The civil right movement hoped to change the laws and the sentiments of the american people towards black americans, because it was a sensitive subject that affected America entirely, it was hard work and tears that truly made this movement continue. Two very important moving events were, Little Rock 1957 and Birmingham Alabama 1963 that truly changed various aspects of this movement, and the ways of thinking of many Americans. Although the supreme court finally started to make some changes toward the structure of education, with the over turning of Plessy v. Ferguson and Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, making the supreme court finally put in form that separate is not equal and schools should be integrated for the better of
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The integration of these nine students was a huge win for the civil rights activist because it demonstrated that the government was finally not against the civil rights movement because they protect the nine students. The protection of the nine students clearly stated that black Americans were protected by the same laws and were starting to be viewed equally as whites under the eyes of the government. Because of the drastic measures taken to protect the nine students, it sent out a message to white america saying that these cruel acts against black Americans were no longer going to be as over looked. Although the feelings and mindsets of Americans were not completely changed, the movement showed some progression because they were finally being taken serious and actions were finally being taken for the protection for black …show more content…
Although everyone thought it was wrong for using children no one truly expected for Eugene Connor to implement the same violent counter attacks on the nonviolent children’s crusade. Connor used the fire hoses on the children marching and set them flying across streets, although this was a tragedy, it attracted many more viewers and news to publish article and photographs on how wrong the whole circumstance is. By the time of the end of the marches, downtown Birmingham had no open businesses and the news of the battle caliber had been distributed to all around the
The integration of these nine students was a huge win for the civil rights activist because it demonstrated that the government was finally not against the civil rights movement because they protect the nine students. The protection of the nine students clearly stated that black Americans were protected by the same laws and were starting to be viewed equally as whites under the eyes of the government. Because of the drastic measures taken to protect the nine students, it sent out a message to white america saying that these cruel acts against black Americans were no longer going to be as over looked. Although the feelings and mindsets of Americans were not completely changed, the movement showed some progression because they were finally being taken serious and actions were finally being taken for the protection for black …show more content…
Although everyone thought it was wrong for using children no one truly expected for Eugene Connor to implement the same violent counter attacks on the nonviolent children’s crusade. Connor used the fire hoses on the children marching and set them flying across streets, although this was a tragedy, it attracted many more viewers and news to publish article and photographs on how wrong the whole circumstance is. By the time of the end of the marches, downtown Birmingham had no open businesses and the news of the battle caliber had been distributed to all around the