The Civil Rights Movement Between The 1950s And 1960s

Between the 1950s and 1960s, a widely national movement involves The Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement contained a series of nonviolent protesting, which eventually secured rights for African Americans and other minorities. A prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement was Martin Luther King Jr. King was an American minister and activist, who became the fan of the movement due to his teachings of nonviolent protests. With his influence, sit-ins were established, where African American students set in the “white” sections of facilities and refused to leave until they are served. From the nonviolent protest, public transportations fell into debt and reluctantly allowed interracial seating. During this period of time, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was formed. The Act outlawed racial, sex, and religious discrimination by employers. A year later, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was created to end the informal barrier between African Americans and whites during elections. Other triumphs from the movement include a landmark Supreme Court case of 1954, Brown v. Board. The court case declared that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, and established the idea of “separate but equal.” The case ultimately marked the ruling of Jim Crow laws unconstitutional and will later create a doctrine to end segregation. Though the American society continued to face racial tension throughout the years, acceptance eventually came.

One of the most significant figures is Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African-American justice in the Supreme Court. Flash forward to the modern day, the United States elected their first African-American president, Barrack Obama. The Civil Rights Movement was ultimately successful, as it gained judicial, legislative, and moral victories in the United