Fight For Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement

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After the second World War, changes could be se everywhere. Women were working in the factories alongside the men. Blacks and Whites were working together, though the minorities were still given the worse jobs and were not treated equally. The pay was different between them, and they were not allowed to hold the same positions as the white people were. Many black people lived with it and were happy that they could work in factories and make more money this way. They were thankful for having a job that did not include working in the fields all day under the hot sun and barely making any money for their families. But there was a group or part of the black people that were unhappy with the small changes. they wanted to have the same freedoms and rights as the white people and wanted to be on the same line. Some of tehm wanted to achieve equality peacefully while others were ready to hurt and kill in order to payback for the bad treatment they had as slaves. This brought violence to the streets of America and bloodshed came with it.

Several movements rose up during this period after the war. Two of these movements had similar goals, but the way that they planned to achieve them were very different. One of the movements was called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This movement consisted of students who wanted to peacefully bring changes to our society. The other movement was called Black Power. Some of the people that did not like the speed with which the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC was moving at trying to bring equality, separated from the SNCC and created the Black Power movement. they said that violence was the only way to pay back the whites for the hurt and pain that they caused them. The onl...

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... not support their radical methods. those who followed Martin Luther King's non violent approach to solving their problems and getting full freedom, were able to move farther and accomplish more. overall with all of the movements, people began to think about the situation that existed between the different races in the Nation. Slowly things began to change and more freedoms were obtained for everyone. many people died or lost something dear to them but both sides were able to some extent successfully accomplish what they were working hard for.

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Roark, James L. The American Promise: A Compact History. Boston. Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. Print.

Roark, Johnson, Cohen, Stage, Hartmann. The American Promise, A Concise History. Vol. 2. (2014). Bedford/St. Martin's; Boston, MA.

United States History: Documents CD Rom, CD Rom. (NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2004).

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