One of movement which was active during the 1960’s was the Civil Rights movement. “The civil right movement was a period full of struggles for African Americans during the mid-1950’s and late 1960’s”(history.com). The Civil Rights movement wanted equal rights for Black and White Americans. This included equality in housing, voting, education, work, and even equal rights on public facilities. In spite of so many destructions and opposite views, in 1964 the movement was recognized during the presidency of President Johnson. Two important acts were also passed to end Jim Crow segregation and political disfranchisement which was forced on Black Americans. Those two important acts were the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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All the groups which were made during the Civil Rights Movement were gentle and they all advocated equal rights for Black Americans. One organization that was very important was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee. This was a group led by students, which peacefully protested against segregation. “…After nearly a decade of civil rights demonstrations, more than a thousand people, most of them Northern white college students, volunteered to travel to Mississippi to aid the Movement” (Marcus 275). This Committee was one of those committee’s which was led by both Black and White Americans. This committee wanted the advancement of Colored people, for which they even participated in a nonviolent demonstration. Members of SNCC also spread education and voting registrations throughout the South for the betterment of Colored people. The SNCC majorly promoted the Civil Rights Movement throughout the South, due to their successful spread of voting registrations, education, their nonviolent methods, their peaceful sit-ins and their peaceful demonstrations. In spite of many barriers and hurdles, the Civil Rights Movement made many great changes in the US, which still affect our society today as today we consider Black Americans equally to any other White or light skin colored
All the groups which were made during the Civil Rights Movement were gentle and they all advocated equal rights for Black Americans. One organization that was very important was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee. This was a group led by students, which peacefully protested against segregation. “…After nearly a decade of civil rights demonstrations, more than a thousand people, most of them Northern white college students, volunteered to travel to Mississippi to aid the Movement” (Marcus 275). This Committee was one of those committee’s which was led by both Black and White Americans. This committee wanted the advancement of Colored people, for which they even participated in a nonviolent demonstration. Members of SNCC also spread education and voting registrations throughout the South for the betterment of Colored people. The SNCC majorly promoted the Civil Rights Movement throughout the South, due to their successful spread of voting registrations, education, their nonviolent methods, their peaceful sit-ins and their peaceful demonstrations. In spite of many barriers and hurdles, the Civil Rights Movement made many great changes in the US, which still affect our society today as today we consider Black Americans equally to any other White or light skin colored