The Civil Right Movement In The 1960's

The American South in the 1960 's and Ancient Thebes both had a rigid social and legal system that did not effectively and legitimately represent the majority of its citizens. In both eras, an antihero rose up to defy the establish system. Dr. King, in the 1960 's, protested unjust laws and was jailed and viewed as an antagonist. Similarly, in Ancient Thebes, Antigone is sentenced to death for doing what she believes is right, regardless of the law. If Dr. King failed, he stood to lose, in addition to his life, his reputation as someone who wanted true change for all African Americans. Furthermore, future generations of colored people would have to endure the same injustice that he was protesting against. Also, if his nonviolent ways failed there were people ready to take the civil rights movement in a violent direction. If Antigone 's defiance had failed, her brother will never find peace in the afterlife, and Thebes will never find unity and solace after its civil war. Additionally, she too could lose her life for her outward defiance. Therefore, both Dr. King 's nonviolent resistance, along with writing his letter from Birmingham Jail, and Antigone 's violation of Kreon 's edict are justified by what they stood to lose if they did not take their respective actions.

There were hundreds of thousands of onlookers, twenty-one shots, four assassinations, one nation, and a changed world all effected throughout the 1960s. There were many distresses throughout the 1960s. Some of the main ones included the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy and John Kennedy. The aftermath of all these deaths greatly affected the United States and the people in it. Each one of these men had a huge impression on a certain group in America that they broke a barrier for. The nation mourned and wept over them, and felt for their families. These sequences of deaths began in 1963 with the death of John F. Kennedy.

IN 1964, with increasing national attention focused on the civil rights drive in the South, COFO launched "Freedom Summer," a major drive to educate and register voters, including the use of northern volunteers. On June 20, 1964, 200 recruits left from Oxford, Ohio for Mississippi. On June 21 three workers -- James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner -- were reported missing. The long search for their bodies (they were not found until Aug. 4) focused national attention on the civil rights movement and helped build public opinion in support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, signed by President Johnson on July 2, 1964.

In the history of the United States, there have been many social changes that have occurred. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most significant and important for the equality of all people. Since the abolition of slavery in 1863, there had been a continuous conflict between the races of people who live in the United States. Rights were violated on a consistent basis, purely because of the color of a person’s skin. Unfortunately, many of the changes that the movement fought for brought on a violent opposition from many white southerners and that led to the violent deaths of some of the famous leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. The movement led to the creation of several civil

of civil rights. One was passage of a Civil Rights Act, the first to be approved by Congress since Reconstruction. It created a Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice as well as a federal Civil Rights Commission that was authorized to investigate racial problems and recommend solutions. The other was President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decision, arrived at reluctantly, to send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in order to establish order and enforce a token desegregation plan admitting nine black students to the city’s all-white Central High School.

When we look at earth from beyond the galaxy you can see racism and most of the human race cultural issues on a diminutive scale. To me as it is important and a great step for the human race to overcome racial prejudice, truly we have come a long way from the civil rights moment.

A lot of people are unfamiliar with the party flip of the 1960s. The 1960s were a rough time for anyone even remotely aware of the civil rights movement dividing the nation. Those that refused to assimilate and accept other humans as just that human began to show a trend we had seen before, southern. Going back as far as the civil war we knew that the two sides, the union and the confederates, could not be more different. However this does not necessarily explain just why they entire party flipped, conversely graduate students at Yale went into depth of this explanation by beginning their argument by saying, “We complement this main result with a variety of additional evidence corroborating the central role of racial views in the decline of

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a series of sit-ins, boycotts, freedom rides, and marches. They were all used as ways to peacefully protest the fight for freedom and equality for all. These events took place to try and stop the discrimination and racism of all people but especially people of color. A major leader and influencer of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was Martin Luther King Jr., whom along with many others, participated in many of the peaceful protests and marches put together by the people of the Freedom Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. brought new perspective to the whole fight for freedom through his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most recognized and well known advocates, but there were also many others that led protests and were involved in the movement. Some were into peaceful protests like Rosa Parks, but others wanted to take a more aggressive and loud approach like W.E.B. Du Bois. There were many historical events that shaped the Civil Rights Movement, and these events were the foundations for the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. The Montgomery bus boycotts, the freedom rides, and the Selma marches were some of the most memorable major contributing events to the series of protests in the fight for Civil Rights.

The Civil Rights Movement of the United States began in 1954 and continued until 1968. With the aim of challenging discrimination and achieving the equality that the American Constitution promised, African Americans, embarked on the Civil Rights Movement. The movement resulted in several significant achievements that changed the lives of African Americans throughout the United States. However, these achievements, although great and powerful, could not immediately eradicate the attitudes white people had towards African Americans.

Early in the 1960's civil right movements, speech freedom, and others were taking place in the USA. People sought for race tolerance, and protested for freedom. Besides, changes in the creation of movies, music, and marriage were appearing. Though changes have been made since the 1960's.

Has someone ever told you that you were not allowed to do something that others had the right to? Maybe it was your parents, your boss, the government, but you thought you had just enough right as anyone else did? Well, during the 1960’s not everyone had the same rights. During the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans were fighting for equality. They didn’t want “separate but equal” they wanted full equality for their people.

The civil rights movement was one of the first social movements in the 1960s; it aimed to end discrimination against black Americans. Led by Marin Luther King Jr, the civil rights movement begun in the 1950s, but became significantly more powerful in the 1960s. It mainly consisted of black Americans in the south that faced racial discrimination and segregation in all aspects of their lives, despite the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Black Americans were refused service in most restaurants and were still made to go to segregated schools, despite Brown vs Board of Education outlawing segregation in schools. Furthermore most black southerners were not allowed to vote. Black Americans took part in many marches led by King, for example the march on Washington

The Civil Rights Movement, a movement that occur in the United States in the south from about 1955 through 1968. The goal of the movement was to achieve racial equality in the America. Many people protest because it was, overall, acts of civil disobedience. Rarely were they ever intended to be violent. The activists involved in the movement were vigilant and dedicated to the cause without being destructive. When speaking about the Civil Right Movement African American mans seemed to be the leaders for this movement but few speak about African American women huge role in this epic movement. While many men did enormous amount of good during the movement, there also many African American women who made a huge contribution to the movement. Struggling for equal opportunities, African American women use this movement to spoke up about their rights along with rights of all. They did not let their situations define them and because of that, they were able to define themselves as the women they are today. Although they aren’t known as many of the male leaders of the movement, black women laid the foundation and were the reason the movement was a success. There are many women’s who contribute to the civil right movement for the betterment of black people. Women such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells made such an influence that play a crucial role in providing a better future for the black people.

The civil rights movement was a very popular movement to secure African Americans equal opportunities for basic privileges and rights that every other American had. Although the movement goes back to the 19th century, it peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. (Davis) African American women and men, along with White Americans, organized and led the movement. They worked at the goals they had through negotiations, legal means, protests (Nonviolent of course), and petitions. The civil rights movement was the single largest social movement of the 20th century in the United States. The movement mainly concentrated on the American South including Florida, that was where the African American population was biggest. The movement addressed primarily three areas of discrimination: segregation, education, and voting rights. “This Nation…was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” -John F. Kennedy (Krupitsky)

The Civil Rights Movement was a movement in 1954-1968 involving thousands of individuals that fought for peace and equality. Segregation seemed to be an on-going topic during this time. Segregation is laws that prevent someone for entering certain places. In the early 1950’s blacks were the main individuals being segregated. According to “Black Power” by Philip G. Altbach, “For more than a decade the American civil rights movements has been the most social movement in the United States.” During this time, segregation played an important role in people lives, especially people of color. The color of your skin dictated what your life would be like. Blacks were not allowed to do anything that whites we’re allowed to do. Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation; which was supposed to be a step to equity, African Americans living in Southern states were still hindered from equity. In 1791, the Bill of Rights were passed. The Bill of Rights was supposed to ensure all rights were distributed equally. However, those rights did not specifically apply to black people. As a part of the Bill of Rights, citizens can protest. But when blacks protest and march for their rights, they were beaten or put in jail. During the 20th century, African Americans lived under a set of laws called Jim Crow laws. These Jim Crow laws in effect made it impossible to be in the same room as whites including: classrooms, bathrooms, restaurants, and theaters. As part of the “Jim Crow” laws, if