Segregation In Schools During The Civil Rights Movement

We all face obstacles to our success in life some we are born with and some we in inherit as time wears on. During the civil rights movement thousands of people rose up to fight against discrimination of skin colour which had been holding them back from achieving their true potential. Segregation divided the countries. This happened in schools, neighbourhoods, jobs, universities and life in general. Over 100’s of years of history it has shaped society, popular culture and literature. To deny someone of their human rights on the grounds of skin colour is unjustifiable. To treat others like animals for differences that matter little of the mind and heart and demonise those of which we do not understated fully is incomprehensible. This goes

But during the civil rights movement black children had much lower standards of schooling and higher education than white children. Even after “brown vs. board of education” in 1954 found that segregation in schools was against the constitution and forced schools to integrate. Some of the schools did perfunctory and others didn’t do at all. It took J.F.K the serving president at the time ordering federal troops to escort students to school before they were able to attend. How the civil rights affected literature Many great classics were written during the civil rights movement. Books such as To Kill A Mocking Bird, ain’t I a woman and black skin white mask. The theme of which was racism which capsulated and enthralled audiences .The civil rights movement came with much fighting and new points on view which meant that there was a new ideas on which to base a character/ scene/ event or even the entire book. In to kill a mocking bird written in 1960 by Harper lee. We follow the lives of Atticus Finch, Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch and there farther who was trying to represent a cleanly incident black men accused of raping a white woman. The book shines a spot light on racism and sexism especially in the south. As this extract represents “People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for”- Harper

Segregation meant that black culture and white culture was very different. And inspired whole new style of music clothes movies and TV shows. Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar in 1939 for her role in gone with the wind. Also there were songs such as areca Franken’s “respect” Otis Reddinds “sitting at the dock of the bay”. Girl groups such as the Rosettes were often seen later in the decade as representation of black femininity. First ever inter-racial kiss on TV happen between captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on star trek on November 22,