The Struggle For Civil Rights In The 1960's

The 1960s was a time in history that not only glorified the significance of freedom but it also showed the efforts and determination then the struggle to make everyone equal. John F Kennedy promised the most ambitious agenda called the new frontier a package of laws and reforms that would end any quality in the United States.but then John F. Kennedy ran into a group of southerners who did not want the same thing as him. And they created laws in order to counter any sort of equality with blacks and whites southerners.around 1964 Kennedy was shot as the president. After this accident be Johnson then developed a set of programs that would give poor people a hand up not a handout. This would include Medicare or Medicaid which help the elderly and the low income.
This was a way for America to redevelop and subsidize their economy.The government stayed out of civil rights struggles and conflicts until about 1964. President Johnson push the civil rights act through Congress that prevented discrimination from bus stops, schools, airports, and many other public places. And then the next year the voting rights act exclamation illuminated poll taxes and all other tools that work to prevent black people from voting. In the era of the 60s student activist became more relevant. They took over college campuses and organize antiwar demonstrations occupied parks and other public places. There was even an equal pay act in 1963 that became more relevant as time grew. These events were not only the highlights of the 60’s James farmer, who was a civil rights activists and a leader of silver rights movement, push for nonviolence within the protest. He also pushed for dismantling segregation and served alongside