Civil Rights Movement
Many people take for granted not having to sit on different sides of the bus or being able to eat in the same restaurant and even walking on the sidewalk. African Americans before the Civil Rights movement were harassed or treated very disrespectfully by whites. The Civil Rights movement is when blacks became as respected or as important as whites this was when whites noticed that African Americans were just like whites and deserve to be treated equal and not to be separated. Many Supreme Court cases concerning slavery or separation between blacks and whites helped America get closer and closer to were whites were able to understand that there not much different than blacks: (Dred Scott …show more content…
Territory where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise. He was owned by his master in Missouri. His master took him to the Illinois, but his master died in the Illinois. Since Dred Scott lived free in the Illinois for so long, he considered himself free. He moved back to Missouri, Missouri was not a free state, so he became a slave. Scott unsuccessfully sued Missouri for his freedom. The final judgment was that Dred Scott was still considered a slave. This helped the government and the president under stand that blacks were treated so unfair. Blacks were vary ignorant at this time because they could not go to school and because of that they had no knowledge. So they helped very little to get to the civil rights movement. Second then a case about Brown v. Bored of education on May, 17, 1964 a case about segregation in schools was argued. Separating children in schools was unconstitutional it violated the Fourteenth amendment right. This was the end of being separate but equal in schools witch was not very equal anyways. By the government focusing on the children it allowed them to realize that the adults should be treated equally. looking at the children the government saw that segregation was unfair in schools so it helped the government immediately look at real life …show more content…
The court cases are Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857, Plessy v. Ferguson 1896, Brown v. Board of Education 1954. Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. Scott lived in the Illinois and in Territory were slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise. After returning to Missouri, Scott sued unsuccessfully in the Missouri courts for his freedom. Plessy was 7/8 white and wanted to sit in the all white section of the train. Plessy was violating the segregation laws and was arrested. Brown v. Board was a court case separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King,
Many people take for granted not having to sit on different sides of the bus or being able to eat in the same restaurant and even walking on the sidewalk. African Americans before the Civil Rights movement were harassed or treated very disrespectfully by whites. The Civil Rights movement is when blacks became as respected or as important as whites this was when whites noticed that African Americans were just like whites and deserve to be treated equal and not to be separated. Many Supreme Court cases concerning slavery or separation between blacks and whites helped America get closer and closer to were whites were able to understand that there not much different than blacks: (Dred Scott …show more content…
Territory where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise. He was owned by his master in Missouri. His master took him to the Illinois, but his master died in the Illinois. Since Dred Scott lived free in the Illinois for so long, he considered himself free. He moved back to Missouri, Missouri was not a free state, so he became a slave. Scott unsuccessfully sued Missouri for his freedom. The final judgment was that Dred Scott was still considered a slave. This helped the government and the president under stand that blacks were treated so unfair. Blacks were vary ignorant at this time because they could not go to school and because of that they had no knowledge. So they helped very little to get to the civil rights movement. Second then a case about Brown v. Bored of education on May, 17, 1964 a case about segregation in schools was argued. Separating children in schools was unconstitutional it violated the Fourteenth amendment right. This was the end of being separate but equal in schools witch was not very equal anyways. By the government focusing on the children it allowed them to realize that the adults should be treated equally. looking at the children the government saw that segregation was unfair in schools so it helped the government immediately look at real life …show more content…
The court cases are Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857, Plessy v. Ferguson 1896, Brown v. Board of Education 1954. Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. Scott lived in the Illinois and in Territory were slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise. After returning to Missouri, Scott sued unsuccessfully in the Missouri courts for his freedom. Plessy was 7/8 white and wanted to sit in the all white section of the train. Plessy was violating the segregation laws and was arrested. Brown v. Board was a court case separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —Martin Luther King,