Persuasive Essay On Civil Rights

Unfortunately, as the rights of African Americans have came such a long way since the times of activists like Martin Luther and Malcolm X, we are starting to see a reemergence of this hate in our society. America has been shaped into the “Land of the free and the home of the brave” and continues to be driven by this myth that America is a place where equality is never challenged and peace is a constant. This myth couldn't be farther from the truth. It is proven by the controversies surrounding modern day protests, which of course include the protests by many of the NFL players.

In 1865, nearly ninety years after the founding of the United States, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, thereby abolishing the “peculiar institution” which had once threatened to end the Great Experiment of American Democracy. Two subsequent amendments, ratified in 1868 and 1870, guaranteed equal protection of the law to all citizens and prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Yet, close to one hundred years after these three Reconstruction Amendments became the law of the land, racial equality was still something confined to the dreams of visionaries and activists. Writing a letter from Birmingham Jail in Alabama, civil rights leader Martin Luther King

Every day, race is discussed and criticized in news articles, magazines, television, and various other parts of the media. Although we seem to be past segregation, race is still a polarizing issue. Many people today still assert the idea that certain races are of a lower class or are to be feared, when people are nothing more than products of their own environments. If all minorities were given the same opportunities, these misconceptions and stereotypes would disappear. A post-racial America is not possible because the past of racism will continue to linger throughout generations, people are born as judgemental, and there will always be that one person whose ignorance outweighs all else.

he basis of most Republican opposition to the 1964 law, even from GOP members of Congress who backed the 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights bills signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, was discomfort about forcing private business to comply with public accommodation laws. Few Republicans expressed any qualms about requiring things like public busses and government buildings to integrate. Because Republicans had been the party of civil rights and liked more in it than they didn’t, they voted for it. Democrats were split. It was Democrats that used a herculean effort to block it through filibusters. Some local municipalities and governments in the South had laws prohibiting private business owners from serving black customers. Goldwater wanted to end

What does it mean to achieve equality? A person may be granted all the same rights as another but it goes beyond that. Martin Luther King Jr. says, “We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools.” (Martin Luther King Jr, The American Dream) He suggests that we cannot just say someone is equal but must be achieved with a much deeper bond, like that of brothers. The United States is well on it’s way there but it has been a long and hard struggle for African Americans. From 1619 when the first slaves came to the then 13 United Colonies to present day African Americans have been fighting for their rights and their true equality. Every single person in this country that is Black has experienced racism in some form. The Civil Rights movement was an umbrella which covered an array of movements that sought to rid the United States of racism and achieve the equality of all men no matter their skin color. This movement and its organizations have evolved as time and ideals have changed. They ranged to non-violent marches, sit-ins, mass boycotts and self defense. After slavery was abolished they continued to face lynching, violent race riots, the inability to vote, blatant racism and segregation for years. Many organizations and leaders led this ongoing movement and continue to today. The Civil Rights movement will continue to point out and protest the racial inequalities of society by any means necessary and will until all man, woman, and

Civil rights have been argued over for years and years. White supremacists claim to be “better” than black people in every shape or form. However, all humans are truly the same inside. These judgemental ways of thinking have been passed down from beliefs that originated in the 1600’s, that black people have no purpose other than to serve whites. Tradition, whether it is positive or negative, does have an influence on cultural beliefs in society.

Right now in America, we are living in an era where discrimination is no longer a growing matter, yet, we cannot reassure ourselves with the term “post-racial society, where…racism no longer exists [or] almost disappeared in many minority communities.”

The Reconstruction after the Civil War was meant to rebuild Southern government and society, but failed to bring equality to African Americans. The civil rights movement after World War II worked to bring this necessary justice to all men. The civil rights movement worked to fix America’s problem of inequality based on race, and succeeded where the Reconstruction had failed.

One of the main adversaries for equal rights was a man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. who became a martyr of civil rights. I believe that his vision still has not been met, his dream still is not fulfilled “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963).

Executive Order 10925 may be unknown to many of you. This executive order was issued by John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, and it has changed the way we define “racial equality” forever.

In the novel, Hidden Figures, Mary Jackson’s husband states that “civil rights ain’t always civil.” This statement nods to the tribulations that African Americans went through in the 1950’s and 1960’s, a time of intense racism, in their fight to obtain their civil rights. Although the worst of that time period’s discrimination and violence is over, Mr. Jackson’s quote can still be applied to today’s struggle for civil rights. Both parties; those who believe they deserve civil rights and those who oppose them, can become just as violent as the other in their respective battles for what they believe is right. As America continues its forward movement in granting civil rights to each generation’s “oppressed,” hate and violence will almost assuredly follow from each side of the argument.

At the end of everyone of her shows, famous television host Ellen Degeneres always says, “Be kind to one another.” Individuals, especially those part of the LGBT+ community, are discriminated against due to their gender or appearance. They are not given the same treatment or equality that are given to those who do fit society’s standards.

I am writing you as a concerned citizen that has been impacted by the decision of Judge Scalia in Whren v. United States supporting law officer’s ability to stop and search cars for little to no reason including skin color. For example, which of the following should a driver expected to be pulled over for?

Here in Idaho, most people say we are lucky to have very little racial prejudice because we don't have riots by minorities demanding equality like we see in the news happening in other parts of the country. However since 94% of the population is white, it would be difficult for the minorities to speak out. In the whole nation, we see minority movements that are forcing white people to realize that there is a different standard for whites and people of color. White privilege should not be taken advantage of by whites, and no one should judge unfairly based on color. Everyone would agree with this but current events show the opposite to be true. Because the whites have always had majority status in the United States, our culture judges this majority based on merit, but minorities are stereotyped. We should stop judging a whole group based on one person’s action.

Now with the completion of America's first black president, I think our nation is in fact not eliminated racism and overcome our heritage of racial exclusion. To start I think our country as we are now, we are at a very pivotal point in our country's history. We now have a president who is openly racist, and we have groups and organizations fighting for the lives of black men and women everywhere. This group that is fighting for the rights of black men and women everywhere is a very well know group and movement know as Black lives matter. Black Lives Matter began as a call to action in response to state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism. The Initial reason black lives matter was created was to connect black people who shared a desire for justice and change in their communities. However, their movement changed with the death of Trayvon martin and the acquittal of his killer George Zimmerman. This sparked the movement into what it is today. A group that fights for the rights and liberties that this country offers that are being taken away from black men women and children every day because of racism. As much and many people want to believe racism is not a thing of 2017 it is, in fact, alive and well and it is honestly disgusting to see people act like this towards another human being. An example of racism in our own country comes from none other than our own president. This happened very recently. The new york times writes “Trump defiled a White House ceremony to