The Civil Rights Movement is one the biggest movements in American history on the topic of African Americans fighting for equality. There isn’t a exact moment in history when the Civil Rights Movement started, but it seems as if in the 1950s, a lot of change occurred starting the movement, and as a result the movement was recognized. During the movement, civil rights groups helped the African American community to organized public events for the movement. Some of the most influential events of the Civil Rights Movement was the sit-in movement, Brown v. Board of Education, Selma to Montgomery march, Freedom Rides, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. All of these events played a huge role in the purpose behind the movement, and they set an example
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In 1965, John Lewis, the leader of SNCC, organized a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; there were three attempts (“The First March from Selma”). On March 7, 1965, 600 African Americans began a 54-mile march, and as the marchers approached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were then tear-gassed, clubbed, whipped, and injured by electric cattle rods (“The First March from Selma”). This attack caused a failed attempt in the march, and the day was then referred to as “Bloody Sunday.” The second attempt was led by Martin Luther King Jr., but it was only to the bridge, this occured on March 9, 1965. On March 21, civil rights leaders sought protection for the last attempt in this full-scale march, especially since a group of 3,200 marchers would now participate, and just 4 days later, the machers arrived in Montgomery 25,000-strong. Many were jeered by others for demanding the right to vote, which was the goal and purpose behind this march. This event was influential to Congress because on August 6, 1965, they enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congress, and the people of the public recognized the desire that African Americans had to exercise their constitutional right to vote. People of the public have recognized for so long the desire that African Americans have for their equal
In 1965, John Lewis, the leader of SNCC, organized a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; there were three attempts (“The First March from Selma”). On March 7, 1965, 600 African Americans began a 54-mile march, and as the marchers approached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were then tear-gassed, clubbed, whipped, and injured by electric cattle rods (“The First March from Selma”). This attack caused a failed attempt in the march, and the day was then referred to as “Bloody Sunday.” The second attempt was led by Martin Luther King Jr., but it was only to the bridge, this occured on March 9, 1965. On March 21, civil rights leaders sought protection for the last attempt in this full-scale march, especially since a group of 3,200 marchers would now participate, and just 4 days later, the machers arrived in Montgomery 25,000-strong. Many were jeered by others for demanding the right to vote, which was the goal and purpose behind this march. This event was influential to Congress because on August 6, 1965, they enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congress, and the people of the public recognized the desire that African Americans had to exercise their constitutional right to vote. People of the public have recognized for so long the desire that African Americans have for their equal