Nicola Campoamor
Mr. Brycen Baugh
U.S. History
4 December 2015 The fight for African Americans rights has been a topic dating back to the 16th century. It was not until 1954 that a large group of events occurred resulting in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout this time, the main leaders were, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Also, through the years, violent protest occurred, along with peaceful protest. The Civil Rights Movement changed over time from 1954 to 1968 by being a time of peaceful protest to virtual war. This shift caused by attacks against the movement by the white majority's attempt to stop the change. Some effective events occurred, and some were not effective. How did the Civil Rights Movement change over time?
Conflicts with African Americans and whites have been an issue in the United States for many centuries. It all started with the slave trade in the 16th to 19th century, when whites didn’t classify Africans as equal or even as humans. The treatment of them reflected how whites viewed Africans. After …show more content…
This violence was published and televised, giving the world an insight on the brutality occurring against blacks and increased the sympathy for the Civil Rights Movement globally. On a more peaceful note, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his impactful I Have A Dream speech, with 200,000 people attending. After a church that was a popular location for Civil Rights meetings in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed killing 4 girls attending Sunday school, riots occurred, leading to 2 more deaths. Acts such as this became more common when the Ku Klux Klan began killing people who were working to get African Americans more rights. An example of this was in August of 1964, when three bodies, one black, two white, were found in an earthen dam after being arrested, then killed for registering black
Mr. Brycen Baugh
U.S. History
4 December 2015 The fight for African Americans rights has been a topic dating back to the 16th century. It was not until 1954 that a large group of events occurred resulting in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout this time, the main leaders were, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Also, through the years, violent protest occurred, along with peaceful protest. The Civil Rights Movement changed over time from 1954 to 1968 by being a time of peaceful protest to virtual war. This shift caused by attacks against the movement by the white majority's attempt to stop the change. Some effective events occurred, and some were not effective. How did the Civil Rights Movement change over time?
Conflicts with African Americans and whites have been an issue in the United States for many centuries. It all started with the slave trade in the 16th to 19th century, when whites didn’t classify Africans as equal or even as humans. The treatment of them reflected how whites viewed Africans. After …show more content…
This violence was published and televised, giving the world an insight on the brutality occurring against blacks and increased the sympathy for the Civil Rights Movement globally. On a more peaceful note, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his impactful I Have A Dream speech, with 200,000 people attending. After a church that was a popular location for Civil Rights meetings in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed killing 4 girls attending Sunday school, riots occurred, leading to 2 more deaths. Acts such as this became more common when the Ku Klux Klan began killing people who were working to get African Americans more rights. An example of this was in August of 1964, when three bodies, one black, two white, were found in an earthen dam after being arrested, then killed for registering black