How Important Was The Civil Rights Movement In The 1950's

The Civil rights movement of the 1950’s was a very significant part of history for the African American community and the rest of America in that it paved the way for future Civil Rights gains. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s impacted the African American community tremendously throughout its brave leaders, organizations, and table turning tactics.
The civil rights movement could never have succeeded the way it did without the help of some of its very brave leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Daisy Bates.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Minister who impacted the 1950’s movement in many ways. He was known for using non-violent tactics, the method he learned from the Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. King believed that using these non-violent methods would help others states to witness the violence toward the black community, and to show the reason why blacks can't succeed the way they want to. For example of one
On September 4,1957 Daisy Bates, who was the president of the NAACP in her state at the time, marched with 8 of the 9 students up to Little Rock Central High School with the newspaper, and cameras to see if they would let the kids in the school. If the school refused the enrollment of the kids the news peoples would write it in their paper and they would have photo evidence as well. Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates, a journalist, published a newspaper called the Arkansas State Press. Using this newspaper they kept the African American community up to date with stories of police brutalities, violence, and other major events. Especially during the Little Rock case her newspaper Arkansas State Press became popular throughout the state of Arkansas for its help improving social circumstances of the African American