Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall

Civil Rights Museum The Civil Rights Movement was a movement that started in the 1955 and ended in 1968. ("American civil rights movement") There were many important figures during this movement but the most popular leaders in this movement were Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, and the most famous leader for the “I Have A Dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. ("Black Power") In these 14 years of discrimination, colored US citizens were basically being bullied. The colored citizens had way less rights than whites did even though they were still people too. The civil rights movement may have stopped in 1968, but this kind of racism still exists today, for example, the KKK. The Civil Rights Movement all started when Rosa Parks refused to sit on the back of a bus in order for a white to sit up front. This happened in Montgomery, Alabama. This event was later called the,”
Everything would be different such as, sports, schools, friends, and family. ("Jim Crow law")The movements have an impact on today’s society because the United States does not restrict colored people’s rights like they would back in the 1950’s. ("American civil rights movement") The movements were significant events for the United States and it helped the society come together as a nation. The movements had an impact on society, and always will have an impact on society. The people in the United States do not discriminate anymore and will stay like that for years to come. In our country’s past we have overcome things that hurt our nation. We can thank people like Martin Luther King Jr, or Rosa Parks for standing up for what they believed in. We need people like these so when we’re tired of fighting, they can. These people are called “heroes” and heroes never stop until they get what’s right. If it weren’t for these leaders, then maybe the nation would be having another civil