In 1954, the largest step toward equality for African Americans happened when the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. The impact was greater when it was the sanction of the law; for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of African Americans. Shortly following this landmark ruling, many civil rights protest became more prominent in the south at this time, where laws discriminated against African Americans. Such civil rights protests included the Montgomery bus boycott where for 381 days after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the front
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With civil rights maneuvering its way into headlines, more people becoming aware of this quandary, it came to a point in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. lead his Walk on Washington. Here he gave his historic I have a dream speech, which left a nation deliberating its beliefs, pondering what is going on in this country and how our old beliefs are not suitable for this day. Shortly after Dr. King’s iconic speech the Civil Rights act of 1964 was passed. This landmark legislation most importantly banned discrimination in public accommodations, employers, labor …show more content…
He demonstrated what can be achieved with democratic liberties…the most vital significance of the Negro…to American society… is the fact that democracy which is not extended to all of the nation’s citizens is a democracy that is mortally wounded” . In a country where democracy is the main principle, you cannot fully give someone their democratic rights, then not adhere to those rights and expect those people whose rights have been violated to not do something about it. The great migration and civil rights occurred during the same time period and tie directly to each other. The American Dream, to have equality, democracy and the pursuit of happiness is the underlining factor in the great migration. Every person’s view of the American dream is different, and when civil rights movement was occurring simultaneously as the great migration because of those six million African Americans who left the rural south in search of something new. Although the South during this time period was hostile toward African Americans, the North still had occurrences of discrimination and segregation even though it may not have been as extreme as the south. African Americans wanted during this time period, no matter where they lived was the equal opportunity we all
With civil rights maneuvering its way into headlines, more people becoming aware of this quandary, it came to a point in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. lead his Walk on Washington. Here he gave his historic I have a dream speech, which left a nation deliberating its beliefs, pondering what is going on in this country and how our old beliefs are not suitable for this day. Shortly after Dr. King’s iconic speech the Civil Rights act of 1964 was passed. This landmark legislation most importantly banned discrimination in public accommodations, employers, labor …show more content…
He demonstrated what can be achieved with democratic liberties…the most vital significance of the Negro…to American society… is the fact that democracy which is not extended to all of the nation’s citizens is a democracy that is mortally wounded” . In a country where democracy is the main principle, you cannot fully give someone their democratic rights, then not adhere to those rights and expect those people whose rights have been violated to not do something about it. The great migration and civil rights occurred during the same time period and tie directly to each other. The American Dream, to have equality, democracy and the pursuit of happiness is the underlining factor in the great migration. Every person’s view of the American dream is different, and when civil rights movement was occurring simultaneously as the great migration because of those six million African Americans who left the rural south in search of something new. Although the South during this time period was hostile toward African Americans, the North still had occurrences of discrimination and segregation even though it may not have been as extreme as the south. African Americans wanted during this time period, no matter where they lived was the equal opportunity we all