They can be socially and economically endowed and they can be exempt for certain burdens or liabilities. Now that we know what white privilege is we can now tackle the question of does white privilege actually exist? In America civil rights is a big topic not just for blacks but for other races such as Hispanics and Asians. After the 1960’s and the civil rights movement in the 70’s America seemed to come together but equality was still far off for African Americans and Hispanics. After the civil rights era’s and all of the bills and supreme court rulings like the transportation equality act, prohibited discrimination In public accommodations, educations and employment, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the American Indian Movement just to name a few.
History Practice Controlled Assessment: ‘To what extent has the contribution of Martin Luther King to the advancement of black Americans between 1954 and 1968 been exaggerated?’ On 6th December 1865, the 13th amendment to the American Constitution was passes, leading to the abolition of slavery. However whilst slavery was abolished, the black people of America still faced harsh racism and had very little rights. During the period of 1954-1968, many people were campaigning for an advancement of black Americans. These people wanted equal civil rights for blacks as white Americans had. One such person was Martin Luther King.
It provided that there could be separate public facilities, like schools and movie theaters as long as the facilities were near equal in equality. The problem was that the court did not define “equal” in the quality, and the facilities for the blacks became second class. The government was willing to make it seems as though blacks would have rights due to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The Supreme Court decision was a major setback for African Americans seeking equality in the United States. The ruling further paved the way for numerous state laws throughout the country making segregation which resulted in making discrimination legal in almost all parts of daily life.
Specifically for African Americans, the equality and desegregation under this act of education, the workplace, and voter’s registration has been tremendously empowering. One of the great things about America that many other countries do not have is free education. Under Plessy v. Ferguson, segregation of schools was legalized under the conditions that it was separate but equal. During that time, the schools were definitely separated, but unquestionably unequal. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 overturned Plessy V. Ferguson which not only led to African Americans having better schools, but also allowed them to learn with their Caucasian peers.
2014 is the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and this year is fittingly themed “The Golden Jubilee of the Civil Rights Act”. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation created to improve quality of life for African Americans and other minority groups in the United States. It took away from the nation legal segregation and cleared a path towards equality and integration. The passage of this Act, while forever altering the relationship between blacks and whites, remains as one of history’s greatest political battles. Specifically, the legislation outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, national, ethnic and religious minorities, and women, in public accommodations, employment, and federally funded programs.
Although the black power movement could have appeared to slow down the progress of civil rights campaigns like it had done in the early 60s, it created a new wave of radical ideas that forced the nation to react. Within 1965-68, it was not just the Black Power movement that emerged, there were several other events that must also be considered as factors that diminished the civil rights campaigns. The issues however, that the civil rights campaign aspired to were still very much in the minds of politicians and decision makers. African Americans (AA) realised that even though constitutional and legal equality had been attained their lives largely remained unchanged. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed and in 1965 as did the Voting Rights Act.
Civil Rights are the rights give to a citizen by the United States government, such as the right to vote, the Civil Rights Movement was when African Americans and other minorities began to protest and fight for these rights, which at the time was only given to white Americans I the believe the Federal Government has the right to integrate the southern Untied States. The states in the south, like Mississippi, did not have the right to ignore the federal law to set by Congress and the Civil Right Act of 1964. Even with the tenth amendment the laws of the federal government over power the rights of the state. The common good of the southern population was interrupted by the racist laws and regulations set by the “Southern Manifesto”. The common good was affected one way by these because the majority population in the south was African American.
Segregation After the civil war in the USA, the African Americans gain “equal” rights. But the 14th amendment in 1868 (Absolute equality of the two races before the law) didn’t include “social rights” which meant that they didn’t get much choices in society, like choosing where you wanted to sit on a bus. This still made the African Americans feel inferior, knowing that within their home town the “whites” had the choices, and actual freedom. Blacks responded to their situation in 4 ways as their situation began to worsen from 1877. They would co-operate with any willing whites, migrate to the North or West, protest politically and would follow accommodationism.
In the south the Union wanted slavery and in the North they were against slavery. Before the Civil War the United States had many acts to protect slavery. They stopped the slave trade and importation of slaves under military order. Right after the civil war the 13th amendment was passed, many changes were made. The amendment gave African Americans more rights, even though it gave them more rights they had a lot of other issues.
His view was very much that ‘the position of black people would improve of its own accord over time’, despite this, and perhaps through the urgency of attorney Herbert Brownell, he went on to propose two civil rights acts. The civil rights act of 1957 focused on African American voting rights, particularly knuckling down on the refusal of them. A Commission on Civil Rights was established; a six man bipartisan commission designed to monitor voting rights and investigate allegations of denial of any constitutional law. The act also empowered the attorney general to prevent such interference through federal injunctions. The result of this federal interference in state affairs saw fury in the South, with violent outbreaks and bombings against churches.