Discuss The Role Of Segregation In The Civil Rights Movement
Segregation was a big topic during the civil rights movement. Schools, bathrooms, buses, and more were with color separations. The children weren't allowed to be friends with just anyone they saw. Whites had to be with whites and colored with colored. Additionally, throughout time marches were held during the civil rights movements. These marches contained while children and colored children protesting with the tactics of a non-violent protest to provoke Birmingham civic and business leaders to agree to desegregate.The next important topic during the civil right movement was child labor. In an era when one-sixth of children over ten worked for wages, child labor became a central concern of social reformers. Many states enacted legislation to give some protection to children, such as limiting them to a 10-hour day.
Legal segregation began in 1896 when the Supreme Court punished legal separation of the black and white races in the ruling H.A. Plessy v. J.H. Ferguson, but the decision was overruled in 1954. Since, the Supreme Court in 1896 said that the separate but equal facilities did not go against the 14th Amendment; it changed its mind thanks to the decision …show more content…
The colored young girls were not treated equally as the same as the white young girls , especially. African American young women had suffered through the pain of segregation, the horror of white violence, the discrimination in employment and education, and the cause of verbal abuse. The Civil Rights Movement largely took place in the southeastern states. There weren't that many Hispanic children in those states in the 50's and 60's. During that period in the states, Hispanics were more common like Texas and California Mexicans were actually counted as white but they were treated as "lesser whites". They did face discrimination. In fact a school desegregation case in California involving some Mexican students,Mendez
Legal segregation began in 1896 when the Supreme Court punished legal separation of the black and white races in the ruling H.A. Plessy v. J.H. Ferguson, but the decision was overruled in 1954. Since, the Supreme Court in 1896 said that the separate but equal facilities did not go against the 14th Amendment; it changed its mind thanks to the decision …show more content…
The colored young girls were not treated equally as the same as the white young girls , especially. African American young women had suffered through the pain of segregation, the horror of white violence, the discrimination in employment and education, and the cause of verbal abuse. The Civil Rights Movement largely took place in the southeastern states. There weren't that many Hispanic children in those states in the 50's and 60's. During that period in the states, Hispanics were more common like Texas and California Mexicans were actually counted as white but they were treated as "lesser whites". They did face discrimination. In fact a school desegregation case in California involving some Mexican students,Mendez