Essay On The Civil Rights Movement
Everyday is different and so is every year. Each year in past have contributed to our society in some way to make it the best year of all. For example, I think 1963 was one of the best year in history, because in 1963 the society had improved in many areas such as cultural, technological, and medical treatment. Likewise, there are people who will debate against this because they think that other years were much better than 1963 and had more improvements in technology, culture, and medical treatment. My argument against that would be that without the movement that happened in 1963 like the first lung transplant, the first woman in space, and the fight for African American rights it would have not changed the way people thought. All these examples
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According to the Candace Roy article, “the civil rights movement was an era dedicated to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States.” During this period people came out on the street and rallied for their rights and cultural change. In my eyes I think this movement was not only important, but also necessary because the amount of discrimination and racism that was happening during this time period was unacceptable. The question was, did the Civil Right Movement affect people and the society? Yes, it did because after many protests for equal right and rallying across the whole country people were recognizing the injustice done to black people and now the African Americans will not stop until they have their right to equality in everything. For example, the African American were allowed to sit with the white on the bus for the first time because of all the boycott and peaceful protest done by many organization and black people. An article “ The Montgomery Bus Boycott” states that “The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for about 382 days and the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses.” This overturns of segregation caused numerous African American to fight for their rights in places like school and job positions. After this the Civil Right Movement became known everywhere in the world and encouraged all the
According to the Candace Roy article, “the civil rights movement was an era dedicated to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States.” During this period people came out on the street and rallied for their rights and cultural change. In my eyes I think this movement was not only important, but also necessary because the amount of discrimination and racism that was happening during this time period was unacceptable. The question was, did the Civil Right Movement affect people and the society? Yes, it did because after many protests for equal right and rallying across the whole country people were recognizing the injustice done to black people and now the African Americans will not stop until they have their right to equality in everything. For example, the African American were allowed to sit with the white on the bus for the first time because of all the boycott and peaceful protest done by many organization and black people. An article “ The Montgomery Bus Boycott” states that “The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for about 382 days and the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses.” This overturns of segregation caused numerous African American to fight for their rights in places like school and job positions. After this the Civil Right Movement became known everywhere in the world and encouraged all the