African American Civil Rights In The 1960's

For many centuries the United States has had a massive transformation in the Civil Rights of many people in this country. These changes have especifically affected the lives of African Americans. Civil Right have had a tremendous revolution starting in the 1800s. However, African Americans did not actually have protected rights until the 1950s all the way through the 1960s. During this period of time, African Americans face racism, discrimination, and inequalities that would later be changed by the implementation of major changes and restorations to the Civil Rights of this country. Court cases, movements, amendments, acts, and major leaders would later lead the changes that would create what the United States is; a free and equal country to

However, their demands did not leave unheard became the Supreme Court took its hands into work and busses became equal to everyone no matter your race or color. It was a tremendous accomplishment that would help the African American community in their journey into more civil rights. Martin Luther King became their voice and leader and continue to help his community for many more years to come. He emerged as a prominent national leader of the American civil rights movement in the wake of the

He delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech. The speech stated, “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition (“Martin”). He amplified his dream and the idea that he wanted all these negative and anti civil rights things to change. He claimed that after many years of trying to solve these conflicts, racism and discrimination that African Americans faced. His words proved to be a touchstone for understanding the social and political upheaval of the time and gave the nation a vocabulary to express what was happening. King’s prominence in the civil rights movement gained the respect of many political leaders, and gave him the potential power to enact major