African Americans have endured many injustices such as slavery and Jim Crow Laws that were set forth to oppress African Americans and their struggle for equality. African Americans have used different tactics including protesting, civil disobedience, and even violence as ways to participate in the government without the ability to vote. Martin Luther King Jr., known for his nonviolent civil disobedience, helped African Americans to unite and work towards equality. King helped African Americans to voice social injustices and indirectly helped Lyndon Johnson pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1965. The Civil Rights Movement was a social movement to end discrimination and racial segregation against African Americans. The Civil Rights
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Civil disobedience was used against unjust societal laws, African Americans broke these laws on a high moral grounds, rather than being trampled over. Rosa Parks showed civil disobedience when she would not relinquish her seat to a Caucasian passenger. Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind Parks and gained traction on his demands for equality. King was jailed for breaking a Birmingham law prohibiting mass protesting. He practiced civil disobedience because morally he felt it was a worthy cause protesting the racial segregation and bombings. In King’s letter from Birmingham he uncover the racism by saying, “But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when you see the vast majority of your 20 million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, etc. (Letter from Birmingham Jail).” He justifies his civil disobedience through this statement or cruelty. King reveals these injustices for what they are and this helps answer the …show more content…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was organized to help African Americans become the equal citizens. King led the Civil Rights Movement by speaking on behalf of all African Americans to political figures, addressing his people directly through empowering speeches, and marching to demonstrate their purpose. The Civil Rights Movement helped invoke changes such as Brown Vs. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. However, there were a few ordeals such as the Selma to Montgomery march that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday.” Police enforcement beat many participants, trampled them, and tear gassed them because they were peacefully walking the streets in protest. Brown Vs. Board of Education desegregated schools and allowed African Americans and Whites to coexist, the little rock nine were the first brave combatants to join Caucasian school systems. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 made it illegal to discriminate against color, religion, sex, and national origin. This allowed African Americans to use the same public bathrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, etc. like
Civil disobedience was used against unjust societal laws, African Americans broke these laws on a high moral grounds, rather than being trampled over. Rosa Parks showed civil disobedience when she would not relinquish her seat to a Caucasian passenger. Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind Parks and gained traction on his demands for equality. King was jailed for breaking a Birmingham law prohibiting mass protesting. He practiced civil disobedience because morally he felt it was a worthy cause protesting the racial segregation and bombings. In King’s letter from Birmingham he uncover the racism by saying, “But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when you see the vast majority of your 20 million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, etc. (Letter from Birmingham Jail).” He justifies his civil disobedience through this statement or cruelty. King reveals these injustices for what they are and this helps answer the …show more content…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was organized to help African Americans become the equal citizens. King led the Civil Rights Movement by speaking on behalf of all African Americans to political figures, addressing his people directly through empowering speeches, and marching to demonstrate their purpose. The Civil Rights Movement helped invoke changes such as Brown Vs. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. However, there were a few ordeals such as the Selma to Montgomery march that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday.” Police enforcement beat many participants, trampled them, and tear gassed them because they were peacefully walking the streets in protest. Brown Vs. Board of Education desegregated schools and allowed African Americans and Whites to coexist, the little rock nine were the first brave combatants to join Caucasian school systems. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 made it illegal to discriminate against color, religion, sex, and national origin. This allowed African Americans to use the same public bathrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, etc. like