blanket, it was close to tearing itself apart from within: With slavery and discrimination, as relative to existence and expansion, at the core.

Not since the sixties have there been a level of events across the nation where predominantly black populated churches and its membership have come under attack at such an alarming magnitude. Why is this so, is it fear, frustration, ignorance or just hate. The attacking of the church and its members, as in yesteryear seems to be reawakening the church activism. The resolution of the church is unyielding, but after all these centuries and decades; these same types of attackers have not figured that out. The attacks in South Carolina and the likes are fostering an unbending commitment to push forward … led by faith.

A passage that argues for the church and other African-Americans to join in the fight for equality for women, especially African-American women.

When someone starts talking about the Civil Rights Movement 99 percent of the time they are going to mention the name of a preacher, a church, or maybe they will use scripture in their story. Religion played a role in the Civil Rights Movement. That is an easy statement to make. However, it would be harder to say that every person’s involvement with the movement included only positive experiences with preachers and churches. Unlike many others in the Civil Rights Movement, Anne Moody, became critical of religion’s role in the movement and God’s responsiveness to injustice.

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Logically speaking, Christian church involvement would definitely strengthen this movement by simply adding more people who support it. According to ABCnews.com polls, about 83% of the American population identify as Christians. Even with involvement in #BlackLivesMatter with half of the aforementioned Christians and their churches, this would significantly boost the awareness of the issue. Dr. Jan E. Leighley, a professor at American University who focuses on ethnic political behavior explores this study. In her book, Strength in Numbers?: The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, she studies how group size can affect political mobilization. She explains the study of racial politics in the South and how the impact of a large

I have a short term and long term desired outcomes that I would like to achieve with my action plan. My short-term outcome would be to educate black Americans on the purpose behind Black Lives Matters. For black Americans to understand that black lives matters is not just about black who have been killed by the police but about black lives. My long term desired outcome of this action plan is for the movement to gain momentum and work towards the change in racial injustice. If the church is able to start participating in black lives matter events or host events they will be able to reach more people, and potentially a “snowball” effect could occur.

The American declaration of independence stated, that: “All men are created equal”. But in the 19th century only whites were born with equal opportunities. Africans were imported as slaves and had to work on the fields of the whites. Until 1865 the Negroes were treated and looked at as something lower than human. They were compared to apes, and therefore just owned the same rights as animals. They were raised believing that whites were superior. It took them years to realize that they have to stand up for their rights. The uprising turned into a brutal civil war.