During the mid 1900’s, years after slavery was finally abolished, black people all around the world, most commonly in the US and Australia, were still being treated like slaves in every way but the labour. From verbal abuse, physical abuse, segregation (e.g. the local buses, schools, public toilets, etc.), etc. it wasn’t until the late 50’s where black people really turned it around and fought for what was right. Equality. From public figures, such as Martin Luthor King and Malcolm X, to locals, like Rosa Parks, they all lead their followers, to a better and secure future.
The US civil rights movement, lead by Martin Luthor King, was the black Americans attempt at achieving equality, with a method promoted by MLK, called “non-violent protest”. The blacks tried a range of different things, such as court cases, sit-ins, boycotts, marches, rallies, strikes, petitions, and many more. A woman named Rosa Parks, in a way, sparked the entire movement, by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. She was eventually kicked off the bus, but the result of this ignited the ‘Montgomery Bus Boycott’, where, for an entire year, blacks didn’t take any form of public transport, forcing the white people to remove segregation from the buses. …show more content…
People like Malcolm X, promoted self-defence, in which he stated - “be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery”- Malcolm X
He had no problem with MLK’s methods, but he believed that black people shouldn’t let themselves be abused by anyone, because no man is lesser than
The US civil rights movement, lead by Martin Luthor King, was the black Americans attempt at achieving equality, with a method promoted by MLK, called “non-violent protest”. The blacks tried a range of different things, such as court cases, sit-ins, boycotts, marches, rallies, strikes, petitions, and many more. A woman named Rosa Parks, in a way, sparked the entire movement, by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. She was eventually kicked off the bus, but the result of this ignited the ‘Montgomery Bus Boycott’, where, for an entire year, blacks didn’t take any form of public transport, forcing the white people to remove segregation from the buses. …show more content…
People like Malcolm X, promoted self-defence, in which he stated - “be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery”- Malcolm X
He had no problem with MLK’s methods, but he believed that black people shouldn’t let themselves be abused by anyone, because no man is lesser than