Little Rock Nine Research Paper

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”- Malcom X (“10 Civil Rights Quotes That Made History”). The quote means that many people live peacefully, although they are not free. Do you know about the Civil Rights Movement? Why was the civil rights movement important? The civil rights movement was so important because it was the only way to African-American’s freedom. Let’s start with some events. The Jim Crow Law. The Jim Crow Laws are a collection of state and local statutes that legalize racial segregation. Another event that happened was the March on Washington. The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963. 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln

The Little Rock Nine was a group of black students who enrolled at formerly all-white central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957. I picked some of the most important events to show how important the civil rights movement was/is. Three people that were a part of the civil rights movement were Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, and Beyonce. Aretha, Mary, and Beyonce are(was) music artists whose music was(are) influenced by black/African American culture. Now, do you know about the civil rights movement? If you don’t, then let’s talk about the three people I was talking about. Now that you know something about Aretha, let’s go into detail about the civil rights movement and how she had an impact on it. Aretha was known as the “Queen of Soul.” Before soul, she started her career with gospel. Which is another cultural genre of music for African-Americans? Aretha helped struggling African-Americans with their brilliant talent for music. Aretha also won fifteen Grammys, but her awards total was eighteen. She also helped provide support to civil rights groups. Such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Southern Christian Leadership

Mary started her career by singing Anita Baker’s “Caught up in the Rapture”. :” Which was a really big hit in 1986. Mary came to the attention of Uptown Records in 1988. The rest is history. In 1992 she released her first solo album, What's the 441, which was produced mostly by the rapper Sean Combs. The album reveals the pain of Mary’s Childhood while showing a classic soul, hip-hop, and urban contemporary rhythm and blues mix. How does this tie to the Civil Rights movement? Mary sang cultural genres of music by African-Americans. Beyonce is one of the most popular artists’ in music history. Beyonce combines a lot of genres of music. In 2020, Beyonce came out with a Disney Documentary called Black Is King. For the single “Black Parade.” Because of Black Parade Beyonce was rewarded with a Grammy for best R&B performance in 2021. Many years before that,. She was in a girls group with her childhood friends. The group is called Destiny's Child. She was nine years old when the group started. The group was originally named Girls Tyme. In conclusion, the civil rights movement was one of the most important movements in history. Most people believed that men would be the leaders, but women were