The Progression Of The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was an enormous issue between the 1950s and the 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing cause. African Americans were trying to achieve the same equal rights that the whites had. Every progression that they achieved, they saw as a victory. Was that the only reason why they were being persecuted for many years, or was is because they were actually making progress? For instance, Civil rights is the protection of historically underprivileged groups from the violation of their equal rights of a discriminatory action. Civil liberties are the personal freedom that individuals receives, that the government intrusion protects. Protecting civil rights is a huge essential part of the democratic values in the United
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The film uses spoken accounts of individuals who participate in the struggle and historical footage. The bus boycott in Alabama, Montgomery and the crisis of the Little Rock Nine were the main two events that drove the citizens to demand for equal rights. For example, The bus boycott was a social and political protest against racial segregation on bus transportation system. A couple days before the bus boycott began, an African American woman named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat up to a white man on the Montgomery bus resulting for the bus boycott to be created. The Little Rock Nine was an issue that involved nine African American students. Finally, the bus boycott resulted in a positive solution by fighting for African American rights. For example, in The Little Rock Nine, the governor called for the guards to prevent the students from entering the Central High School, claiming that his actions were only to protect the students. Finally, they were able to go into the school, and from that moment the students faced physical and verbal …show more content…
These two events drove the women to fight for their equal rights. The group of women marched in the parade to spread the word about women’s suffrage. They were beaten, arrested, attacked etc. for their actions. This made the women realize that they had to fight harder to bring their attention their equal rights. The film informs us how when the women were arrested they had to go through harsh times. Women were unable to vote, and believed that they should have this be able to vote. There were many other events that occurred during the civil rights time, but the women's suffrage movement was able to pass the 19th amendment which gave them the ability to
The film uses spoken accounts of individuals who participate in the struggle and historical footage. The bus boycott in Alabama, Montgomery and the crisis of the Little Rock Nine were the main two events that drove the citizens to demand for equal rights. For example, The bus boycott was a social and political protest against racial segregation on bus transportation system. A couple days before the bus boycott began, an African American woman named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat up to a white man on the Montgomery bus resulting for the bus boycott to be created. The Little Rock Nine was an issue that involved nine African American students. Finally, the bus boycott resulted in a positive solution by fighting for African American rights. For example, in The Little Rock Nine, the governor called for the guards to prevent the students from entering the Central High School, claiming that his actions were only to protect the students. Finally, they were able to go into the school, and from that moment the students faced physical and verbal …show more content…
These two events drove the women to fight for their equal rights. The group of women marched in the parade to spread the word about women’s suffrage. They were beaten, arrested, attacked etc. for their actions. This made the women realize that they had to fight harder to bring their attention their equal rights. The film informs us how when the women were arrested they had to go through harsh times. Women were unable to vote, and believed that they should have this be able to vote. There were many other events that occurred during the civil rights time, but the women's suffrage movement was able to pass the 19th amendment which gave them the ability to