The Progression Of The Civil Rights Movement
HST-203 US HISTORY 1914 - PRESENT CHRISTOPHER SHELLEY LONG ESSAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ___.
INTRODUCTION The Civil Rights Movement was a social justice movement where Black Americans relentlessly protested against segregation and discrimination and fought for the legislature to put forth laws to protect their civil liberties. Through 1968, Black people experienced prejudice at the hands of white people and began boycotting, having sit-ins, non-violent protests, and other acts of civil disobedience to confront perpetual racism. However, the movement differentiated between the North and the South with factors such as the legal structure, the directional approach, and the public opinion about the movement. The progression of the Civil Rights …show more content…
Even without any segregation laws, African Americans encountered redlining, a practice that prohibited people of color from attaining valued properties based on their race, which led to naturally segregated communities. Another example from Sitkoff’s “The Struggle for Black Equality” is the discriminatory employment opportunities. “Discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion were widespread, and blacks were generally relegated to the most menial and lowest-paying jobs” (Sitkoff, p. 78). Black Americans were denied jobs within positions of power and relocated to listings of low-paying job positions because of the racial biases of employers. This contributed to the systemic racism and economic disadvantage black people face. The Directional Approach of the North vs. the South During the Civil Rights Movement various Black Americans advanced the evolution of black rights, but there were two conflicting ideas for where the movement should go and who should lead it. Martin Luther King Jr. was at the forefront of the movement in the South. He is most popularly known for his speeches, such as his “I Have A Dream” speech where he marched with hundreds of thousands of people to Washington, D.C., and writings, such as his “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” where he defends his strategies and states the ongoing struggle for change and justice. He advocated his strategy for peaceful protest and civil disobedience as proper tools for the fight against racial discrimination. While Martin Luther King provoked a significant change in the movement in the South, a Black Muslim man known as Malcolm X had a different approach to attaining civil liberties for Black Americans in the North. Malcolm X, along with Stokely Carmichael, proposed the idea of Black nationalism to encourage Black individuals to engage in self-defense against the injustices at the hands of
INTRODUCTION The Civil Rights Movement was a social justice movement where Black Americans relentlessly protested against segregation and discrimination and fought for the legislature to put forth laws to protect their civil liberties. Through 1968, Black people experienced prejudice at the hands of white people and began boycotting, having sit-ins, non-violent protests, and other acts of civil disobedience to confront perpetual racism. However, the movement differentiated between the North and the South with factors such as the legal structure, the directional approach, and the public opinion about the movement. The progression of the Civil Rights …show more content…
Even without any segregation laws, African Americans encountered redlining, a practice that prohibited people of color from attaining valued properties based on their race, which led to naturally segregated communities. Another example from Sitkoff’s “The Struggle for Black Equality” is the discriminatory employment opportunities. “Discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion were widespread, and blacks were generally relegated to the most menial and lowest-paying jobs” (Sitkoff, p. 78). Black Americans were denied jobs within positions of power and relocated to listings of low-paying job positions because of the racial biases of employers. This contributed to the systemic racism and economic disadvantage black people face. The Directional Approach of the North vs. the South During the Civil Rights Movement various Black Americans advanced the evolution of black rights, but there were two conflicting ideas for where the movement should go and who should lead it. Martin Luther King Jr. was at the forefront of the movement in the South. He is most popularly known for his speeches, such as his “I Have A Dream” speech where he marched with hundreds of thousands of people to Washington, D.C., and writings, such as his “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” where he defends his strategies and states the ongoing struggle for change and justice. He advocated his strategy for peaceful protest and civil disobedience as proper tools for the fight against racial discrimination. While Martin Luther King provoked a significant change in the movement in the South, a Black Muslim man known as Malcolm X had a different approach to attaining civil liberties for Black Americans in the North. Malcolm X, along with Stokely Carmichael, proposed the idea of Black nationalism to encourage Black individuals to engage in self-defense against the injustices at the hands of