Civil Rights And The Civil War

American history was radically changed when President Abraham Lincoln gave the very famous Emancipation Proclamation. This lead to the freedom of millions of African Americans who sought the same liberty and equality that was promised to everyone under the United States constitution. These liberties, of course, were not achieved right away. During the Reconstruction era, which is the decade right after the Civil War, many of the recently freed slaves did not have money, property, or credit. They could not buy the necessary things to enjoy their freedom, which lead to sharecropping, a glorified form of slavery. Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner lets a tenant use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land (Sharecropping).. Added on to this, facilities were segregated to prevent the black man from enjoying the same things as the white man due to Jim Crow laws which were enacted after the Reconstruction era. The struggle for equality and rights continued during the Gilded Age (1873-1900), the Progressive Era (1900-1920s), the Great Depression (1930s), WWII (1939-1945), the beginning of the Cold War (1947), up until the Civil Rights movement (1954-1968). At this point in history, African Americans fought for their rights and changed the course of American history. Music was a very important tool used by African Americans that helped achieve this. Ever since the slavery times, music was a big part of their culture

Martin Luther King Jr. was very important during the times where African Americans were not being treated equally and being discriminated. He fought for what was right without using violence. He spread his massages throughout the world. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man, activist decided to set up a boycott. This became known as the Montgomery bus boycott. King was chosen to be the protest’s leader and spokesperson. About a

Martin Luther King Jr. is a well known and an inspiring man to all cultures of the world. King was and still is one of the most influential heroes. King 's views and believes helped African Americans through the 50 's and 60 's to the rights and liberties that was their right. King faced many obstacles on his journey, things like jail and even assassination attempts. Despite these obstacles, he became a successful leader during the Civil Rights Movement and after his death, by guiding African Americans in a non-violent and positive direction for the fight to secure rights and equality for blacks.

Even after about a century since the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in the southern part of the United States still experienced severely hateful and unequal treatment. The saying “separate but equal” was used mostly to justify this unfair treatment as well as things like the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws separated African Americans from being in places that were of the same quality as those that white people went to. These places were always of poorer condition and mostly unbearable but African Americans went to them nonetheless because they could only work with what they were given. As the plights of African American became worse the Civil Rights movement, a campaign intended to better the living conditions

Johnson, had also tried to resolve and diminish problems of prejudice. Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination based on race, gender , and religion in all public places. This Act re-enforced the 14th amendment, and played a huge role in achieving rights among African Americans. Another Act he passed was the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which guaranteed equal voting rights to African Americans. Not only did these acts increase individual rights, many Americans have used it to challenge discrimination and harassment based on race, religion, gender etc. The promise of equality among all Americans sparked the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Activists had the ability to protest their civil rights since it had been established by Johnson’s

Jury duty is a constitutional and fundamental right guaranteed to American citizens. Jury service is a way for citizens to directly participate in the judicial system. Jury duty and jury trials have been around for so long that people take it for granted. The jury was one of the factors that caused the American Revolution because the English common law system did not allow alleged criminals to have the sixth amendment rights that the United States has today. In fact, The Declaration of Independence charged that King George III deprived the colonists of a trial by jury (United States Federal Judicial Center, n.d). The Founding Fathers of the United States established the role of the jury and the right to trial by jury in most criminal and civil cases in the Constitution but that clearly cannot be fulfilled unless there are people serving on a jury.

Many historians would agree without doubt that leaders in the United States played a crucial role in shaping the fortunes of the civil rights revolution during the mid-twentieth century. Without concentrating on what national leaders in Washington, D.C., did to influence the path of events leading to racial equality, it is impossible to understand how Blacks received equal treatment in the Southern United States . For President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was only a matter of time when he realized that the treatment of African Americans was horribly wrong. Throughout time, many other presidents were the few to tackle on racism in the United States. Eisenhower didn’t publicly support the civil rights movement but later took action when he realized

Many African Americans began to lose hope that racial equality would never find its way into our segregated country; especially after the death of John F. Kennedy, who supported Civil Rights and wanted racial segregation terminated. People started to believe that the physical and verbal violence was something they were going to have to cope and live with. Finally, after many years of protesting, speaking, and marching, justice prevails on July 2, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states outlaw all discrimination based on race, color, religion, or natural origin. Now, African Americans possess the same rights as their white counterpart after years of fighting continuously. At the time the deaths of innocent African Americans seemed like a lost cause, but now, African Americans memorialize their deaths because the Civil Rights Movement served its purpose in which African Americans retain the same civil and human rights as white people. These results of the Civil Rights Movement allow all racial walls to fall while creating a country that focuses on equality.

We all know some of the resources available when we feel as if our rights, liberties, and laws are violated as Americans. Some of these resources include: the police, employers, and the government. But, what if these very parties are the ones who are threatening your rights and liberties? Who or where do you go to next?

King was an important person back in the day because he led to end racism. If it wasn’t for King then the nation would still have racial tension and violent everyday. He helped made the nation become a better place. Even though in today’s time period, we still experience racism here and there, but it is not as bad like it was before. Martin Luther King made the United States become the land of freedom. American History is what makes the world become what it is today. For example, back in the American History, dissenters were made to fight for freedom, civil rights, women's suffrage, and gay rights. Without the dissenters, the nation would increased numerous of

The Civil War left the tracks around the future years. For example, “some historians say we're still fighting over some of the same issues that fueled the Civil War” (Blake, 2011). In the present, some situations refer to some circumstances over the past “The shutdown of the federal government, war in Libya, the furor over the new health care law and Guantanamo Bay -- all have tentacles that reach back to the Civil War, historians say.” (Blake, 2011) Most of them refer to the constitution and civil rights "One of the biggest debates during the Civil War was how far should governments go in dictating our lives" (Blake, 2011). The laws can be interpreted in a different manner. The constitution should be understood in the right way for the

The Civil Rights Era in the 60’s and 70’s was filled with many protests and political disarray, which threatened the instability and past stance that the U.S. had taken with the issue. With the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954, the Court had agreed with the desegregation of public institutions, but never gave a timeline for when to enforce or be done with enforcing it. This caused much uproar as many southern states, including South Carolina and Texas, ignored or slowly implemented desegregation and continued to do so until the 70’s, even after the passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The stifling racism in the social environment limited the success of the laws made to protect colored people’s rights.

The democracy we know today would not exist without an evolution of liberties and freedoms. The advancement of freedoms resulted from the changes in the British government. Moving from the Civil War to the Revolution, there are several forms of liberties presented.

he institution of slavery existed in the United States from the early 17th century until 1865. It existed in all the English mainland colonies and came to dominate agricultural production in all the states from south of Maryland (Piersen 1996: 21). Illustrating its commonality, eight of the first twelve presidents of the United States were slave owners (Piersen 1996: 24). However, the controversy over slavery was a hotly debated topic in American society, leading eventually to the American Civil War (1861-1865), which finally brought slavery to an end. After the emancipation, overcoming slavery 's legacy remained a crucial issue in American history, from Reconstruction following the war to the Civil Rights Movement a century later.

The United States was touched with discrimination, and it still is. In 1892, the Supreme Court passed a law that forced blacks and whites to sit in separate train cars, use different bathrooms, and go to different schools B1. This began segregation. In 1921 Congress also drastically restricted immigration A24 so that there would be less racial diversity. Then, in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born B6. He decided that he wanted to make a difference in the fight against segregation. He led peaceful marches (meaning he didn’t use violence to show what he wanted) and eventually played an important role against segregation. Due to his and other people’s efforts, segregation was finally made illegal in schools in 1954 B2. Then, ten years later, in 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, ending segregation. Unfortunately, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death four years later, in 1968.