Civil Rights Workers In The 1960's

In the 1960s Civil rights workers fought extremely hard for Equal rights. A lot of the rights today that blacks, women, gays, and other minorities have are due to this movement. They knew what they deserved and were determined to accomplish it for the future generations. In the 1960s things like voting or even blacks being in the same classroom as whites was unheard of. But thanks to people like Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X all people have the same rights. In fact, many don’t even put much thought, into the idea that not too long ago things like sitting in a restaurant with people of a different race, or using a water fountain labeled “whites only” was illegal.
Civil rights workers included all types of people. Blacks, whites, women, …show more content…
Whites wanted everything separate they did not want to have to interact with blacks at all. Black had to use different water fountains, different counters at the doctor, different bathrooms, and different schools. The term “separate but equal” was often used and while everything was separate nothing was equal. Activist were often hurt or killed for participation in the movement. “African Americans did not have the freedom to choose where and how to live due to the effects of state-sponsored restrictive covenants—legally binding contracts, making it illegal to rent, sell, or lease housing to black people” . Due to situations like this most blacks did not even have a chance to live a somewhat comfortable …show more content…
There is now no such thing as Jim Crow laws or Separate but Equal. Everyone is able to vote, everyone uses the same schools, and black men no longer have to get off of the sidewalk when a white woman is coming. Martin Luther King once said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. And because of Martin Luther King and other activists like him this has come true. Now there are laws against discrimination, one cannot be turned down for a job because the color of their skin or their sexual preference. America is overall in a better place regarding race than in was during the movement. Civil Rights Workers endured a lot of pain to get Equal Rights for all. Now a days we, all of have the same rights that our ancestors worked so hard to get. And often time people don’t realize they don’t even utilize their rights, and if people like Martian Luther King and Malcom X didn’t fight for we would not