The first big battleground for the 50s of civil rights was over education. The Civil Rights Movement was not only bordered by the South’s issues, but also bordered by only racial inequality. Segregation was much larger than southern states. One of the infamous key cases in higher education is George McLaurin v. Oklahoma. McLaurin wanted to pursue getting his doctorate in education at University of Oklahoma, but due to its segregated policies, it did not offer any facilities for black students. McLaurin brought the legal system about to overturn these policies. Even when he got admitted, McLaurin had to sit in a desk outside of the classroom full of white students. The government addressed only half of the issues presented.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was the primary target for the Ku Klux Klan. Birmingham, Alabama, the famous city that endured majority of the Civil Rights Movement. “We cannot escape the fact that our civil rights record has been an issue in world politics. The world's press and radio are full of it.” The city’s segregated bus system became the best target to demonstrate the black community’s anger peacefully. Originally, Claudette Colvin was arrested for ignoring the Jim Crow laws and refusing to give up her seat on the bus. Because of her being a pregnant teenager, the role and credit was given to Rosa Parks nine months later. Yes, it succeeded in integrating the seating of the bus …show more content…
By the mid-1960s, however, most eligible voters in the South remained alienated. Organizations like the SCLC, SNCC, NAACP, and CORE joined together for the common cause of voter registration in the southern states. The many efforts made resistance more widespread than ever, resulting in blacks being prosecuted. However, the voter registration effort captured the attention of many lawmakers. Hoping to boost voting rights, in 1965 Martin Luther King and the SCLC attempted to lead a peaceful march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. Any type of movement made by African Americans was an insult to the white people because, if any, change scared them. Although the march included northern whites, they were treated just as blacks because they joined with the “scum.” The demonstration did not make it out of Selma, Alabama, due to police resistance waiting for them at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. At two failed attempts, many protesters were killed and battered. But in 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights
It was not until …show more content…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was the primary target for the Ku Klux Klan. Birmingham, Alabama, the famous city that endured majority of the Civil Rights Movement. “We cannot escape the fact that our civil rights record has been an issue in world politics. The world's press and radio are full of it.” The city’s segregated bus system became the best target to demonstrate the black community’s anger peacefully. Originally, Claudette Colvin was arrested for ignoring the Jim Crow laws and refusing to give up her seat on the bus. Because of her being a pregnant teenager, the role and credit was given to Rosa Parks nine months later. Yes, it succeeded in integrating the seating of the bus …show more content…
By the mid-1960s, however, most eligible voters in the South remained alienated. Organizations like the SCLC, SNCC, NAACP, and CORE joined together for the common cause of voter registration in the southern states. The many efforts made resistance more widespread than ever, resulting in blacks being prosecuted. However, the voter registration effort captured the attention of many lawmakers. Hoping to boost voting rights, in 1965 Martin Luther King and the SCLC attempted to lead a peaceful march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. Any type of movement made by African Americans was an insult to the white people because, if any, change scared them. Although the march included northern whites, they were treated just as blacks because they joined with the “scum.” The demonstration did not make it out of Selma, Alabama, due to police resistance waiting for them at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. At two failed attempts, many protesters were killed and battered. But in 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights