Boycotts During The Civil Rights Movement

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Since America got its independence there has been racism which caused the civil war. Once the Union won. The slaves were finally ”free”. Even still they were not equal. The Jim Crow laws were a set of laws that separated bathrooms, drinking fountains schools And the military they justified the laws by saying they were equal when in reality they were the opposite. Activists used, during the Civil Rights movement, multiple strategies that resulted in both successes and failures.

During the Civil Rights they used speeches to argue against segregation. A speech is the expression for the ability to express thoughts. Boycotts were a common way to protest segregation. A boycott is the withdraw from commercial or social relations with a country, organization,

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