Fairness In The Civil Rights Movement

Through the tough racist times during the Civil Rights movement for blacks, not all whites were racist. Many whites believed in fairness for all races, Civil Rights for blacks was a time when blacks lacked rights from whites. It was a very unfair time as well for blacks. Not all the defenders of the Civil RIghts movement were black, there were quite a few whites who wanted to help and believe that blacks deserve equal rights and fairness. These whites were called many names and sometimes were brutally beaten by angry racist whites. But even through all these tough times, many of these whites still tried their best to help stop and abolish racism and create rights for the African American community. In the novel To Kill …show more content…
These white Civil Right defenders wanted both races to work together and help each other. Non Racist whites like Jim Zwerg believed in and represented Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Rosa Parks and many other blacks during the Civil Rights Movement. White defenders were much hated by racist whites, Jim Zwerg and many other white defenders were called harsh names and were also brutally beaten, causing them to be hospitalised. Many didn´t let racist whites stop them from fighting for black rights and fairness. During the Civil Rights Movements for blacks, MLK had a set of goals and ideas. Many of these of goals consisted of stopping wars/battles between Vietnam in the Vietnam War. But Martin King´s main goal was to bring not only whites and blacks together, but all races together. He felt peace between all races was the key to a happy and safe life. He believed if all races came together, they could focus more on making Earth a safe and non-violent society together. He also wanted to end poverty, he felt if everyone came together to stop poverty, poverty would be a small issue and easy to stop. Many blacks felt that white civil right defenders reminded them of the very wise Atticus Finch from the book To Kill A Mockingbird. This was because these whites knew what was right like how Atticus knew Tom Robinson deserved a fair trial. However, some of the blacks looked at all whites in a negative perspective. They felt if not most of them were racist , all of them were. Some didn't want any whites involved on the side of the blacks, not because they didn't like them. But because they thought it would bring on and create a lot of problems and maybe even