The Civil Rights Movement In The 1950's

The civil rights movement has been presented in history even before the 1950’s, going back in time. After the abolition of slavery, blacks did not have all the rights and couldn’t vote. African-Americans fought over a hundred years to have equal rights. Racial equality began at the end of Reconstruction in the late 1870s. In 1895 with the court case of Plessy vs. Ferguson decision by legalizing “separate but equal”, new law, but when someone is separate are they really equal, and when they are separate from each other do they have the same service in society? Or the separate but equal concept was used to cover racism and segregation. African-American accepted the concept at this time because they thought when they are equal everything could be the same as the Caucasian and just be separate. Their schools, neighborhood, restaurants, parks, public bathrooms, and even water fountains were totally different comparing to whites …show more content…
During world war two the way that black soldiers were treated bothered them because they were segregated even in the field they were fighting for the country with other white men but their rank was minimized just like “The Army Air Corps' black fighter wing was completely separate, training at an all black university at Tuskegee, Alabama. The Navy segregated Negro units and gave them the most menial jobs on ships.” It wasn’t easy for these soldiers in the army because they are not getting the same knowledges as others. However, the African American soldiers were being murdered in the war just like the Caucasian soldiers, African American were put apart, and people didn’t respect them like they respect white soldiers. They wanted to fight for their country as much as the other soldiers wanted