Civil Rights Movement
How would you feel if you were denied your basic rights as a human and you were treated horribly, based on your skin color? Well, during the 1950’s and 1960’s, if you had colored skin, you had no rights. The Civil Rights Movement was blacks trying to earn the same rights just as anyone else. They went through horrible treatment and most of them died. “Even though the Declaration of Independence stated that all men would be equal, it excluded blacks” (Sheldon 1).
Throughout the years, blacks have fought for their freedom. It began in 1954, when the Supreme Court agreed that making separate schools for black and white kids, was wrong and unconstitutional, making it the case Brown v. Board of Education, but the Southern
How would you feel if you were denied your basic rights as a human and you were treated horribly, based on your skin color? Well, during the 1950’s and 1960’s, if you had colored skin, you had no rights. The Civil Rights Movement was blacks trying to earn the same rights just as anyone else. They went through horrible treatment and most of them died. “Even though the Declaration of Independence stated that all men would be equal, it excluded blacks” (Sheldon 1).
Throughout the years, blacks have fought for their freedom. It began in 1954, when the Supreme Court agreed that making separate schools for black and white kids, was wrong and unconstitutional, making it the case Brown v. Board of Education, but the Southern