Causes Of The Civil Rights Movement

Civil rights in America has been a problem for blacks, hispanics, and other non white races. The civil war was the bloodiest war America has ever been involved in and one of the main reasons it was fought was the argument whether or not slavery should be allowed in the U.S. The north didn't need slaves as much as the south so they saw no need for them but the south needed them for all their farming so they didn't want to give them up. After four hard years of fighting the north won and president Lincoln sent out the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves in America. What this cause was a white supremacist group call the Klu Klux Klan(KKK) which was mostly confederate veterans that did not see blacks and other races as equals. They used violence such as killing, beatings, burning crosses, and other ways to get their message to everyone. Jim Crow Laws in the south were called separate but equal, these laws made it so white and colored people didn't do interact together, eat at the same restaurant, or even drink form the same water fountain. Blacks were beat up for no reason or if they looked at someone wrong they were sent to prison. Even the law enforcement …show more content…
All these successes came with prices though. People were beaten, killed, harassed, and it may have changed their life forever. This problem was worth fighting for for many people thought to give up their free time or life to fight for equality and freedom. People like Rosa Parks had to stand up for themselves to get other people to realize that other races matter in America. MLK Jr gave his life for what he believed when he was assassinated in Chicago but he knew there would be dangers of what he was doing but he fought for it any way. The civil rights movement had death, failure, and hate groups but in the end it was a success not just for blacks or other foreign races but for