In the 1960s many people were fighting for equal rights. When the Vietnam War broke out, many African Americans joined the military and put their lives at risk for the common good, even though they had not been treated fairly in the United States. Muhammad Ali, a boxing champion, refused to join the US army saying, “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Vietcong!”(A Decade to Remember) Back in the United States, many other African Americans were fighting for equal rights. This movement was called the Civil Rights movement. They were exercising freedom of speech, one of our individual rights.
There were many leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. One notable one was Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.played a