How Are Black People Treated In The Civil Rights Movement

Title: The Civil Rights Movement: A Historical Analysis of the Increasing Racial Factors in the Emergence of Intersectional Feminist Theory and Union Organizing for Women of Color

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.

“What I told you is what your grandparents tried to tell me: that this is your country, that this is your world, that this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” (Coates). This powerful quote exemplifies the mistreatment of blacks in America as something that has been prevalent throughout our nation’s history and is still present in our contemporary world. Our national founding document promised that “All men are created equal”. As a nation we have never achieved the goal of equality largely because of the institution of slavery and its continuing repercussions on American society.

African Americans were fighting for freedom for centuries. They were treated very badly and they had supposedly going to have a better way of life after WWII. Keep reading to find out how African Americans struggled for equality in voting and the opportunity for a good quality education.

The African American civil rights movement was a long journey for African American nationwide. The success involved many people, hardships and time in order to advance the African American community in America. The purpose of the movement was to achieve their rights, cease discrimination, and racial segregation.

The history of United States is drenched in the fight for equality in the society. From women to gay rights but it is undeniable that the black civil rights was the bloodiest and most violent among them. Two methods were used to bring message to the people: the violent or the non-violent way. Most activists and civil rights group like Martin Luther King Jr., NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) at that time chose for the latter but one did not follow that lead: the infamous Black Panthers Party. Each method had its effect on the history for the equality of African Americans.

In the American Civil War, enslaved African-Americans fought for their freedom and in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery. Following the war, most African-American still suffered racial segregation and discrimination for a long time. The fight against discrimination and segregation resulted in the Civil Rights Movement, which took place between 1954 and 1968. The African-American Civil Rights movement, had changed the status of the black community forever and shaped the American politics. The movement resulted in the addition of several federal laws and Supreme Court cases.

The civil rights movements were to help African American gain access to equal opportunities as White Americans. African Americans wanted to be treated as human beings and they fought for their desiring rights. Even though the struggle was only happening to African Americans, it did not stop many White Americans who decided to help fight. During the civil rights era, many African Americans were discriminated against and racism was not a crime. The White Americans, who supported white supremacy and white superiority, hated any Whites that would boycott, protest, or march with African Americans. To them, they were considered traders or “Nigger lovers” and they would treat them like African Americans. There were a lot of White Americans that helped

Hook : Imagine a world in which all men weren 't created equal. A world where skin color, ethnic origin, gender, and sexuality was what defined a person rather than character.

During the 1960s, African-Americans were one of the ethnic groups that were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. African-Americans were oppressed and not given their natural which are guaranteed by the United States constitution. Being involved in the Civil Rights Movement and fighting for their rights, African-Americans hoped to gain freedom and be able to live a fair life. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were also involved in the fight for African-Americans freedom; they were two of the most recognized leaders. Although the two leaders were different, one advocated nonviolence while the other violence, they both strived to get equal rights for their people. Both leaders influenced the creation of a group which was led by an African-American named Huey Newton. Huey Newton was born in Louisiana, but moved to Oakland, CA when he was a toddler. “In Oakland the police functioned as an occupying force in the black community” (Haskins 5), it was a rough place for African-Americans to live in

During the 1950s to 1970s, many Americans strived to solve problems that existed in their society. The reformers used similar methods to make people became aware of these social problems. Such as African-American civil rights movement that African- Americans were struggling in racial discrimination and the Modern Environmental Movement that advantage technologies make terrible living conditions. The two movements are significant because they gave long-term positive effects to the nation.

Disenfranchisement, segregation, and oppression still existed in Southern states for African Americans in the 1960, although it has been nearly 100 years since the Emancipation Proclamation. African Americans were still segregated from classrooms, restrooms, theatres, etc. due to “Jim Crow” laws; and in 1954, the “separate but equal” doctrine was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. For hundreds of years African Americans fought for their civil rights, desegregation, and basic human rights. One significant movement in history that was major for the Civil Rights Movement era was the Freedom Rides. This was a fight to end the illegal segregation of travel. African Americans have fought tirelessly for their equal rights, desegregation and racism, and Jim Crow laws; the Freedom Rides of 1961 played a major part in the Civil Rights Movement and were one of the final movements to end segregation with public transportation.

Many Americans try to pretend that just because slavery has come to an end and the Civil Rights movement occurred that racism has just suddenly vanished, but that 's not the case. A person is not born racist, it is taught while growing up in a racist environment. It is a learned behavior of hate towards someone not you. Racism is very evident in men 's professional sports today but also had an even greater effect in the past. There was a point in time where African American males were not allowed to participate in professional sports and they were shunned and labeled as outcasts who did not have the decency to step on the same field, court, or ring. Now that they are allowed to participate in professional sports African Americans have to deal with a great deal of racism in today 's society which brings about many controversies such as riots, banning of athletes, team fines, and the sale of teams. In today 's society sports has great influence, effect and power which can serve as a bridge for the gap between racism and discrimination. Racism will never fully go away, but as a society work can be done to lessen the problem and come to a point where it is so minuscule it wouldn 't even be a thought. People can 't change the world unless they change themselves. It starts with the people first.

The United States during the 1960s was not only a place of mass social movements and changes for the New Left, but also the rise of the New Right and its entrenchment in the nation’s modern political culture. The conservative movements in the 60s have many times been overshadowed by the more colorful New Left and its protest philosophy. Ture, it was an era of great liberal social change. For example, African-Americans engineered one of the most successful social movements of the 20th century. Yet the US did not move towards these ideas lightly, but under great opposition from a significant and important amount of its own citizens. This paper seeks to examine the forces that instigated such a powerful movement and will argue that a complex

African Americans have fought for equality for a long period of time against desegregation and racism. It was an era where blacks couldn’t have the same rights as a white individual. African American were treated with hate and anger. The Civil Rights Movement is embodied in dramatic recorded speeches. Speeches like “I have A Dream”, the “Black Revolution”, and “Black Power’ and Coalition Politics. These speeches were written by great leaders. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and Bayard Rusting were just some of the wise leaders of the Civil Rights. However, these influential leaders had a different view on how things had to be done during the civil rights movement.