Discrimination of colors The Civil Rights Movement took place between the 1950’s and 60’s. During this period of time, black people used their voice to contend for justice against discrimination and racial segregation. The first major victory towards justice for the Civil rights movement leaders was in 1954 with the class action suit filed in the Supreme Court between “Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka” in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This decision helped many black and white leaders to come out in public and express support to end this long history of segregation and work towards Integration. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy
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Kennedy. On the night of April 4, 1968, he was off to Indianapolis, Indiana to deliver his campaign speech. As he headed to Indianapolis, he received a message stating that Martin Luther King Jr had been assassinated. Instead of delivering his campaign speech, he gives an inspirational speech explaining his feelings toward the selfish act that was perpetrated by James Earl Ray. He thinks from a black man’s perspective and feels the pain that all blacks went through. He gives them a peek into the future and lets them know that they have alternatives. He states “either we can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love.” His words inspired many blacks and gave them hope as a white man was supporting desegregation. But his speech aroused anger in the hearts of many whites who did not support desegregation. On June 6, 1968, six weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, Kennedy headed to the Ambassador Hotel to celebrate his win in California, but he was shot by an abominator named Sirhan. Kennedy became an inspiration to many who intended that they should fight for freedom and equality. He also was a role model to white people who supported desegregation and some of them joined the blacks in their movement to end racism and segregation in the
Kennedy. On the night of April 4, 1968, he was off to Indianapolis, Indiana to deliver his campaign speech. As he headed to Indianapolis, he received a message stating that Martin Luther King Jr had been assassinated. Instead of delivering his campaign speech, he gives an inspirational speech explaining his feelings toward the selfish act that was perpetrated by James Earl Ray. He thinks from a black man’s perspective and feels the pain that all blacks went through. He gives them a peek into the future and lets them know that they have alternatives. He states “either we can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love.” His words inspired many blacks and gave them hope as a white man was supporting desegregation. But his speech aroused anger in the hearts of many whites who did not support desegregation. On June 6, 1968, six weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, Kennedy headed to the Ambassador Hotel to celebrate his win in California, but he was shot by an abominator named Sirhan. Kennedy became an inspiration to many who intended that they should fight for freedom and equality. He also was a role model to white people who supported desegregation and some of them joined the blacks in their movement to end racism and segregation in the