Similarities Between Civil Rights And French Revolution

The Civil Rights Movement and the French Revolution were both big parts in today’s history. The Civil Rights Movement was a mass movement for African americans to have just as much equality and freedom as whites(Patterson, James T. “Civil Rights Movement- Major events and Legacies.”). Like the Civil Rights, the French Revolution basically fought for the same concept of freedom, it fought for equal government, and that every person’s thoughts had a say. Both controversies were basically fighting for equality for all the people, and that no certain person or political sign stood higher than anyone else’s. Ideology is the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual,social movement, institution, class, or large group. ("ideology". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 08 Feb. 2016. .) Both movements had their own ideological aspects of enlightment. The French Revolution was a time where liberals were used to declare that they should create a more equal government and should be more …show more content…
(Civil Rights Movement) grew up in disciplinary households(Maurice Cranston, History Today). King’s father was the disciplinary parent who encouraged him work hard, which paid off because King soon skipped ninth and eleventh grade due to his hard working perspective and intelligence. Both leaders also became very successful very fast. King’s intelligence in school brought him lots of opportunities to continue his doctoral dream at nice universities, which included Yale and Edinburgh in Scotland, but he ended up attending Boston University. Bonaparte was equally successful, but in a different way. He rose rapidly through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799) and was soon crowned emperor in 1804. King and Bonaparte also got married and each had one child.