Civil Rights In The 1960's

Discrimination,segregation,and violence these are things that happened to african americans in 1950-1960. The purpose of this paper is to inform people about the civil rights movement and I think everyone that reads it likes my paper.

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s is shrouded in both monumental achievements and devastating losses. Through various methods and types of demonstrations, important figures such as Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, and Dr. King, although faced with adversity, malice, and violence, made leaps and bounds for their respective cause. Through the unification of their efforts, along with that of thousands of supporters and other important leaders, the stage was set for the advancement towards equality for not only African American citizens but anyone subjected to unjust treatment.

I found it extremely interesting that most of the individuals that fought for black rights in the 50's were veterans who thought coming back from the war they would find less discrimination back home but that was not the case. Many soldiers that they had taken a step back coming home from the war and being segregated again after the autonomy they had during the war. Groups assembled in order to readdress and fight against the Jim Crow laws you talked about that reinforced discrimination. The South pressed for the right to vote while the North focused on equality of opportunity. Equality of opportunity meant eliminating discrimination in the job market, institution, and housing for example in order for them to prosper.The right to vote for

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.

Since the 60’s america has come along way with civil rights. The racial unjust between white and black people have almost diminished completely. African americans now have the same rights as a white man, leading to higher employment rates, and enrollment rates into school.

The 1960’s in the United States was an era of tremendous struggle for African-American all around America, but especially for those who lived in the south. Laws such as the Jim Crow act, voter suppression, intimidation, oppression, and the fight for equality, all were issues that African-Americans had to deal with in the 1960’s. The 1964 civil right act was a major executive action taken by then president Kennedy do to protests that had gone on for years in southern states by African-Americans, and Caucasians who unified in order to try and end segregation, and provide African-American with the same equality that Caucasian Americans had (Lawson, et al., pg. 28 &29). Many white southerners apposed ending segregation or giving African-American the same rights as they had, and terrorized those who fought for equality every step of the way (Lawson, et al., pg.21).

Despite the racial struggles in this period education remained a critical center point for civil rights upheaval during the 1950’s and through the following decade. Godfrey made a great impact at Penn State. Her former advisee and student Brenda Binns, describes her as magician, a people person and skillfully attune to the practice she taught. Binns said “I never thought of her as I have a black lady as an advisor, it was never part of it. She was a wonderful person who, at least, I didn’t sense any color bias at all” (B. Binns, personal communication, April 7, 2016.

Once upon a horrible time, the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north, the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment, wages, and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to judges. It was time for change and some great people would rise up and unite all citizens to stop the crimes in the south.

African Americans have been struggling for equality for many decades. It only seems that during the 1960?s is when there were actual significant advances made. This was about the same time that civil rights came into the political scene. Throughout the South, Blacks were still in the majority, but had no political power what so ever. The Civil Rights Movement gave African Americans a voice and a chance to make a difference. The 1960's helped open up hope and expectations for Black Americans.

Before 1960, As we know that African Americans lived in segregated schools and public facilities. Their life is more horrible than slavery. During that time there were no openly gay journalists, doctors, lawyers or professors and only two openly gay public figures in the whole country. The situations were very bad and only white peoples were treated like a king and have the power to control anyone. Young African-Americans who began the modern civil rights movement in the 1950s Which provided the model that would change the way everyone in America was treated and there the main purpose is to integrate everybody with equal rights and regulations.Finally, In 1964 the result declared with equal right no matters what color you are .the Civil Rights

Social movements are one of the primary means through which the public is able to collectively express their concerns about the rights and wellbeing of themselves and others. Under the proper conditions, social movements not only shed light on issues and open large scale public discourse, but they can also serve as a means of eliciting expedited societal change and progress. Due to their potential impact, studying the characteristics of both failed and successful social movements is important in order to ensure that issues between the public and the government are resolved to limit injustices and maintain societal progress.

America in the 1960s was not the finest time for African Americans, especially in the South. There was racism, injustice and inequality. However, the ‘devotees’ of the civil rights movement were dedicated and passionate about making a difference. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those pioneers that remained true in what he believed in no matter what the circumstance.

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a pivotal event in the fight for African American rights. Throughout the duration of this movement, many important events occurred that brought African Americans closer to the equality they were fighting for. One such event was the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas lawsuit of 1954, which was filed due to the huge differences between black and white schools, since schools for blacks lacked important facilities like indoor toilets. This lawsuit led to segregation in schools becoming illegal, which was a big step towards equality for African Americans. However, there was still a long way to go, as segregation was still a big problem in other areas. Not long after this, the Montgomery Bus Boycott happened in 1955 due to the arrest of Rosa Parks, a black seamstress who refused to give up her seat to a white person after a long day of work. “On so many occasions, Negroes have been intimidated and humiliated -oppressed- because of the sheer fact they were Negroes...”, declared Martin Luther King Jr., as he rallied African Americans to take action in a peaceful way in order to address the injustice happening on buses after what had happened to Rosa Parks (Foner, VoF, 264). The boycott, in which African Americans refused to ride buses, was a victory resulting in the outlawing of segregation in public transportation, another step towards the abolition of segregation in general. Rosa Parks also served as inspiration to

During the 1960’s civil rights protests, cultural war, and assassinations were occurring. It was hard living during the 60’s while the events were occurring for the movement. If any person would speak their mind then they would be considered wrong or ignorant. Unfortunately, Dr. King would lead silent protests and would still get harassed.

It is important to note human rights in Maritain. He is impressed by the world as a whole. I think that in a pluralistic world, the more one looks into the world, the more you can see how diverse the world is. Maritain says it is still important to justify your own set of reasons for what you believe in. Currently, religions in America are a major point of diversity.