Essay On The Civil Rights Movement

Completely different issues. The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to overturn unjust laws that forced society to live in a segregated way. It was illegal before the Civil Rights Movement for a black man to marry a white woman. It was illegal for private restaurant owners to serve both whites and blacks in the same areas of their restaurants. There were separate churches, separate cemeteries, separate bathrooms, separate libraries. All of this was enforced by the power of the state. Even if you wanted to allow a black person to use the water fountain on your property, legally you couldn't. There have never been such laws regarding gay people. Legally we have never been required to segregate homosexuals from the rest of society. Sodomy laws

Segregation was terrible but at least black men and women could have jobs (low pay) and could have their own homes (economically poor). Many people still disagreed with them. Black people were hung, beaten, raped, et cetera. Finally the civil rights movement took place. Some could even argue that today they are still discriminate against. Most people would lead you to believe the Civil Rights movement had to do with just segregation. Today, people have expressed their dislike towards gay rights, but are usually blow off balance by the hatred of the LGBT community protesters, this was not always the case for black people. People who spoke out about equal rights while enslaved were used as punching bags. Yes people who classify themselves as being gay, bisexual, lesbian, or transsexual have died but not nearly to the scale of the Civil Rights movement. Supporters of the LGBT community are currently being praised by media but those who supported the Civil Rights movement were beaten or killed no matter their skin color. Those who classify themselves as LGBT can still purchase nice items without being questioned if they were stolen, they can still get a job that pays a minimum wage or more. They can protest and speak up for