Both the civil rights movements share similarities in regard to their purpose. One reason why the civil rights movement began during the Reconstruction Era and during the 1960s was to gain rights for African Americans. Before the Reconstruction Era civil rights movement, most African Americans were slaves. Slaves were not seen as people in the southern states, instead they were seen as property of the slave master. The fact that the black man was previously seen as property and not a person made it interesting to see if the former slaves would be able gain all rights that white Americans had3. This question was answered primarily by two main events. In 1857, the court case Dred Scott vs. Sanford reached the Supreme Court. This case was about a black slave living in free
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Ray Sprigle wrote in his book I was a Negro in the South for 30 Days, “there are 38 children in her school, divided into seven grades. She teaches them all.”4. This quote shows how poor the schooling system was for African Americans. Lastly during the Reconstruction Era many Northerners saw owning slaves as unmoral. They felt that slaves should be viewed as people not just property. During the 1960s African Americans sparked a huge civil rights movement. African Americans were still dealing with the results that came from the Jim Crow Laws. There were many people during the 1960s that were fighting against the Jim Crow laws who were still in place. Blacks were still viewed as the inferior race during the 1960s, and they dealt with the same discrimination as blacks faced during the Reconstruction Era. Rosa Parks is an example of one African American who stood up for her right, when she sat where she wanted to on a bus. She was faced with a struggle for the equality, which she gained many years before when the Emancipation Proclamation was put into place5. Although both movements shared the similarity of trying to gain rights for African Americans, they also had differences in regard to their
Ray Sprigle wrote in his book I was a Negro in the South for 30 Days, “there are 38 children in her school, divided into seven grades. She teaches them all.”4. This quote shows how poor the schooling system was for African Americans. Lastly during the Reconstruction Era many Northerners saw owning slaves as unmoral. They felt that slaves should be viewed as people not just property. During the 1960s African Americans sparked a huge civil rights movement. African Americans were still dealing with the results that came from the Jim Crow Laws. There were many people during the 1960s that were fighting against the Jim Crow laws who were still in place. Blacks were still viewed as the inferior race during the 1960s, and they dealt with the same discrimination as blacks faced during the Reconstruction Era. Rosa Parks is an example of one African American who stood up for her right, when she sat where she wanted to on a bus. She was faced with a struggle for the equality, which she gained many years before when the Emancipation Proclamation was put into place5. Although both movements shared the similarity of trying to gain rights for African Americans, they also had differences in regard to their