The Civil Rights Movement in the United States began in the mid 1950’s. This was a time of great social change, people from all over the country united as one to demand equal rights for all citizens regardless of their race. They wanted justice for all the unfair trials, beatings, killings and unequal treatment of innocent people solely based on the color of their skin. As time went on the movement grew at a staggering pace. One by one celebrities, athletes, politicians, songwriters and other influential people began supporting the Civil Rights Movement. One of the many artists who wrote songs about the movement was a man named Bob Dylan. In 1964 Dylan released an album called “The Times They Are A-Changin’” which greatly focused on the social issues the country was facing at the time. As a result Dylan was seen as a major contributor to the growth and progression of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Hattie Carroll was a black barmaid at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. One evening at a charity ball after assaulting other hotel workers and hurling racial slurs, Zantzinger struck Carroll with a toy cane, which later resulted in her death. Zantzinger was charged with homicide but it was later reduced to manslaughter. He ended up serving six months in jail and was fined only $625. This was followed by outrage from many people believing that the sentence was too lenient and it was only because of his status and wealth that he was not prosecuted
Hattie Carroll was a black barmaid at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. One evening at a charity ball after assaulting other hotel workers and hurling racial slurs, Zantzinger struck Carroll with a toy cane, which later resulted in her death. Zantzinger was charged with homicide but it was later reduced to manslaughter. He ended up serving six months in jail and was fined only $625. This was followed by outrage from many people believing that the sentence was too lenient and it was only because of his status and wealth that he was not prosecuted