The Great Migration And The Civil Rights Movement

Throughout history, there are many instances of African Americans being mistreated in America. It started during the 1600s and it can be argued that it has not stopped since. Over the years, many African Americans acquired the resilience to make changes. The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most important parts of African American history. It was also important to world history. If it was not for the Civil Rights Movements, African Americans would not have the rights that are available today and the world would be completely different. There were many events that led to the creation of the Civil Rights Movement. After Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing current slaves, there was an uprising in the south. Slavery

Paul E. Lovejoy realizes the importance of learning the history of a situation correctly and thoroughly. Lovejoy states (1997), “The failure to study enslaved Africans in the Americas from the perspective of African history is largely a result of the way in which African history developed as a sub-discipline” (p. 5). If African Americans points of view on their historical markers are not studied, that will cause a misrepresentation throughout history. During slavery, slaves were known to form communities composed of their homeland origins in order to keep their social identity (Lovejoy, 1997, p. 3). The Great Migration happened once millions of African Americans decided to leave the South in order to escape the oppressive laws and find better economic opportunities. The South was ruining their sense of social identity. Lovejoy also notes they would (1997), “…create a world that was largely autonomous from white, European society” (p 3). That shows African Americans were already capable of living in America without the need of white people. However, they were halted by unfair and evil treatments. After the Great Migration to the North, Midwest and West, they still faced those halts. The Civil Rights Movement sparked the acts of overcoming those problems. The oral history of those involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Congress of Racial