Key Moments Of The Civil Rights Movement

The US civil rights movement is the term used for the protests and activism in the American society, mainly equal treatment among the Afro-Americans and the white Americans, from 1954 to 1968, the exact dates are not accurate for some may argue it started long before that. I will highlight in this essay the most important key moments, what changed and what stayed the same, and the people who key roles in this movement. E.g. Brown v. the board of education (1954), Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott (1955), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr speeches and the murder of Emmett till.
One of the earliest and big wins for the Civil rights movement was the win of the Brown v. board of education in 1954. This was when Oliver Brown an American welder,
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old boy, who had a rough childhood. While Emmett was visiting family in Money, Mississippi, the teenage African American boy from Chicago, was kidnaped and murdered for “flirting” with a white woman, the wife of the owner of a shop 4 days before his murder. A couple of days later the husband and his half-brother went to Tills uncle’s house dragged him to their car, and some say that he was beaten then shot in the head and thrown to river, he was found 3 days later. Authorities in Mississippi wanted to quick bury the corpse for the story to die out. The mother, Mamie Bradley, decided to bring the body back to Chicago. She decided to do an open-casket funeral to show what the racist murderers had done to her only son. The murderers were sent on trial but they were issued not guilty. Another event that year was the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks was an African American activist who earlier had protested against discrimination and for equal rights for everyone. From December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, it was one of the first, and largest protests against discrimination and segregation in the United States. Four days before the bus boycott, Rosa parks was arrested and given a fine for not giving her seat to a white male, and obeying to the segregated rules. The US
This almost never happened. When Martin was young, 12 years old, after his grandmother died he attempted suicide from a 2nd story building but did not succeed. Martin was a smart student, he skipped both year 9 and 11, and entered college aged 15. He was not always with religion, he first questioned his faith, but in his junior year he joined a bible class and became firm with it, and later he told his father his decision into becoming a pastor. His most famous speech is “I have a dream” speech. He wanted equality for everyone and no discrimination against no race, specifically for the African Americans. Unfortunately he was killed in 4 of July 50 years ago in 1968, by a racist murderer. He was supposed to give a speech on April, the 7th but was unable due to his terrific assassination. The speech was titled “Why America may go to hell” and was King’s warning to the world about the 3 biggest evils: poverty, racism and militarism. Martin Luther King Jr was changing his views and was going more “dark” and real on his speeches and the consequences if we (USA) do not