Civil Rights

The Civil Right Movement had its perks and downfall in our country. Imagine us taken twenty steps forward, just to fall fifteen steps backward when trying to get equal rights for everyone. In my assignment, I will be discussing some of the events that occurred in this era of time and including some of my knowledge of them. I will be breaking up my events into three sections, going from the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) to the Civil…

Give an example of a civil liberty, and an example of a civil right. What laws, documents, or government institutions are involved in ensuring citizens have protections for both civil liberties and civil rights? Civil rights are rights that are provided by the government, they constitute equal treatment. An example of a civil right is the right to vote, and this was put into action by the fifteenth amendment. Civil rights were significantly harder to gain than civil liberties. The video…

The Civil Rights movement was a fight regarding social justice for African Americans that lasted years and years. From the 1950s to the 1960s, blacks fought hard for equal rights through the power of large protests and the impactful media. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of this movement, he spoke out to the country about his dream for freedom and how he wanted to achieve that dream without violence. Although slavery was outlawed in America since 1865 there were still huge amounts of…

Civil Rights Movement Conflict People fought for their rights in the 1950s and there are still fighting in the U.S today. However, there is a difference between the two and that difference is that there was not as many rights that blacks had back then while today they have many more in this cultural conflict. In the past this conflict started up for many reasons. However they were soon solved and a person named Martin Luther King Jr. helped out and said these quotes. “Freedom is never…

The Civil Rights Act of 1969 is considered the climax of the civil rights movement because it banded discrimination of race, color, religion, gender and national origin in all places, including most private businesses. It was the first and most comprehensive civil rights law. The main function of it was to regulate discrimination where it gave people equality between education and employment. This event occurred to stop segregating against black and whites. It outlawed discrimination in public…

Brian D. Behnken’s Fighting Their Own Battles discusses the civil rights struggle in Texas from the 1940s to the 1970s. After looking at three newspapers from this time period, it is clear that the San Antonio Register did not cover the civil rights movement in Texas any differently the Breckenridge American and The Cuero Record. In the 1950s, Brown v. Board of Education emerged, completely changing the segregation in schools. The backlash that came from the South was incredible; just looking at…

Federal legislation and court decisions aided and encouraged the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Racial turmoil was building in the early 20th century, illustrated clearly by racial riots nationwide. The Civil Rights Movement was sparked by the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. Deeming the decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson unconstitutional, “separate but equal” was no longer allowed, and a foreseeable end to the harsh years of segregation became plausible.…

Americans. This hatred catalyzed the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1900s, along with many other ideals and events. A mixture of failed policies, racist bias, and the exploitation of laws led to the birth of the Civil Rights Movement in the late 20th century. First and foremost, the failure of Reconstruction and its policies led to the Civil Rights Movement because of the racial social attitudes, limited enforcement of civil rights laws, and weakening of civil…

which turned out to be a lot time consuming then I thought (cannot wait to show you my list when I get back). Since it is impossible to cover the Civil Rights and Disability Rights movement in a mere 30 minutes, I decided to focus my talk on key players in each movement, I would focus more on the Disability Rights movement because much of the Civil Rights leaders have had so much written about them and talked about such as Dr. King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, etc. My reasoning for focusing on…

It took many years and many different leaders for African-American people to finally to get the rights they deserve. Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. First, Jackie Robinson was the first black professional baseball player. During his time of baseball, he received many threats due only to his skin color. Many African-Americans during this time were greatly inspired by Robinson and influenced others to stand up for what they believe. Martin Luther King Jr.…