Civil Rights Movements In The Mid-20th Century

For the past years Civil Rights Movements have become part of our country’s history as many of the movements have become successful. Native of Americans have started their movement as they feel they been treated unjustly.. In the mid-20th century the Native Americans faced severe problems than any other group such as having no running water, unemployment and much more. Many leaders and movements such as Frank James and the American Indian Movement have taken action to make justice and earn their rights that they deserve. In the mid-20th century more specifically during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the Native of Americans faced problems more severe than other groups in the United States. In the Native American Power Movement article it states, “...the Indian unemployment rate was 10 times the nations …show more content…
Frank James is a part of the Wampanoag tribe and in 1970 he delivered a speech in Plymouth, Massachusetts expressing how unfair the white man has treated indians and how unjustly he felt. James stated, “The Indian feels pain, gets hurt and becomes defensive…” James speaked up no just for his tribe but for everyone who considers themselves a Native American on how everyone feels. James is trying the strategy from Martin Luther King Jr. on trying to get everyone's attention not just Native Americans but also our society in order to take action. In addition into taking action, The American Indian Movement (AIM), is a political and civil rights organization that was founded in 1968. AIM members began to protest by occupying Alcatraz Island off San francisco as they said that they had the right to it under a treaty provision granting them unused federal land. Frank James and the AIM were one of the well known leaders and movements to began to take action into earning justice and earn their rights like our past civil right leaders and