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African Americans In The 1960's

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The United States in the 1960's showed many changes in the civil rights area for African Americans by voting, putting the word out of injustice, and protesting to make the movement known in the world. During the fight for civil rights, it was broadcasted over the world, The only obligations weren't only done in Birmingham, Al, it was everywhere. African Americans decided it was time to take a stand and change the way that they were treated just because of their skin color. During 1960, the goals for the African Americans were to send out a message that they just want to be treated equally. Martin Luther king jr was invited to fight injustice in Birmingham, (A) and trying to bring African Americans together with a nonviolent protest.(B)The African American were always betrayed as dangerous or as a bad image. In 1963, a news reporter tried to convince Alabama community as a dangerous race. (C) John F. Kennedy stated During a radio and television report “Next week I shall ask the Congress of US to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or law.” (D) …show more content…

Instead of violence and which some groups chose, most agreed to protest without violence. A group called the Black Panthers stated “Black people have begged, prayed, and they are still powerless,...Black Panthers will enforce self-defense.” (F) Most groups continued to not have violence such as the Student nonviolent Coordinating committee, in which they believed dearly would help them gain rights by following saying, “through nonviolence, courage displaces fear, love transforms hate.” (A) Martin Luther King jr wanted to stay with nonviolent protesting (B) and as many that looked up to him, many followed and

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Starting in 1954 African Americans decided once and for all that now was a sweet time for a revolution. Since the moment they were forced to come to this country they have been treated worse than terrible. They have had to fight and claw for every right they have, and between 1954 and 1965 was an important war. In these years the civil rights movement changed the lives of African Americans for the better, it got the buses and schools desegregated, and gave African Americans the right to vote. In these years separate was no longer considered equal.

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Before the 60s, Brown v. Board of Education was passed which led to a couple of reforms in de jure segregation, but not heavily mandated by the government. President John F. Kennedy could not do much for the movement due to his desire to keep his image in front of Southern Democrats and his lack of popular mandate in Congress. There was a groundwork set for the movement, but it had not entered its most energized form. However, when the 1960s hit, there were changes that occurred in the entire setting of the movement. The shift in goals, strategies, and support of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s can be attributed to multiple factors, including the influence of younger, more motivated activists, the increasing influence of media on public

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They believed that “love transforms hate”, and that “peace dominates war” (Document A). They participated in events such as the March on Washington, and the Montgomery March. Many Africans received beatings from police officers and from their fellow white citizens, but they continued to be peaceful and not react in violence. The Black Panthers were also an originally peaceful group, that later turned to violence. Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Black Panthers said that he wanted “[the] humanistic love [to] prevail” (Document E).

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