Civil Rights Movement In The 1950's

In the 1950’s there was a major Civil Rights Movement, a big part of this movement dealt with African Americans and how they were mistreated. This movement gave us the Civil Rights Act of 1968, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, And the Voting Act of 1965.

In this documentary we will be discussing the Civil Rights Movement occuring today and in the past. The majority of the Civil Rights Movement in the past dealt with African Americans. African Americans in the 1950’s were segregated and got treated terribly. There were De Facto laws, like Jim Crow Laws, they are not real written down laws but is just known to follow. These Jim Crow laws kept African Americans segregated from whites, they could not use the same restrooms or water fountains, and they had to give up

For instance, two gay men went into a cake shop to order a wedding cake, the cake designer/owner of the shop denied the men service because he claimed it went against his religion. There has been change since the Civil Rights Movement, African American are no longer allowed to be denied service and have to be treated equally, although they do not always get the respect they deserve. Some things that still need changing are that sometimes African American children in school get harrassed and bullied, but there is not much we can do to help that. There are many LGBT protests and gay pride protests happening recently, pointing towards a new Civil Rights Movement, back in the fifties they also had many protests, some peaceful and some not so much. I believe my documentary should be seen because most people do not realize how the people in the LGBT community are treated at times, and how similar their case is with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s. In my documentary I am interviewing the members of the LGBT community because I feel they could really bring their point of view to the issue, they can give instances of when they were