The NAACP’s momentum to keep fighting came from the victories it has won. Many people are a part of African American history today were involved in many ways to help fight desegregate the South. Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer, was the critique of the “separate but equal” doctrine that justified segregation. Thurgood Marshall won a number of significant cases, Morgan v. Virginia (1946), Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) and Sweatt v. Painter (1950).
His sacrifice to speak out against his entire race oppressor cost him his life. His militant leadership caused a huge uproar and threat to “white America.” Change began to develop because people like Malcolm X began to stand up for rights they were entitled to. He used his knowledge to intellectually argue the unjust society in America. He learned how to frame a debate so he could be sure he would win and ultimately cause his opponent to contradict themselves. Most importantly Malcolm X advocated education to his people in every speech, debate and interview, because his entire purpose was to create “black nationalism” and the only way that could ever happen was if his people were educated and not just diploma educated but educated with the understanding of what was taught.
Furthermore, key individuals like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks helped to draw attention to the cause and support the success of the Civil Rights campaign. The NAACP supported a series of Supreme Court cases which eventually resulted in the end of ‘de jure’ desegregation. The NAACP supported African-Americans who were being discriminated against; an example of a successful case for the NAACP is the Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Civil Rights group sponsored Thurgood Marshall to act on behalf of Oliver Brown, which resulted in the breakdown of the Plessy v. Ferguson reasoning of ‘separate but equal’. Furthermore, the NAACP supported the case against Milam and Bryant in 1955 for the lynching of 14-year old Emmett Till, the NAACP helped by protecting his uncle Moses Wright.
So many people were willing to fight against segregation. Ibrahima, Cinque, Nat Turner, and George Latimer were slaves who chose to stand up against segregation by fighting against their owners and/or escaping from them. The 54’th fought against segregation in the Civil War for African freedom. Ida, Lewis, and Meta stood up against segregation through their jobs. Thurgood, Kenneth, and other lawyers and social scientists made history for the United States by fighting for the rights of African Americans.
These two great leaders opened up the door for the civil right movement for African Americans. Malcolm X left a notable impact on the Civil Rights Movement in the last year of his life. Black activists in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who had heard him speak to organizers in 1965, began to support some of his ideas on racial pride and creation of black-run institutions. MLK impact lead to the Jim Crow laws being illegal and cause a positive impact on the civil right movement. Despite the hardships these two great men faced, they stood up for what they truly believed in.
During the time of the Civil Rights Movement African Anericans all over the United States were fighting for the equality they believed they deserved. However, there is one man who fought for complete separation of blacks from whites. Malcolm X, a member of the Nation of Islam; more commonly known as the Black Muslims, fought for black nationalism. The black muslims believed that African Americans should separate themselves from whites and form their own self-governing communities. Malcolm X's value to the Civil Rights Movement was positive because he influenced African Americans to take pride in their own culture and to believe in their oability to make their own way in the world.
Gina Gallagher 9th Grade Ms. Lu H. Frank Carey In the 50’s and 60’s in The United States, African Americans began fighting for the rights they deserved. This fight for rights became known as the Civil Rights Movement. An important leader for African Americans at this time was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. greatly impacted civil rights in the United States. His powerful words led to decreased racial segregation, rights for all African Americans and helped create the culturally diverse society we have today. Martin Luther King Jr. used powerful words, instead of violence in order to obtain rights for African Americans.
As our country has becomes more desegregated, we learn more and more about equality, no matter what your skin color. In the movie, To Kill Mockingbird, bigotry is a huge factor that affects many lives. While watching the movie, I began to wonder how the outcome of the story would have been different had one character’s skin color been white. The movie starts off with narrator talking about a knowledgeable story from when she was little. Her father Atticus, a lawyer, had a choice to defend a black man, Tom Robison, who was being accused of raping and beating up a young white women.
‘Key individuals rather than organised campaigns were the real force for change in the achievement of equal rights for Americans’ Social inequality segregation and racism has held a heavy burden over African Americans in the history of United States. Being treated as a second class of human beings was something that the coloured people of America had to live with. Powerful individuals pushing for the triumph of equivalent rights for all Americans were the courage and determination behind the ongoing fight against the violent injustice that the white people of America cruelly imposing upon the Black society. The act of civil rights in 1964 was the transformation that the colored people of America had hoped for. The Americans were finally free from the gruelling oppression
Civil Rights Essay The African-American Civil Rights Movement was a movement to end segregation and racial inequality for African Americans and to allow them the right to vote. It took place in the 1950’s and 60’s, but movements for racial equality are still going on today. Especially after World War II, African Americans that served in the war believed that if they were risking their life for their country, then they should be able to enjoy the same freedoms as any other man. During this time period, African-Americans took great measures and sacrifices to insure that they were treated equally within American society. The African-American Civil Rights Movement became the greatest movement in history to provide racial equality, and ensure African Americans justice in the prejudice society in which they live.