Civil Rights Movement In The 1960's
In the United States there have been many social changes. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's was the most powerful and compelling change to occur in our history. The Civil Rights Movement was a time dedicated to activism for equal rights and fairness for African Americans in the United States. The people pushed for nothing more than social, legal, and political changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation. Though Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery was one step in the right direction, there was still serious conflict, and it did not change the perceptions that allowed discrimination to go on. The Brown vs. Board Of Education, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and finally the Voting Right Act of 1965, are the three most powerful results
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Not being able to fairly vote was one of the last unfair tribulations they faced, and finally it was coming to an end. States got away with administering tests designed only to prevent African Americans from not being able to vote. Participating in the electoral process has a big influence on how the country would be ran for generations to come, and some feared that change was the enemy. Groups such as the Ku Klux Klan were violent protesters who would harass and execute them on the sole purpose of fearing that change. On March 7,1965 state troopers unprovokingly attacked peaceful protesters on their way to the state Capitol in Montgomery. This was soon brought to the attention the television and people all over America were angered by the violence, persuading president Lyndon B. Johnson to take a stand. Five days later, he introduced to Congress the idea of a Voting Rights Act in what is considered to be one of his best …show more content…
Through the perseverance, hard work, and unshakable faith these people had, they made a indefinite pattern in the overall well being of mankind. Despite the fact that the ideas of our ancestors have been on two extreme ends of the spectrum, both of their objectives were to create as close as a utopian society as possible. Neither is right or wrong, both ends but have elements that contribute to our history, and to show how we have grown as a nation. The Brown vs. Board Of Education, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and The Voting Right Act of 1965, all shaped history for African Americans by legally giving them their rights as a person. The Civil Rights Movement as a whole, was important to the history of the United States of America, and the world, showing that we are strong, and discrimination was unjust and would absolutely no longer be tolerated in this country, setting an example for the oppressed people everywhere. Now all of our future generations can walk in unity and practice the principles in which this country was founded on, One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all
Not being able to fairly vote was one of the last unfair tribulations they faced, and finally it was coming to an end. States got away with administering tests designed only to prevent African Americans from not being able to vote. Participating in the electoral process has a big influence on how the country would be ran for generations to come, and some feared that change was the enemy. Groups such as the Ku Klux Klan were violent protesters who would harass and execute them on the sole purpose of fearing that change. On March 7,1965 state troopers unprovokingly attacked peaceful protesters on their way to the state Capitol in Montgomery. This was soon brought to the attention the television and people all over America were angered by the violence, persuading president Lyndon B. Johnson to take a stand. Five days later, he introduced to Congress the idea of a Voting Rights Act in what is considered to be one of his best …show more content…
Through the perseverance, hard work, and unshakable faith these people had, they made a indefinite pattern in the overall well being of mankind. Despite the fact that the ideas of our ancestors have been on two extreme ends of the spectrum, both of their objectives were to create as close as a utopian society as possible. Neither is right or wrong, both ends but have elements that contribute to our history, and to show how we have grown as a nation. The Brown vs. Board Of Education, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and The Voting Right Act of 1965, all shaped history for African Americans by legally giving them their rights as a person. The Civil Rights Movement as a whole, was important to the history of the United States of America, and the world, showing that we are strong, and discrimination was unjust and would absolutely no longer be tolerated in this country, setting an example for the oppressed people everywhere. Now all of our future generations can walk in unity and practice the principles in which this country was founded on, One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all