Civil Rights Movement In The 1960's

There has been much social alteration in the United States History. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most remarkable social change movements, which revolutionize the definition of the equal rights. As we know President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation abolished the slavery during the mid 80s; however the racial segregation continued. Even the public facilities were to be prioritize according to the color. During this time, southern states legislate the laws that legalized segregation known as “Jim Crow” Laws. Different levels of rights were permitted according to the color of a person’s skin until the, 14th and 15th amendment were legislated which offered citizenship and empowerment to all citizens, Regardless of race.

Ferguson” in 1896 has terrified the southern black communities, which stated that the segregation is legal in the United States and lasted almost 70 years. Segregation became the way of life for the blacks in south, but the leaders like Rosa Parks stood up for the change. Rosa Parks was also a strong female leader during the Civil Rights Movement. This is the case related to the Rosa Parks and her Great work. Racial segregation was strictly followed on the municipal bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. Seats at the front were only for the white individuals; if the buss is full, African Americans were expected to give up seats to whites who were standing. On December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks denied to move to the back sit, she got arrested. With the help of Martin Luther King, Jr., who launched a boycott of Montgomery buses, the Supreme Court declared that it was unconstitutional for segregation to occur on buses. Another person that played a big role in the Civil Rights Movement was the courageous civil rights lawyer, Thurgood Marshall. Marshall’s plan of changing racism in the United States was using the legal system and who later become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in America, Marshall was the man who argued the “separate but equal” was just a myth trying to cover up

Board of Education case gained popularity all over the nation. Polarity even peaked upon victory on Brown vs. Board of Education case because it gave the colored people right to go to school of their own choice. Supreme Court ruled segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. Ruling gave improved educational opportunities to African Americans. Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP attorney was the one who argued the case to end segregation. Although the segregation on schools might have decreased along with the legislation of new law, the case in 1960 when the Greensboro, North Carolina college freshmen black students were denied service at lunch counter they created to protest against the racial discrimination. They sat at the counter until they were served or arrested, students who participated in the sin-ins refused to become violent, Sit-ins raised the awareness of the discrimination that was