Civil Rights Movement Essay

I chose to write about the civil rights movement. The Movement was nonviolent in United States it lasted from 1954 to 1968 African Americans vs People who believed African Americans didn’t deserve equal access to the things whites has access to. African Americans couldn’t use the same bathrooms,eat in the same place, different schools, no Inter racial marriages and much more.The Civil Rights movement was about protest,Marches, Ending racial segregation, Jim Crow laws and inequality. The civil right movement ended major of slaver but there was still discrimination many different people fought for their rights Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and much more were huge impacts for fighting racial segregation. The 14th and 15th

His father was a church pastor who stood up for segregation in his daily life. In 1955 in Montgomery Martin and AfricanAmericans decided to put together a bus boycott that lasted for as long as a year it was very successful while it lasted. Martin was later on arrested and put in jail for being the leader this lead him to be a lead figure in the civil rights movement.Dr King and SCLC worked with The NAACP In 1963 along with many different civil rights groups. They organized a march in Washington, DC over 250,000 people showed up. King wrote a Speech called "I Have a Dream". This speech was a huge mark in history in how ending segregation happened. Here is a quote from his speech "There is nothing greater in all the world than freedom. It's worth going to jail for. It's worth losing a job for. It's worth dying for. My friends, go out this evening determined to achieve this freedom which God wants for all of His children." — Martin Luther King, Jr. (NAACP) This Quote from Martin Luther King Jr. Represents Martin was determined to fight for his people, we all god's children and we all deserve to be at peace and live the life we desire. Martin makes a point no matter what he loses even his life he will