Civil Rights Movement In The 1950's And 1960s

Civil Right Movement

The civils rights movement was a very popular movement that was used to secure African American equal rights and for them to have the opportunity to have basic privileges and rights in the United States. Even thought this amazing movement stared in the 90’s, the movement really started rising in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Africa American men and women, accompanied by some whites, led the movement and tried to get everyone to hear. They tried many ways for their voices to be heard, they would protest through legal ways, petitions, and nonviolent protests. African Americans believed in peace, and didn’t want any violent leading their marches, but most whites would get violent in many ways. This was considered the largest social movement, of the 20th century. This event influenced many other important movements, such as the woman’s rights movement and the student movement.

The civils right movement was mostly placed in America South, because it was where most of the African Americans population was. It was where

In 1955 Montgomery Alabama, history was made when blacks decide to organize to stand up for themselves, by boycotting all city busses in protest against segregated seating. This protest lasted 381 days, activated by Rosa parks, and she succeeded in integrating the seating. This also stared to the formation in 1957 of the Southern Christen Leadership Conference, who took place in Atlanta Georgia. The national organization was ruled over the black prime minister Martin Luther King Jr. The was became central leader in the larger civils rights movement. In 1960 another important events took place. Four students decided to try to make a difference by siting in a segregated lunch counter in North Carolina. The students were successful and hundreds of lunch counters desegregated lunch counters as a result of their