Civil Rights Movement: Martin Luther King Jr.

The civil rights movement was the time in America in which African Americans and other minorities fought for equal rights. During this movement, many people dedicated their lives to end segregation and discrimination in order for America to be like it is today. Through

The Civil Rights Movement symbolized the challenge and opposition to the racial injustices and segregation that had been engrained in American society for hundreds of years. Events that took place in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, sit-ins, speeches and numerous protests define this momentous time in United States history. Speeches during this period served as a means to inspire and assemble a specific group of people, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X it was the black community that needed to rise up in hopes of achieving equal rights and voting rights for the blacks.

Civil Rights Movement in the United States, was a political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African Americans and to achieve racial equality. The civil rights movement was a challenge to segregation, the system of laws and customs separating blacks and whites.

The Civil Rights Movement of the United States in the 1950’s and 1960’s, was to end discrimination and racial segregation against African Americans. The African Americans wanted protection of their citizenships by the federal government. Evidence illustrates to us through source 1 of male and female ‘niggas’ holding signs stating “WE DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS NOW!”.

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The civil rights movement lays down the foundation of what most of us take for granted. In situations where racism, discrimination and sexual orientation was the justification of why one would be denied employment, a seat on the bus, or the right to vote, this movement was created to benefit all American people and has truly proven itself to be effective.

Civil rights was an important American issue through the late 40s through the 60s. During this time period Baseball was “America’s Pastime, “and a major social get together for white Americans. However in 1947 both of these event were combined when the Brooklyn Dodgers gave Jackie Robinson a chance to play professional baseball. Jackie Robinson is the target of my biography. Robinson not only was the first African American baseball player, but he also had a hall of fame career, and eventually had his number retired by all of Major League Baseball. It is important to know about him because he helped accelerate the civil rights movement in America. Although his entrance was brutal with the abuse he received and the obscenities that were yelled at him. He helped the transition to not only make African Americans accepted in professional sports, but also to help the acceptance of African Americans in the civil rights movement.

The Civil Right movement was a mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination. By mid 1950s slavery was the key point of why African American fight for their freedom. Through nonviolent protest, the civil rights broke the pattern of public facilities being segregated by “Race” in the south equal rights.Between so many protest made to fight for their freedom the had to walk street after street to be able to get justice of liberty and not fear to get pointed out over color skin.

The Civil Rights Movement began in order to bring equal rights and equal voting rights to black citizens of the US. This was accomplished through persistent demonstrations, one of these being the Selma-Montgomery March. This march, lead by Martin Luther King Jr., targeted at the disenfranchisement of negroes in Alabama due to the literacy tests. Tension from the governor and state troopers of Alabama led the state, and the whole nation, to be caught in the violent chaos caused by protests and riots by marchers. However, this did not prevent the March from Selma to Montgomery to accomplish its goals abolishing the literacy tests and allowing black citizens the right to vote.

The civil rights movement was a political movement created by civil resistance with the goal of change using nonviolent forms of resistance.

Have you ever seen white people do harsh things to African-Americans? Or have you ever seen African-Americans and white people have two use different entrances, or different textbooks? Well that is discrimination and segregation towards African-Americans, that is just a few causes of The Civil Rights Movement. In addition to that violent acts against African-American also helped cause the Civil Rights Movement. As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were changed which abolished discrimination. Civil Rights Movement was when people wanted to stop and end racial segregation and discrimination against African-Americans.

The civil rights movement in the United States was the start of a political and social conflict for African-Americans in the United States to gain their full rights in the country, and to have the same equality as white Americans. The civil rights movement was a challenge to segregation, the laws and ordinances that separated blacks and whites. This movement had the goal to end racial segregation against the black Americans of the United States.

In the 1960s, racism was still alive and thriving on keeping restrictions on black people. It kept them from having rights, being able to read and vote, and many acts of violence placed upon them. There was a man who sought after a resolution to end these problems. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about advocating equal civil and voting rights for his African American brothers and sisters. He promoted and preached about rights in churches. He gained support and love from fellow blacks and whites alike. Dr. King wanted to change the minds in the White House, including President Lyndon Johnson. When Dr. King spoke at the church in Savannah, it was the start of a new revolution.

The civil rights movement was a massive movement to make sure African Americans had equal opportunities, basic privileges, and rights. They wanted to get better jobs and careers that only white people had. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks were huge influences on how this all changed. They changed the world Drastically because if it weren't for them the world would be really messed up.

The Civil Rights movement was a struggle for African Americans. African Americans used to not have the same rights as whites for example opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote. Civil rights are the freedom and rights that one person may have as a person in a community or anywhere else. Civil rights was a freedom of speech, the press, and religion. In the Civil Rights movement there was something called segregation. Segregation kept blacks from gaining equality. State laws in the south made sure that blacks and whites went to separate schools and more.