1. Who were the major players in the movements? This includes a brief biography of each person involved Martin Luther King Jr.- Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” was one of the most powerful testaments from the Civil Rights Movement. He was voted the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks- Rosa Parks is known for not giving up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus. She is also known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights.” Susan B. Anthony – Susan B. Anthony was the president of National Women Suffrage Association. Her work helped create the 19th amendment (women the right to vote). Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped …show more content…
Describe each movement in a brief as possible. “The high point of the civil rights movement”, according to galegroup.com, “occurred on August 28, 1963, when 250,000 people participated in a March on Washington to urge the federal government to support desegregation and protect voting rights.” Another movement of the Civil Rights Reform was when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I Have A Dream speech, when he hoped to inspire others in the process of African American equality. He was even given a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts. 3. Why was reform needed? Reform was needed because at the time, African Americans, women, and people with other various backgrounds were treated very unequally. People started to realize that everyone deserved civil rights, no matter the color, gender, or background. Describe the conditions before reform and after. Before the reform, people were unsatisfied with the current society aspects. But afterwards, laws and other changes to the nation created much more peace between citizens. For example, prior to the Prison Reform, people disagreed about how prisons operated. According to galegroup.com, they had “differing ideas about which crimes merit imprisonment, what length sentences should be, and how inmates should be treated.” As a result, new laws called for stricter and more severe penalties for …show more content…
What impact did it have on politics? The civil rights reform effected politics by showing the government how citizens would demand for their rights under any circumstances. People like Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her bus seat for a white, inspired others to stand up against the government to make sure that blacks had equal value as whites. What laws or changes occurred because of the movement? There were many laws/changed that occurred because of the reform. These include the Civil Rights Acts, Voting Rights Acts of 1965, the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act (1972), etc. Each of these laws extended rights for various
Groups of people soon received new rights. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. It gave black Americans full citizenship and guaranteed them equal treatment. Also, it passed the Fourteenth Amendment to make sure that the Supreme Court couldn’t declare the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional. The amendment made blacks citizens of the United States and the states in which they lived. Also, states were forbidden to deprive blacks of life, liberty, or property without due process. Additionally, blacks could not be discriminated by the law. If a state would deprive blacks of their rights as citizens, it’s number of congressional representatives would be reduced. The Civil Rights Act as well as the Fourteenth Amendment affected both the North and the South.
Susan B. Anthony is a one of a kind lady. She didn’t care what people thought of her. She wanted to show the world what she believed in. Susan B. Anthony played a major role in women’s suffrage by being involved in temperance movements when she was young, being a part of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the Nineteenth Amendment was passed fourteen years after her death.
Throughout all the great civil rights leaders, I personally believe that Martin Luther King was the greatest of them all. What king achieved during the little over a decade that he worked in civil rights was remarkable. "There are few men of whom it can be said their lives changed the world" from wikipedia. Using Mohanda Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence King gained the power of many citizens respect which lead him in success in, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham Protest March, and breaking the barrier to allow black people vote rights.
The Civil Rights Movement symbolized the challenge and opposition to the racial injustices and segregation that had been engrained in American society for hundreds of years. Events that took place in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, sit-ins, speeches and numerous protests define this momentous time in United States history. Speeches during this period served as a means to inspire and assemble a specific group of people, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X it was the black community that needed to rise up in hopes of achieving equal rights and voting rights for the blacks.
considered one of the most influential letters written throughout history. Martin Luther King is also considered one of the most influential individual in the history of the American Civil Rights movement. King’s contribution is critical not only evidenced through his active participation in boycotts, but also through his writings. A significant example of contributions through writings is the Birmingham Letter that he wrote from jail after being accused of demonstrating against racial segregation in Alabama. To help air his complaints against racial segregation, King uses rhetorical tools that comprise of ethos, pathos, and logos.
MacLean, Nancy. A. The American Women's Movement, 1945-2000. A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, a.k.a.
The many leaders of the Civil Rights Movement were: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, little rock nine, John Brown, Linda Brown, Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, Plessey Scott, JFK, and Malcolm X. All of these men and women had a great influence on the movement’s success in the United States and helped end racial segregation. It all started in 1954 in the Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas. The people who were involved were John Brown and Linda Brown. This happened because of the separate but equal law created 60 years earlier in the Plessey vs. Ferguson case when Plessey lost and created separate but equal laws.
The civil rights movement showed the world what it was and how bad it was compared to today 50 years later where we all get along. And the Freedom rides, Children’s March, and Orangeburg massacre were just three examples of the many in the movement. The civil rights movement turned the United States from the land of the free and the home of the segregated into the land of the free and the home of the brave.
The Civil Rights Movement had a lot going on between 1954 and 1964. While there were some successful aspects of the movement, there were some failures as well. The mixture of successes and failures led to the extension of the movement and eventually a more equal American society.
Rosa Parks was a African American woman who sat in the front of the bus after a long hard day at work. As she traveled on the bus back home, a Caucasian male approached and asked her to get up from her seat to go to the back of the bus because he wanted to sit there. Instead of avoiding the trouble and just going to the back of the bus, she decided to stay where she was . Due to the time period, because of her not giving her seat up to the gentlemen, she was arrested and charged with civil disobedience. After her arrest was made a boycott would ensue
The latter part of the Civil Rights Movement was characterized by action and change as it was no longer centralized in the South or only fought for by black individuals. Rather, northerners were active in achieving black equality and the white community was campaigning for integration. Although many lost their lives in this struggle, their valiancy did not go unrewarded and soon enough African Americans were able to vote, work, study, and simply eat lunch beside white individuals.
The Civil Rights Movement was a critical time for the United States, lasting from 1954-1968. From Supreme Court decisions, boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and even bombings, the Civil Rights Movement was a struggle for all African Americans
Historically, the Civil Rights Movement was a time during the 1950’s and 60’s to eliminate segregation and gain equal rights. Looking back on all the events, and dynamic figures it produced, this description is very vague. In order to fully understand the Civil Rights Movement, you have to go back to its origin. Most people believe that Rosa Parks began the whole civil rights movement. She did in fact propel the Civil Rights Movement to unprecedented heights but, its origin began in 1954 with Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka was the cornerstone for change in American History as a whole. Even before our nation birthed the controversial ruling on May 17, 1954 that stated separate educational facilities were inherently unequal, there was Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896 that argued by declaring that state laws establish separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities. Some may argue that Plessy vs. Ferguson is in fact backdrop for the Civil Rights Movement, but I disagree. Plessy vs. Ferguson was ahead of it’s time so to speak. “Separate but equal” thinking remained the body of teachings in America until it was later reputed by Brown vs. Board of Education. In 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, and prompted The Montgomery Bus Boycott led by one of the most pivotal leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. After the gruesome death of Emmett Till in 1955 in which the main suspects were acquitted of beating, shooting, and throwing the fourteen year old African American boy in the Tallahatchie River, for “whistling at a white woman”, this country was well overdo for change.
This is the most convincing movement because people’s lives were at stake. During this movement a lot happened far as beatings, murders, and even challenging the Supreme Court and president; which created some very famous court cases. This would be more moving than others because some of the events were costing people their lives, reputation, pride, and more, just to fight for something they wanted or loved. For example, a woman by the name of Fannie Lou Hamer went to register to vote one day; after doing so, on the way home she was arrested and beaten until she was exhausted (University). To most people in today’s time would be horrified over this because this woman was beaten for no reason, well, no reason for today’s world. Also, many famous court cases arose during this movement when people started to challenge the court system; because, of the unequal rights between whites and blacks. Some of thes...
The civil rights movement was mainly influenced by Martin Luther King Jr and the SCLC that held peaceful demonstration. They used the youth especially high school students to march causing tension on the government because the government cares a little too much about the American image certain measures were taken. After the peaceful demonstration was changed into a riot were the police force was using so much power the foreign media ridiculed America and the Jim crow south helping the civil right movement activists and forcing the President and the government to take