Abstract
This paper will include details from the Civil Rights Movement where research was conducted from online and offline sources. The paper will be covering timelines of the Civil Rights Movement. The paper will be examining how the Thirteenth Amendment changed how blacks and white Americans lived and also, the struggles of many individual blacks as well as the Negro race when they became “separate but equal.” (“The Civil Rights…”, pg. 6) The Civil Rights Movement changed many southern cities in many ways. These cities include Little Rock, Arkansas and Birmingham, Alabama. Many new laws will be examined throughout the paper. In this paper, important people in the movement such as Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Lloyd Lionel Gains, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. will be highlighted. The research provided will tell about the ongoing struggle in the Civil Rights Movement, and how the movement has transformed the American society.
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20) That statement referred to the passage by Congress of the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31, 1865 even as the Civil War continued to be fought outside the Congress doors. Perhaps, passage of the amendment even before the war ended was meant to inspire hope in the American people that progress towards civil rights for former slaves was imminent. Looking back over one hundred and forty-three years since the amendment was passed, progress in the Civil Rights Movement for blacks came in small steps after mighty struggles. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, stated, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” (“The Civil Rights…” pg. 17) This paper is the timeline of the struggle for Civil Rights for blacks during the last one hundred and forty-three years, and how the Civil Rights Movement has transformed the American
This paper will include details from the Civil Rights Movement where research was conducted from online and offline sources. The paper will be covering timelines of the Civil Rights Movement. The paper will be examining how the Thirteenth Amendment changed how blacks and white Americans lived and also, the struggles of many individual blacks as well as the Negro race when they became “separate but equal.” (“The Civil Rights…”, pg. 6) The Civil Rights Movement changed many southern cities in many ways. These cities include Little Rock, Arkansas and Birmingham, Alabama. Many new laws will be examined throughout the paper. In this paper, important people in the movement such as Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Lloyd Lionel Gains, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. will be highlighted. The research provided will tell about the ongoing struggle in the Civil Rights Movement, and how the movement has transformed the American society.
Generations of Struggle: The Civil Rights Movement …show more content…
20) That statement referred to the passage by Congress of the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31, 1865 even as the Civil War continued to be fought outside the Congress doors. Perhaps, passage of the amendment even before the war ended was meant to inspire hope in the American people that progress towards civil rights for former slaves was imminent. Looking back over one hundred and forty-three years since the amendment was passed, progress in the Civil Rights Movement for blacks came in small steps after mighty struggles. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, stated, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” (“The Civil Rights…” pg. 17) This paper is the timeline of the struggle for Civil Rights for blacks during the last one hundred and forty-three years, and how the Civil Rights Movement has transformed the American