Compare And Contrast The Goals Of The Civil Rights Movement

The goals of The Civil Rights Movement engaged african americans to fight for their rights, reverse separate but equal, equalize voting rights, and fostered economic growth. The activism of the 1950s had a wide spread of diversity throughout the lawsuits in court along with the white supremacist’s on and off the streets. Due to this African Americans started to fight back, in the fall of 1962 on September 30th desegregation riots took place at Ole Miss in Mississippi. The riots lasted 2 days, over 300 people were injured, and 2 died. In 1890 the phrase “separate but equal” was started, due to segregation blacks and whites had separated facilities. But not all those facilities were equal, schools, water fountains, stores and restaurants, even bathrooms. Whites had better and …show more content…
Linda brown of Topeka, Kansas was an african american girl who didn't agree with “separate but equal” this issue was brought to court where it was overruled and the phrase was reversed in 1954.In 1954 the Brown vs Ed case was overruled by the Supreme Court. Not only did she win the case and “reverse separate but equal” but she also got schools to desegregate and to come together as one. In 1957 nine African American students enrolled at Little Rock High School in Arkansas. Riots were caused, people got hurt, but the student's got into the school. !962 Oxford Mississippi, James Meredith was accepted to the university of Mississippi which caused several riots. He then finishes school in 1963 with a degree in political science.1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This was life changing for all african americans. Blacks have been mistreated and abused since they migrated here, they were treated like property instead of human beings. Now they were finally desegregated, they can get food at places they couldn't before and drink the same water as