Family: Now and Before

The Civil War was an important and defining event in history which helped shape and unite Americans, however, it mostly aided African Americans and women. It influenced many events that took place later in history such as bringing the nation together, paving the way for an industrialized nation, but most importantly, in my opinion, it started the journey of equality for blacks as well as women. The Civil War was a war between the Northern and Southern states; and I believe one of the biggest reasons leading to it was the opposing views against slavery. Although, the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves, blacks were still not considered equals and continued to be ill-treated and discriminated against.

The Civil War has changed and redefined the United States in many ways, in fact it is the reason that the United States is now a “free country”. All slaves were freed, and during this time, freedom of speech was granted to all citizens of America. This is a big deal because people using other people as slaves is inhumane and wrong. America was redefined in many ways after the civil war, but the end to slavery and freedom of speech made the biggest impact in my opinion. The end to slavery freed hundreds and hundreds of people, and allowed them to live their life the way that they wanted to. All the outcomes seemed to have a really positive effect on people, leaving everyone’s life a little easier.

The civil rights movement impacted America from 1954 to 1970 in monumental ways. In 1954 they had the Brown vs. Board of education, that overruled the Plessy vs. Ferguson case making the separate but equal law illegal. All the schools had to be desegregated now.(http://www.civilrights.org/) But this didn’t eliminate all violence or make anything equal because the next year Emmit Till was kidnapped and murdered in Money, Mississippi.

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.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a very helpful law for African Americans. This law changed society forever. No matter what race you were, you weren't discriminated against. This law definitely helped African Americans in the South because they were discriminated against the most. This law helped African Americans gain the right to vote. Instead of doing lots of unnecessary things like literacy tests. According to PBS,“ Literacy tests were used to keep people of color from voting.they were administered at the discretion of the officials in charge of voter registration. If the official wanted white a person to pass, he could ask the easiest question on the test. The same official might require a black person to answer every single question correctly, in an unrealistic amount of time, in order to pass. In Mississippi, voter registration of the eligible black population increased from under 7 percent in 1965 to more than 70 percent in 1967. After the Civil Rights Act was passed, African Americans could apply for jobs that they were not able to get

The Civil rights act was a big movement effecting so many people in the United States: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Furguson, and Brown v. Board of education. In the Dred Scott v. Sanford a slave fighted for his freedom little did he know that it would effect so many people later on in life as did all of these cases. The civil rights act was such a experience for people

Around 40,000 African American soldiers died during the war. Around 70% of them died from diseases and infection. The Civil rights movement gave African Americans many rights that would change America lives forever. Without the Civil Rights Movement, our world would be significantly different today because African Americans would still be looked down upon from the white civilization.

The civil war was a monumental moment for the United States. Whether the citizens at the time realized this or not, this event would change America forever. Firstly, and most obviously, we have come from a country that was free for white, male, christian, Americans, to a country that is equal for all people. The civil war started this movement of reinforcing the basis of the constitution that everyone is created equal. To the extent that we as a country were able to do after the country was in shambles because of the war is quite remarkable. How we were able to create the 14th amendment arguably the most important one in our constitution today, and is being tried as of right now with homosexual marriage rights. We were willing to help people get out of the destruction of the war. With acts that helped educate, feed, and shelter the poor. However not all was good. The south, unwilling to accept the changes so rapidly, took the first chance they got of taking away the liberties and rights of the African Americans, as you later see. As Frederick Douglass had put it “Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism”.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was significant to African Americans because the act ended segregation in public places and ended employment prejudice based on the pigment of skin, national origin, gender, ethnicity, or/and religion. The Act was one of the most momentous events to impact African Americans on the account of bringing equality to minorities on paper and giving them opportunities to voice their political and community concerns. However, there were unforeseen consequences that added to the suffering of the community which they expressed through riots and protest marches in efforts to ensure their new protections were enforced. The advancement of the Act helped the African American civil rights group in their awareness and voice in government, made tremendous strides in their group, and contributed to other minorities to gaining equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 affected African Americans both positively and negatively through federalism, minority rights, and judicial review.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was known as an end to racial segregation. It was brought about by a number of things including the effects of major events mostly involving riots. State and federal legislation needed it to be passed along with many social movements that influenced its decision. It is no question that it heavily changed America for the better by turning us into a melting pot and making us see that everyone should be treated as equals. It is important to remember that this act was not only beneficial to the time in which it was enacted, but it has affected our future by sustaining society. Today we continue to fight to outlaw discrimination within our nation, and thanks to the passing of this act we are able to be strong and help support the removal of unequal protection for all citizens. The general public has always deserved to be treated with the same rights that every White American is given. This act needed to be passed in order to see the harm we were causing by segregating people. America has grown so much since the act was established, and with it by our sides everyone can be able to have the rights they all truly deserve. Without this act in effect, the impacts on our country would be dire. We needed this act in order to flourish as one nation and continue to build movements against any discrimination.

The civil rights movement was made up of many tragic and inspiring tasks that made our history that we know of today. The church bombing shocked the nation and led to large protests that would help the race controversy start to decrease. The outrage over the death of the little girls helped build an increased amount of support that would help the struggle of segregation. Without the bombing, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would not have been as easy to get without the tragedy of the church bombing. Our history was changed because a tragedy like the bombing was the biggest opportunities to show America that a change needed to be made. Crowds of people joined protest and were influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. No one knows how our history would have been without the bombing, but the passage that would lead the blacks to their rights, that every human should possess, could have been more

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With media covering the events of this movement new knowledge and information was born. Information that was previously withheld from publics knowledge began to be highlighted within the mainstream media. This of course meant that the demand for race related news grew during this time, and with it growing, so did the amount of new memberships to pro-civil rights organizations across the United States. Before reporters would showed up to a protest with a pen and paper, but now you were seeing them with a camera crew (Gabriel, Philo).. The general public, upon witnessing the atrocities being perpetrated, was often spurred to collective action in powerful

While the Civil Rights Movement has been going on ever since Reconstruction it wasn’t till Brown v. The Board of Education that it really started to make progress. The court case was a huge victory for the civil rights but the court only said it had to be done “with all deliberate speed". This meant that even though schools had to be desegregated you could take time to do it and many states took years to finally take care of this problem. Overall this as well as the little rock nine helped desegregate many schools starting a push of equality in the movement. The next big event followed after the event of the Rosa Parks incident in Montgomery. This started boycotts across the nation because of segregated transportation. This as well as lunch counter sit ins were done across the nation starting the movement and a large following. Many people were jailed for these demonstrations to scare protesters from continuing to support the events. With many whites against the idea of segregation protest some violent counter acted the movement. Freedom riders and peaceful protest also helped to show america the problems of segregation and helped to finally end it. These people also followed Martin Luther King in the March on Washington where he gave his famous speech. The people of the Civil Rights Movement were the main reason

”No one is ever born into Life alone. Everyone has shared the bond of family, at least at birth, and for many people it is a bond that will follow them throughout life. For many people it is the most important bond of all.”