Civil Rights Movement
Even though the American Civil War did finally bring the abolition of slavery, unfortunately enough there was still a harsh system of white supremacy that long persisted throughout the years. The 1960s Civil Rights Movement includes social movements in American whose main goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. African Americans in the South were utterly banned from associating with whites. Segregation existed everywhere—schools, rest rooms, waiting rooms, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, parks and beaches, swimming pools, libraries, buses, and movie theaters. Sadly, you would even see some recreational areas posted signs that read, “Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed.” Racial discrimination …show more content…
For years African American’s were treated as animals and had no inner voice to do anything about it. Finally, they took a stand and began fighting for their own freedom. It has affected our world positively in so many ways. There is equality. There are no more issues with segregation. There are no more hate crimes that would involve the malicious group called the Ku Klux Klan. In 2008, we elected Barack Obama president, our very first African American president. As Obama being president, it is a 21st century reality that would have never been impossible in 1964. My Caucasian daughter goes to public school with a number of ethnicities and that is something that is completely part of the norm. Children of all races play together and it’s beautiful. Children are raised to not even see the difference in the color of one’s skin. The principal of separate but equal was found illegal. Today, it is against the law for people to be asked age, race or religion when applying for a job. They can use public places freely, they can vote, they can marry another person of another race; attend the schools they want to go to, amongst so many other privileges that they never had before. As much as I would like to say that racism has banished, it most certainly has not. Although the Civil Rights Act was succeeding, some would say that the battle is still present in today 's society. People are still very capable of hate. “Black lives Matter” is a campaign that is going on today. It has caused a racial uproar in today’s society. There is still a lot to be done, but the progress that we have made is absolutely undeniable. I believe we should be proud of the progress we have made. I would like to see more improvements being made; unfortunately I just don’t see how you will ever see racism disappear. I do, however, know that it will never be like it was back in the 1900s. I believe that if we
Even though the American Civil War did finally bring the abolition of slavery, unfortunately enough there was still a harsh system of white supremacy that long persisted throughout the years. The 1960s Civil Rights Movement includes social movements in American whose main goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. African Americans in the South were utterly banned from associating with whites. Segregation existed everywhere—schools, rest rooms, waiting rooms, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, parks and beaches, swimming pools, libraries, buses, and movie theaters. Sadly, you would even see some recreational areas posted signs that read, “Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed.” Racial discrimination …show more content…
For years African American’s were treated as animals and had no inner voice to do anything about it. Finally, they took a stand and began fighting for their own freedom. It has affected our world positively in so many ways. There is equality. There are no more issues with segregation. There are no more hate crimes that would involve the malicious group called the Ku Klux Klan. In 2008, we elected Barack Obama president, our very first African American president. As Obama being president, it is a 21st century reality that would have never been impossible in 1964. My Caucasian daughter goes to public school with a number of ethnicities and that is something that is completely part of the norm. Children of all races play together and it’s beautiful. Children are raised to not even see the difference in the color of one’s skin. The principal of separate but equal was found illegal. Today, it is against the law for people to be asked age, race or religion when applying for a job. They can use public places freely, they can vote, they can marry another person of another race; attend the schools they want to go to, amongst so many other privileges that they never had before. As much as I would like to say that racism has banished, it most certainly has not. Although the Civil Rights Act was succeeding, some would say that the battle is still present in today 's society. People are still very capable of hate. “Black lives Matter” is a campaign that is going on today. It has caused a racial uproar in today’s society. There is still a lot to be done, but the progress that we have made is absolutely undeniable. I believe we should be proud of the progress we have made. I would like to see more improvements being made; unfortunately I just don’t see how you will ever see racism disappear. I do, however, know that it will never be like it was back in the 1900s. I believe that if we