Missippi Civil Rights Movement In The 1960's

Civil rights in Missippi People dream of a day where everyone can look at each other as one. Wheres people dont judge becuase of the color of someones skin but look at personality and who they are as a person. Through history you can see that things have changed from the past and now. Research shows that the rights of African Americans were not equal. The civil rights movement started the passing of federal legislation throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. Although, race relations eventually changed in Mississippi but there was still segregation throught the state because of lack of federal enforcement . The civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 60’s was a monumental event in American history. The large amount of legislation passed …show more content…
Even with the violent police force increasing and the movements demonstration rights being restricted, activists were excited about the prospect of this Summer Project because it was clear by the extent the state was going that white Mississippians feared the movements success. This hope of impending success was after an entire decade of the civil rights movement. The police, today considered law abiding and encourage citizens safety, were vicious and violent in Mississippi throughout the movement. Officers would use their position to inflict terror in order to intimidate and scare others from demonstrating, as illustrated above in Moody’s recollection of the teenager beaten and killed at a nonviolent protest. One immense show of resistance came from 101 southern members of congress in 1956. One gruesome murder that became international news and incited outrage was of a 14 year old boy, Emmett Till. He was visiting relatives in Mississippi, when he was brutally beaten, shot and dumped in a river by two middle aged men. Emmet’s Mother wanted to release to the media Emmet’s face which had been beaten so bad that she could not even recognize her hown son. Though the men were put on