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What was the Civil Rights Movements
The Civil Rights can be defined as a mass popular movement to secure African American access to equal rights. -
What the Africans did.
The Africans had organized and led a movement at the national with local levels. They pursued their goals, negotiations, and nonviolent protest. -
What was it centered around?
The Civil Rights were centered around the Americans in the South. -
What the Movement Addressed
The movement addressed is the three primarily areas of discrimination. The three primary areas are Education, Social segregation, and voting rights. -
The Brown Decision
The supreme court ushered in a new era in the struggle of civil rights. The south made groups also known as Ku Klux Klan (KKK). These groups were assembled because the supreme court made a decision to outlaw racial segregation in the public schools. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Also known as NAACP they play a very important role. This role is to file a procession of court cases. -
The Challenge to Social Segregation
In 1955 Blacks in Montgomery, Ala made a boycott. This boycott got started because of the city buses. This boycott lasted 381 days. In 1957 the Southern Christian leadership conference was assemble. In 1960 was led to founding another important organization and expanded.This movement was participants to college-age-black. -
Voting Rights
After World War II African Americans experienced the right to vote. They Faced strong and sometimes violence from the local whites. -
Black Power
The SNCC helped popularize the " Black Power". This movement of the Black Power favored African Americans controlling this movement, This also Preserving their african heritage. -
The Movement Legacy
Federal courts finally required school districts bring black and white school children and faculty under one roof.
