Leslie Braun
Mrs. Webb
English 1 Period 6
6 March 2015
Civil Rights Act: Bloody Sunday The turning point for the civil rights movement was the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which is known as Bloody Sunday. Civil Rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. People participated in marches to raise awareness for the unfair treatment of peoples civil rights. Although it started as a peaceful march, it quickly became violent, sending a number of innocent protestors to the hospital. I am focusing on this specific aspect for many reasons. One is that this day shows us how cruel people can be as well as how much bravery humans have to fight this. Another reason I’m focusing on Bloody Sunday is because …show more content…
One event that motivated this march was the death of Jimmy Lee Jackson. This man was fatally wounded by a state trooper from Alabama. The protest march, from Selma to Alabama, was merely days after this tragedy. On February 17th, approximately 600 people, white and black showed up for the demonstration. John Lewis led the group all the way to Edmund Pettus Bridge where they were met by police officers and Alabama state troopers who blocked their path and told them to go back. The marchers refused. Consequentially, officers began to fight with clubs and teargas. Some state troopers charged the crowed on horseback swinging clubs. This resulted in over fifty people needing to be hospitalized immediately. As word spread through the media, more people began to participate in public …show more content…
Dubois, is a collection of essays published in Atlantic Monthly. These pieces give explicit detail about the battle for freedom. During the long fight for civil rights, people marched to earn the rights that were taken away from them. One of the essays published focused specifically on the incident known as Bloody Sunday. W.E.B. Dubois was a very influential writer. He caused a few hundred people to join in marching. Dubois knows firsthand how it feels to be treated like most of the African Americans because at the time of the Civil Rights Act, he was a teenager who saw and understood what was happening and why. Dubois was very important in the Civil Rights Act because he helped people understand the pain that black people were going through at the time. Through the entire process of gaining civil rights, Dubois showed over 500 people that it’s not okay how people were treated, and he wasn’t just talking about African Americans. After I read W.E.B. Dubois’ book, I felt like I truly understood what it felt like to be alive during that time. He explained everything so well that you could make an entire movie inside your mind. Dubois played a vital role in history. He made people think about if they were really making the right decisions and what they could do to help the act. He showed people that humans need to stick together instead of fighting amongst themselves, because that is what will tear us apart in the
Mrs. Webb
English 1 Period 6
6 March 2015
Civil Rights Act: Bloody Sunday The turning point for the civil rights movement was the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which is known as Bloody Sunday. Civil Rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. People participated in marches to raise awareness for the unfair treatment of peoples civil rights. Although it started as a peaceful march, it quickly became violent, sending a number of innocent protestors to the hospital. I am focusing on this specific aspect for many reasons. One is that this day shows us how cruel people can be as well as how much bravery humans have to fight this. Another reason I’m focusing on Bloody Sunday is because …show more content…
One event that motivated this march was the death of Jimmy Lee Jackson. This man was fatally wounded by a state trooper from Alabama. The protest march, from Selma to Alabama, was merely days after this tragedy. On February 17th, approximately 600 people, white and black showed up for the demonstration. John Lewis led the group all the way to Edmund Pettus Bridge where they were met by police officers and Alabama state troopers who blocked their path and told them to go back. The marchers refused. Consequentially, officers began to fight with clubs and teargas. Some state troopers charged the crowed on horseback swinging clubs. This resulted in over fifty people needing to be hospitalized immediately. As word spread through the media, more people began to participate in public …show more content…
Dubois, is a collection of essays published in Atlantic Monthly. These pieces give explicit detail about the battle for freedom. During the long fight for civil rights, people marched to earn the rights that were taken away from them. One of the essays published focused specifically on the incident known as Bloody Sunday. W.E.B. Dubois was a very influential writer. He caused a few hundred people to join in marching. Dubois knows firsthand how it feels to be treated like most of the African Americans because at the time of the Civil Rights Act, he was a teenager who saw and understood what was happening and why. Dubois was very important in the Civil Rights Act because he helped people understand the pain that black people were going through at the time. Through the entire process of gaining civil rights, Dubois showed over 500 people that it’s not okay how people were treated, and he wasn’t just talking about African Americans. After I read W.E.B. Dubois’ book, I felt like I truly understood what it felt like to be alive during that time. He explained everything so well that you could make an entire movie inside your mind. Dubois played a vital role in history. He made people think about if they were really making the right decisions and what they could do to help the act. He showed people that humans need to stick together instead of fighting amongst themselves, because that is what will tear us apart in the