Segregation: The Civil Rights Movement

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Imagine living in the 1950s and 1960s in America where everything is segregated and basically living in two different world. Certain people don’t have the same rights as other just because of their color of their skin that happened to be brown not white. God created people from different nationalities with different colors of skin and white Americans didn’t grasp that concept and they wanted their country to be the same race. The people who were part of the the government didn’t agree with the Declaration of Independence that said “All men are created equal”. The civil rights movement integrated the two races, and brought equality, and justice. African Americans weren’t treated equally ever since World War II and even during the war Whites and blacks fought the same enemy in two different front wars. African Americans played an important role in the U.S military even though Whites denied them leadership and they thought that they didn’t have the right qualifications to be in the military, but other people's opinions didn't stop the African Americans form fighting for their country. “Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941 and they became known as the Tuskegee Airmen” (Tuskegee 1). The Tuskegee Airmen didn’t let segregation and prejudice get in their way of accomplishing what they were capable of and they were respected for it and they became some of the most respected fighters during World War II. The men showed what they were capable of doing and with the help from people and organization, they broke segregation by making a way to ingratiate the US military (Tuskegee 1). When The Tuskegee Airme... ... middle of paper ... ...w.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm>. "U.S. Capitol Visitor Center." U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. United States Capitol, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 18 Mar. 2014. . "Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Impact of?." Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Impact of?. crmvet, 1 Jan. 2005. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. . "Virginia Historical Society." The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Virginia Historical Society, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. -movement-virginia/legacy-civil>. "1950s Civil Rights Developments." 1950s Civil Rights Developments. Richard A. Schwartz, 1 Jan. 2003. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. .

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