Congress of Racial Equality

There were several social movements in the historical backdrop of the United States. One movement that stood out the most is the civil rights movement. African Americans and whites alike battled for social equality against the bigotry of the American culture amid the mid twentieth century. Following years of struggle they at last were allowed flexibility and equivalent rights with the new amendments in the constitution. However, this didn’t stop them from being segregated. The south was completely

rights, Gandhi fought for racial rights, and Mother Jones fought for workers’ rights. These three people helped to enact change by becoming successful leaders, being brave, and cared for people as they took a stand no matter what they thought could happen to them for standing up. Mother Jones is a persistent, brave, and successful person and truly cares about these workers and their rights. For example Josephson states “Mother Jones wanted the president to get Congress to pass a law that would take

Sunday and vowed to act with Congress to design a law to eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote. Later that week, the federal judge officially issued a ruling on the right to march and granted Dr. King the right to lead a march from Selma to Montgomery with the protection of federal State Troopers. Immediately, Dr. King set a new march date: March 21, 1965 which was huge success. Incidentally, President Johnson introduced the voting rights bill into Congress same day. Incidentally, few weeks

The Reconstruction period after the Civil War was not effective. Numerous conflicts between President Johnson and Congress led to an inability to make decisions in government. Although laws were introduced by Congress to prevent slavery, Black Codes were created in the South which heavily restricted the rights of African Americans. Angry Southerners also created rebel groups in order to retaliate against the Radical Republicans. The Reconstruction was not effective as indecisiveness in government

the first step in creating a nation of equality, it was sadly not enough to sway the racism at the time. Racial tension was still at an all time high, and despite efforts in the 1940s, it would not be until the 1950s and 1960s that some major efforts to combat the racial issues would come in the form of the Civil Rights Movement. While the movement did not entirely stop the inequality, it is still a success as it was the primary stepping stone for equality amongst races. As said, the Civil Rights

that African American equality was solved with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America, this is not correct. Ever since the election of President Barack Obama, unarmed African Americans are still being murdered by their American peers, causing the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement was formed after Trayvon Martin, a young black male, was murdered by George Zimmerman. While the 21st century is here, African American racial inequalities are still

classes, gender and religions received discrimination and are taken advantage through economic and social means. This eventually led to the formation of many different social groups. Most of the social groups are formed by minorities trying to gain equality in the society. These social groups did not go through an easy path; they experienced the highs and the lows of trying to make a difference. A lot of these social groups started during the Civil Rights Movement, and some still existed today.

These obstacles included Jim Crow laws, Black Codes, racial gerrymandering and racist white supremacy groups who promoted racial discrimination and segregation, poll-taxes, literacy tests. African Americans wanted to live in a society that would allow them equal opportunities and legal status. Due to a white majority in state legislature and Congress, blacks’ political and legal status was contingent on finding white Americans who favored equality for all. Fortunately,

of the key moments leading to the equality of black people was the Montgomery Bus Boycott where he led a protest that the blacks would have an equal right to sit in the front seats of the bus. He continued to do this until the rules were changed, however was put into jail along with his followers

moved farther Northwest to cities like Seattle and Portland. The fight for basic civil rights and equality continued into the 1950s, when the Walter-McCarran Act was passed in 1952, which created a much better process for immigrants to become “normalized” citizens (Mercier, 4). Japanese Americans continued to pressure Congress to further amend damages from internment, and it was not until 1988 that Congress passed the Civil Rights Restoration Act. After decades of civil rights advocacy, Japanese internees