Voting Rights Act

Marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to secure voting rights for African Americans. Having come out in 2014, Although any historical film is an interpretation of history, this movie accurately depicted what African Americans went through. The first scene introduces Annie Lee Cooper who was denied the right to vote after not being able to name the 67 county judges in Alabama. This was one of the many real requirements meant to restrict blacks from voting. In the film, she was asked to Cooper…

use it with me.” (Lyndon Johnson). On March 15, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson, the president at the time, gave a riveting speech to congress and to the American people to try to quell the violent demonstrations for racial equality and establish equal voting rights for all. Throughout his speech, “We Shall Overcome”, Mr. Johnson used a wide variety of persuasive techniques to ensure the success of the speech. Mr. Johnson created pathos by using emotionally loaded language and evoking an emotional…

their character.” (brainyquote.com) This man definitely had a dream, and our job is to live out that dream. He didn’t express this with violence, but with words and speeches. He didn’t want to start a riot, but to have friendship, peace, and equal rights for all people. He led marches, which thousands of people followed and protested with him. This man was an inspiration to the world and brought humongous groups of people together. He wanted everyone to live out his dream. Martin Luther King…

worthiness by completing a test, which Gilgamesh fails. Utnapishtim then challenges Gilgamesh to change his ways, to learn to be the leader his people need. Upon Gilgamesh cleaning up his act, Utnapishtim's wife takes pity on Gilgamesh and tells him of the plant of immortality. With this information, Gilgamesh finally acts as a true altruistic hero and seeks out the plant to help his people. Consequently, like many great men, Gilgamesh loses the plant to the serpent before he can complete his…

this matter is an attempt to symbolize that. If the white majority were shown to be solely hateful and oppressing, that would not bode well for the movie, as people could take offense to that. There was support from the whites towards the black civil rights movement, even though it was miniscule. This modern film may choose to portray Johnson in this manner because it’s entirely relatable and relevant. Society has a firm set of beliefs that everyone’s…

education and the right to vote. Slavery was no longer an issue for African-Americans, but they still had to fight racial injustice. The civil rights became a controversial topic in the early 1960s, and up to this day is continues to be controversial, it started a war: white versus color. In August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. replied to Governor Wallace segregation speech, when he addressed to the nation with his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. King supported the civil rights and believed that…

During the 1960s, Civil Rights Movements were sprouting across the country and led to having President Johnson concerned about his country. Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as our President from 1963-1969, became apprehensive of the African American voting rights situation, but later acted with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced to eliminate voting discrimination throughout the country. In the act, section 4 contains formulas for those states or regions…

speech.” At the time of the Civil Rights Movement most African Americans still had no rights and were made to remain silent. King was sure of himself though and knew what had to be done. The crowd he spoke to was mostly African Americans who wanted to stand up for themselves and achieve what they believed they deserved. With these words, he made known that he was adamant about his cause and knew the struggles they faced every day. It made them understand he had the right ethics or ethos. King…

fear. During an era where Police brutality, social injustices and mistreatment of African Americans were exceptionally high, a young woman used her voice for tranquility. That woman was Nina Simone and she became known as the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. She managed to turn something so horrendous into Music and used her platform to turn it into activism. Nina stood up for her beliefs and sacrificed her career with her involvement. Even in the twenty-first century these very things…

As president, Nixon was more progressive than many might give him credit for. He pushed for renewal by Congress of Johnson’s Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 1970. Additionally, the Nixon administration established biracial committees to desegregate schools in the southern states completely, and also created a Presidential Task Force on Women’s Rights in order to help end discrimination on the basis of sex. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1973, which continues to propose new…