Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Civil Rights

Legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and the March on Washington, clearly has led to more activism in order to achieve more equality for African Americans. Without these and other movements of the Civil Rights era, discrimination or even slavery might still exist today. More work is still needed to eliminate all forms of discrimination. It is up to the American society to persevere and strive to eliminate all forms of discrimination for African Americans and to not regress into former ways

The civil rights movement can be called one of the most important movements in the history of the country. Without it who knows where America would be as a country in today’s time. Fortunately it was not a problem America had to solve all by its self. With the help of two of the most influential people in history, America became the country of the free where everyone is equal, no matter what religion, gender or ethnicity. Those two men were Martin Luther King Jr. and Elijah Muhammad. These men have accomplished so much but some can argue that one did things a better way than the other. Most of the time people are more for the non-violent Martin Luther King Jr. but some say that without a little force, nothing can be accomplished. This was the

The Civil Rights Movement was an obvious struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination (Civil Rights Movement, 2005). According to Civil Rights Movement, 2005, this movement occurred to guarantee African Americans their citizenship and their rights, which were supposed to be protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. There are many different views and opinions on whether or not racial issues have or have not improved since the Civil Rights Movement. While some things

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.

Since implementation of the civil rights act of 1964, America has become a more just and tolerant society. The Civil Rights movement is what changed people’s perspectives on society. The movement was a huge change to the world in the past, present, and even the future. It has affected our lives in so many ways..mainly positively. All around, the civil rights act will always be known for its positive impact for affecting the society by making it a more just and tolerant society.

African Americans have made great progress since the end of the Civil War. People who were once slaves are now free to go where they want and do whatever they want. They can make their own decisions. Before the Civil Rights Movement, African American’s opinions and ideas were not heard and did not matter to most people. Now their opinions matter. Obviously this was not an easy road for them. There were lots of cases of segregation, in every part life, from using the bath room to riding a bus to voting for public elections. There was a lot of legislation that also went on in this time period. Without the legislation and landmark court cases, not much would have changed.

Racism and discrimination are still heavy in America. The Civil Rights movement was a mixture of failure and success because all though some problems are fixed there are many more that still need to be addressed. Desegregation was for the most part a success and a positive step in the right direction. Discrimination however was a failure because it never left. I think in the future racial discrimination and racism in general will begin to decrease. The Civil Rights movement is so important for children to learn in school and understand. Children should be educated on what African Americans had to go through to get to the place they are in today, and how wrong that is. African Americans should've been given these rights to begin with but they had to fight for them, children should know that, because its an important part of history. Children should educated on what happened in this country for it to be where it is at

There were many factors to the civil rights act of 1964 from presidents to normal “civilians”. In today’s society the Civil Rights Act is allowing equal opportunities for everyone. The Civil Rights was not just an act it was a movement fought for almost twenty years. Starting in 1948 with Truman’s executive order 9981 that gave equality in the military (infoplease.com, Brunner). Then in 1054 the case of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was finalized with the decision that segregation within public schools was wrong. In august of 1955 the tragedy of Emmett Till occurred, where he was brutally murdered. There are many more effects of the Civil Rights act, but these were some of the turning points.

Civil Rights is still as prevalent an issue today as it was fifty years ago. Civil rights is defined as “the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and to be free from unfair treatment or discrimination in a number of settings and based on certain legally-protected characteristics (What Are Civil Rights). The fight for equality is a very tough task to accomplish. Racism (“poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race or the belief that some races of people are better than others”) has been a pressing issue in the United States for a long time now (Racism). Along the Civil Rights journey there has been many influential people that have aided toward this common goal. One of these people is James Meredith. He led an influential walk dubbed the March Against Fear. A question that can be asked is: Was the March Against Fear successful? I believe it was a successful movement because it surpassed the expectations Meredith had for the march and succeeded in the mission it set out to accomplish.

It surely raised awareness about segregation and resulted in legislating many laws to help African Americans have freedom “under the law”. But just because they were protected under the law, that did not change how white people thought about African Americans. They still did not get treated like whites. They were just “equal under the law”. For example, in the first week of September after the Civil Right Act was legislated, two girls entered Birmingham’s West End High, nearly 300 white students marched out and bashed them because they were black (Jones 210). Their mothers were cheering them and encouraging other student to join them, and teachers were smiling at the demonstrators from the window. Even today, the unemployment rate for blacks (13.5 percent) is double that of whites (6.7 percent), about the same ratio as in 1963 (Zissou). However, this movement was a huge step for African Americans towards freedom. Unfortunately, civil rights is something that not only Americans but other people still suffer from today. It is because even though there are many laws to protect people from being segregated, that does not change how people think or treat others. Everyone has a different opinion and may believe whether those are good or not. For example, same sex marriage was legally accepted in all states in the Unites States this year, but there are many people who are out there that are against it. Religion is still

To start this off, Fairness is deserved to everyone and people try the bend the truth of it but fairness needs to be simple everyone treated the same. Many sacrifices were made that didn't have to be made just for civil rights. There were tons of court cases about civil rights but these three are very good examples. Civil rights is very important and it was impacted by three Supreme Court cases: Dred Scott vs Sanford, Brown vs Board of Education, and loving vs Virginia.

I think that the civil rights movement was both a success and a failure for society. The successes were: that it helps us to achieved imposing legislative and judicial triumphs against discrimination with voting, public accommodations, and housing discrimination and combating job, but the ones that were able to take advantage of these “opportunities were the middle-class African Americans who were lawyers, doctors, teachers, and other professionals who had served as role models for the black community” (“The Legacy of”, n.d.). The other success was with the decision to overturn the Brown, which was all about discrimination in education, and it was able to “sounded the death knell for the whole Jim Crow system of second-class citizenship, and to finally conquer Jim Crow” (“The Legacy of”, n.d.).

The Civil Rights movement is one of the most important acts to change the way not only African Americans were able to live their lives but all races and colors. It would slowly break down the social, economic, political, and racial barriers that were created by the The Age of Discovery and Transatlantic Slave trade. I believe without the Civil Rights acts our country would result to be no better than what it was when the Emancipation Proclamation just took effect. In the 1950s and long before, Southern folk, who were white had created a system that would interpret them as a superior race over blacks. The system would defend whites rights and privileges from being taken away from them while establishing terrible inhumane suffering for African Americans. In the South blacks were controlled in all aspects economic, political, and personal, this was called a “tripartite system of domination” - (Aldon D. Morris) (6) Though it isn’t as prevalent racism and discrimination towards other races that aren’t white is still found in America and can be in schools, the workplace, even when you are in the general public but you no longer see discriminating signs saying “Whites” or “Blacks” or Colored” along the front of bathroom, restaurants, and shopping malls doors. Nor do you see people being declined the right to buy a home based on their color or access to school and an equal education being declined because one didn’t meet racial requirements. The acts of violence towards

Martin Luther King is an extraordinary man who has accomplished great thing in his fight against injustice and segregation. like Selma and other cities it was clouded in a storm of racism but Martin Luther King came and reduced it to ash. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” (Martin Luther King) and I think of that wondering if I can live up to those words. Back in the 20’s through 60’s racism was at it’s strongest and it got worse. Martin Luther King had a role model that shaped Dr.King into the man he is and that was his father. Dr. King has achieved many accomplishments and fought many political fights to get Civil Rights.

Yes, the efforts of the Civil Rights movement bettered the racial climate of the United States in a great way, but they did not make things perfect. Blacks are still fighting for total equality, and the recent rise of groups such as Black Lives Matter shows that America is still in need of change. Unfortunately, total change in America can not come from legislation alone. America can be a country that is fully equal for all races only when racism is eliminated both socially and legally. In today's America racism is totally eliminated legally, but social change can not be forced. America will be totally free of racial discrimination only when Americans decide to change socially to accept all people equally. This change can not be forced by legislation. The tense racial situation in the United States today does not detract from the success of the Civil Rights movement. Although America still isn’t perfect racially, the efforts of the Civil Rights movement bettered it in a monumental way, as seen through the events that encompassed the movement, and legislation that was passed as a result of these