The Civil Rights movement began the second Africans were transported to the colonies. As soon as the right of human beings were infringed upon, fighting and resistance began. The Civil Rights movement is not over yet. Until true equality has been met, the movement will not end. However, white people consider the Civil Rights movement to have begun when other white people started advocating for it. President Truman spoke a lot of civil equality. He ended segregation in the armed forces and endorsed the end of racial inequality. Truman wanted to protect voting rights and was anti-lynching. However, Truman never made any of these into laws, he only endorsed them. As a result, civil rights did not increase as much as they could have. As a president, Truman only spoke of equality, he never did anything to fight for it. Eisenhower was next. He was loved by the whole country, many looked up to him. His contributions to the Civil Rights movement were more physical and practical. Eisenhower used actions rather than words. He selected
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Kennedy set a superb standard for liberating the African American population. Kennedy took everything Truman had merely spoken of and turned it into a reality. Initially, he was very preoccupied with the growing tension between Russia. Once tensions were eased, Kennedy immersed himself in civil rights. He wanted to meet with the freedom riders, he endured the safety of black students, utilizing the national guard to do so. Anytime Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed, Kennedy made sure all of King’s rights were respected to the letter. Kennedy appointed forty blacks to executive positions. Kennedy created the Committee of Equal Employment Opportunity which opened more jobs for blacks. He used federal funds to support the Civil Rights movement, he publicly endorsed it. Kennedy even proposed a law that outlawed segregation and ensured voting rights. These laws were up against a strong Republican congress, and failed to pass due to
Kennedy set a superb standard for liberating the African American population. Kennedy took everything Truman had merely spoken of and turned it into a reality. Initially, he was very preoccupied with the growing tension between Russia. Once tensions were eased, Kennedy immersed himself in civil rights. He wanted to meet with the freedom riders, he endured the safety of black students, utilizing the national guard to do so. Anytime Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed, Kennedy made sure all of King’s rights were respected to the letter. Kennedy appointed forty blacks to executive positions. Kennedy created the Committee of Equal Employment Opportunity which opened more jobs for blacks. He used federal funds to support the Civil Rights movement, he publicly endorsed it. Kennedy even proposed a law that outlawed segregation and ensured voting rights. These laws were up against a strong Republican congress, and failed to pass due to