How Did Martin Luther King Jr Win The Civil Rights Movement

During the 1960s there was a brutally violent civil rights movement that was meant to end racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans. The civil rights movement was won in a way, there was no longer racial segregation, and they were gained other human rights such as the right to vote. The civil rights movement would not have been won without the efforts of people such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, John F Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Thurgood Marshall. For all the people that were trying to do good for the civil rights movement there was always people how were trying to stop them. Such as the KKK, other organized groups and individuals that were against racial equality. Even though people that were trying to stand …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr was famous for his speeches urging people to join the civil rights movement. He fought the civil rights movement in a non-violent way, he would leave wounds without inflicting any damage. He organized many sit ins and boycotts. One of his most famous events that he was involved in was the march on washington, held on August 28th 1963. The march was meant to help black people gain jobs and freedom. Between 250,000 and 400,000 people were present at the march. Martin Luther King Jr was the final speaker at the event, that was were he delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech. One of the famous quotes from the speech is when he said,”I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.
Martin Luther King Jr died on April 8th 1968, he was shot by an assassin. Almost one year later James Earl Ray was found guilty of killing Martin Luther King Jr and was sentenced to 99 years in …show more content…
He was elected in January 1961. During JFK’s campaign he made it clear through his speeches that he was a supporter of civil rights. However for the first he was in office he never he did nothing to help push forward the civil rights movement. Kennedy later started to put pressure on the government to hire more African American employees. JFK also appointed 5 supreme court judges including Thurgood Marshall.
JFK put an end to white only football teams when he told every team to hire African Americans but the redskins refused to hire a black person, they quickly changed their minds when Kennedy told them to find another stadium to play in. He also was able to allow an African American man get into a white only college to get a doctorate after serving 10 years in the US airforce.
JFK tried to pass the civil rights act however he was unable to take it to congress before he was assassinated on November 22nd 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. However Lyndon B. Johnson took the bill to congress and was able to get it passes for John F Kennedy. The act forbade discrimination of sex or