The Civil Rights Movement: Brown Vs The Board Of Education

The civil right movement began in the 1950s. The civil rights consisted of many important events that helped black people achieve equal rights in America. During these events leaders emerged, like Martin Luther King Jr. that helped people come together. In 1951 the NAACP combined five legal cases against the educational system. This case came to be called Brown vs the Board of Education. This case argued that segregated schools was against the fourteenth amendment. Brown won the case and showed that not just segregation in schools, but segregation in general goes against black peoples’ fourteenth amendment. Because of this black people believed that they had won against segregation. Whites were outraged by this advancement and were set

People started to think that peaceful protesting was going to get them no were and decided to turn to violent protesting. Groups like Malcom X and the Black Panthers emerged. Both groups created violent protests that shown a bad light on black as a whole.
Once the 1960’s hit the black rights movement actually began to decline. Nixon was put into offices and made it clear that he wasn’t for civil rights. He even spoke out for school segregation. Once in office Nixon made it his goal to get rid of violent black rights groups. Nixon decided to give the FBI the right to destroy black nationalist groups like the Black Panther. Nixon also took strong actions against activists. One example of this was the shooting of the four students at Kent University on May 4, 1970. Nixon eventually left the office, but not without leaving damages to the black

Two of the most famous ones are Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X. Martin Luther King Jr. started his protests with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was fresh out of school and new to Montgomery. Because of the fact that he was new to town he wasn’t sure on if he should lead the boycott. But people saw something in him and convinced him to do it anyway. He believed that the only way to achieve what one desired, was by peacefully protesting. King was able to bring a new energy to the civil rights movement. after the bus boycott, he continued protesting. His main goal was to allow blacks to have the freedom to vote without having to have literacy tests or paying a tax. He also made famous speeches like his “I have a Dream” speech where he said that he wants to see a world his children will no longer be judged by the look of their skin but by the content of their character. Many people believed in him and followed him. But during people began to distrust him after he organized the march on Selma because he didn’t show up. People started to favor Malcom X’s idea more. Malcom was a minister in the Nation of Islam. he preached that black is beautiful and that helped him gain many followers. He believed that no revolution is every won without violence. He later created the Organization of Afro-American Unity. He wanted to use this organization to create black institutions. People continued to fight on both sides of the