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Introduction
In this timeline, I will be informing you about the history of the Civil Rights movement and the BLM movement as well as the similarities between the two. Both events started because black people were being treated unequally and unfairly. They also both started in similar ways with peaceful protests and many signs and such. Both of these movements are also backing the same idea; that black people need to be treated fairly and equally by both cops as well as everybody else. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Move to the Back of the Bus
In this photo we see that Rosa parks is sitting on the bus. This is before the events happened that changed the world forever. After this photo was taken, she refused to move to the back of the bus and started the bus boycott. This is one of the major events that helped trigger the Civil Rights movement. Similar to the start of BLM movement, this began by African Americans finally being fed up with how they were treated, and deciding to do something about it. -
Civil Rights Movement Rally
In this photo we see a group of people fighting for their basic human rights. These African Americans in the photo are simply trying to be treated as equals and not in a racist way by peacefully protesting. There are many ways to look at this, however the one that really sticks out is the idea that they are fighting for, and the cause of the protests. -
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Time between Movements
In the time between these movements, things did not get fully better for African Americans, as we can see by the BLM movement starting. Things got better for them in normal ways of life, as they began to be treated much more equally, however there are still glaring issues to this day.(1) Nobody should be treated differently by police based on the color of their skin. These issues got worse until it finally reached a breaking point in 2013 when Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by cops. -
Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin was the face of the Black Lives Matter movement for a good majority of the movement up until George Floyd was killed. He was shot and killed by the cops at 17 years old. After the death of Trayvon Martin, the BLM movement was everywhere and it blew up seemingly overnight. There were rallies all over the countries as his name became a rallying cry for this group and what they were fighting for. -
Black Lives Matter Rally
In this photo we see a group of people fighting for their basic human rights to live a life without fear of being killed by cops. This picture is eerily similar to the photo of the civil rights movement. This is because both of these movements were fighting for a very similar idea, and they both went about it in a very similar way. -
George Floyd Killed by White Cops
This is a major part of the history of the south as George Floyd's death is a major part of what caused the Black Lives Matter movement to become even bigger. This was a breaking point as many African Americans were fed up with being treated differently than white people by the police. There are many similarities to the start of BLM movement and the start of the Civil Rights movement, as both were caused by African Americans being treated unequally, and not putting up with it anymore. -
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Conclusion
These two movements, BLM and Civil Rights, are extremely similar events. They both use the same methods to get their voices heard and their points across.(2) They also both began with one major defining event; Rosa Parks on the bus and Trayvon Martin as well as George Floyd's death. These two events are a major factor in southern history, and the rich culture that developed in the south. Without these two events working with each other, who knows where the world would be today. -
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Conclusion Continued
We could still be in a very segregated America if the Civil Rights Movement never happened and we could be in a very racially divided country still if the BLM movement didn't happen. There are still racial problems in the south, but these two events made major strides towards equality. There are so many similarities that if you saw these two movements side by side without context, they would be nearly identical in both the overall view and idea they are fighting for, and how they started. -
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Notes
- Gallagher, Meghan. “Black Lives Matter: The 21st Century Civil Rights Movement?” O'neill Institute; Georgetown Law, no. 1(2018)
- Thomsen, Ian. “How Do Today’s Black Lives Matter Protests Compare To The Civil Rights Movement Of The 1960s?” News@Northeastern, no. 2(2020)
