Black Lives Matter Vs. Civil Rights Movement

Essentially everybody has heard something about the Civil Rights Movement that swept through America during the 19 century. Just like the Civil Rights Movement, The Black Lives Matter Movement is something most people have heard about. The Black Lives Matter and Civil Rights Movement have a lot of similarities, but as they are also two seperate groups they also have differences The Civil Rights movement was started as a group to ”protest the racism and discrimination that existed in the United States.” (Civil Rights Movement). While the Black Lives Matter group was created for a mission to “build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.” (BLM). The wording and focus maybe different, …show more content…
One huge difference between the two is the starting point. The Black Lives Matter was created after the Civil Rights movement, so all the rights gained during that time allowed for the BLM movement to have more of a standing when starting, than the Civil Rights. The 1950-1960 movement had the 14th amendment “citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States — including former slaves — and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” (14th Amendment). They also had the 13th amendment which states “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (13th Amendment). But when BLM started it had the 13th and 14th Amendment, the voting right acts, civil rights law and a lot more when they were starting in 2013. The biggest difference between the two groups is what they were focused on. The Civil Rights Movement was solely based around geographically “blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.” (Civil Rights Movement). All of the protesting was to stop segregation in the USA, mostly in the south. However, The Black Lives Matter is international, it’s trying to fight injustices all around the world, rather than in one spot or country. And they’re better equipped to do that with the advancements in technology, making it easier to interact with others with social media. The last difference between the two is the acceptance and mentions of LGBT people. Because of being in the 1950’s the civil rights movement didn’t show publicly any support for the lgbt. While The Black Lives Matter shows publicly that they’re accepting of all people “We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender