Civil Rights Dbq

During the 1950’s, the Civil Rights Movement really came to be (progress) since we had leaders that paved the road to equality. The Civil Rights Movement was how African Americans gained equal rights in America. Some might come to say how did blacks get denied equal opportunities? Well, African Americans were denied equal rights by the government adding poll tax, literacy tests, and when you register to vote, and Jim Crow Laws.

Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960’s in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights.

So i’m going to be talking about the background and raise of America. So slavery was a big thing in America back then. Also hate crime against black raises that white people were never investigated. Many strategies were used to fight for the Civil Rights, and success and failure were experienced along the way to achieve their goals.

On the first example brown vs board of education, that was a success because they finally got blacks into white schools. Plessy vs Ferguson was a failure because they were trying to get a black student into a collage. (blacks were never let into college) Speeches were big like the “,I have a Dream,” it brought a lot of the people together but it also brought a lot of people to attention of how the blacks feel about their life, that speak mostly said what all the backs and some whites were thinking about that day. The Salem march was one example that was unsuccessful because they tried marching into Pettus bridge but the lawmen gassed them and ran them back east toward Selma, the march on Washington was very successful because more than 200,000 people marched for jobs and freedom in the nation's capital, this march pressured John F. Kennedy to begin the civil rights bill in congress.

First, it sparked off by having black kids enroll in a white school. They denied the offer to the kids. It them three years to get it to pass a de segregation for schools. Also when they it ruled it threatened the whole system of desegregation. Some schools changed quickly some didn't. Some southerners wanted to defend segregation. In the south they didn't change quickly.

Answer: Discrimination, right before the Revolutionary War, was raised to the highest tide in America’s societies. Many efforts were tried to reduce or alleviate the tense situation but ended up with failure, and this is the origin of two most important concepts in America which are Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Even though Civil Rights and Civil Liberties are both under the Constitution, they are different. Civil Rights are duties of government to ensure the equal treatment for everyone not regarding to their race, gender, age, or religious… while Civil Liberties are people’s freedoms to protect themselves from governmental action like unreasonable searches and seizures.

From the 1930s to the 1950s, African Americans were being severely persecuted and ostracized. The Jim Crow Laws allowed for legal segregation and continued control over blacks in the South. Those laws severely restricted the rights of the African American in the southern half of the United States and essentially continued to restrain them even though the United States Constitution forbid it. The North did not have such laws, but blacks still suffered. When African Americans migrated to the North, they were disillusioned by the fact that they were still not equal. The African Americans were instead delivered a subtler form of the discriminatory actions within the South. African Americans struggled for equality everywhere because of white

The march on washington was a success. The march brought worldwide attention. The sitinns that the blacks did was a success. Lots of people started to do it. One thing that was a failure was they got hurt and treated bad.

The Amendments of the Past If we learn from the mistakes of the past have we really rectified them? Throughout the history of America it can be seen that Civil Liberty threatened to tear us apart. But do those affairs still live clandestine and invisible amidst us. The civil liberty issues of the past have been resolved through courageous voicing of opinions, persuasive usage of privileged rights, and the oxymoron of unifying wars. The topic of Civil Liberties is usually associated with a negative response but its connotation is relatively positive, defined as freedom from arbitrary government interference.

Was the Civil Rights Movement an important event in history?(1)It began in the 19th century, when people persistently(ly) commenced(ed) to speak about inequality and discrimination because(bc) they were tired of being mistreated. This affected and still affects African Americans education, economy, and opportunity wise. One of the first national attempts to end segregation was the B v. B case (Scholastic). (2)(cl)While the case ruled in African American favor, the ruling didn’t assist the nine black students being blocked out of their (adj)local Little Rock Central Jr. High by the coast guard. Fredrick Douglas, Ella Baker, and Tiger Woods are three people (w-w)which inspired or are inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.

Despite its precepts of liberty and justice for all, America has a long history of preventing certain segments of the population from enjoying all of the liberties they are entitled to. While America has made several key advances since the days of the Founding Fathers, there is still progress to be made. Civil liberty issues of the past have not been fully resolved, as shown by racial separatism, unequal democratic participation, and interference with freedom of speech. As shown by racial separatism, civil liberty issues have not been resolved.

The legislature of the fictitious state of Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming, beach and golf facilities, as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities."

It inspired people to stand up to the injustice of segregation. This led to other people performing different acts like helping African Americans register their votes, something that previously could not be done. That was the overall effect, though, not the immediate repercussions.

Martin Luther King Jr. had a great impact on how society perceived segregation and civil rights. Because of his involvement in civil rights, he was able to have a voice that was heard and make a change. His dream was for people to not be treated because of their skin color but what is on the inside. He didn’t want people to discriminate against others because of their religion, race, and sex. MLK fought to end racism and give everyone civil rights. He did what he did because he attended a colored school and didn't understand why they had to be separated by their skin color. Other contributors of the civil rights movement consisted of Rosa Parks. In buses, they had to sit in the back of the bus, but one day she decided to sit in the front and when someone told her to give up her seat to a white man she refused and was arrested. That incident sparked the boycott of the Montgomery bus and they lost a lot of money due to all the people not paying for the bus and was eventually brought to the Supreme court.

These movements enormously affected black people , so that they hugely interacted with it and started to revolt and move towards their freedom driven by their robbed rights and injured dignity . In addition, many writers have a great role in these movements including Alice walker. Alice in her short story