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The Civil Rights Movement was a period in history in the 1950s and 1960s when
African-Americans struggled vehemently to end segregation and attain equal rights. Looking
back on all of the events and dynamic figures that resulted, this description seems a little hazy.
One must go back to the beginning of the Civil Right organizations in order to completely
comprehend it. The majority of people feel that Rosa Parks was the catalyst for the civil rights
organizations. She did, in fact, accelerate the Civil Rights activities to new heights, but it all
started with 1994 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. In particular, this provision served
as a watershed moment in American history. Even before the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson law,
which argued that state laws establishing separate public schools for African-Americans and
white school administration denied black student’s equal educational opportunities, there was
Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896, which contended that state laws establishing marginalized public
schools for black and other minority students denied black children’s equal educational
opportunities.
Throughout the history of the United States, certain types of discrimination against
specific category of people were not only permitted, but also encouraged. Despite the fact that
numerous constitutional amendments were enacted during the Civil War to guarantee African
Americans equal civil rights, racial prejudice and segregation prohibited African Americans from
exercising their constitutional rights. The federal government adopted the 1964 Civil Rights Act
of and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in reaction to a vigorous civil rights organization in the
1950s and 1960s.
Some history scholars argue that Plessy v. Ferguson was the catalyst for the Civil Rights
Movement, but in a sense, it was ahead of its time. Until Brown vs. Board of Education,
"separate but equal" ideology was the dominant school of thought in America. When Rosa Parks
failed to give her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, it sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott,
which was spearheaded by Martin Luther King Jr., who is considered as one of the most pivotal
leaders of the American Civil Rights organizations. After the brutal death of Emmett in 1955, the
primary suspects were accused of shooting, beating and dumping the fourteen-year-old African
American child for "whistling at a white woman." Before we could take any moves toward
human equality, we had to address the concept of integrationism. This period is known as the
"Nadir of American Race Relations," which simply implies that racism was at its extreme during
the Civil Rights Organization’s time.
For Americans, coming together for equality appeared to be a difficult undertaking. To
go forward, one must let go of the past, and many individuals were hesitant to give up ideals that
had been engrained in them since birth. Racial prejudice existed throughout the United States,
but the heinous violence perpetrated by African Americans in southern states became known as
Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow laws prevented African Americans from being treated equally. It
made it illegal for Blacks to marry Caucasians, run restaurants that served individuals of other
races, or drink from the same water fountain as whites, effectively isolating races on every level.
This legislation added more layers to society's degeneration, making one ethnicity feel inferior to
another. The Civil Rights Movement was founded on the idea of abandoning this way of thinking
and embarking on a journey into the unknown, which was unification. Although Jim Crow laws
were abolished for good in the 1970s, the ideas, actions, and feelings that sprang from this unjust
system of law haunted the south for many years afterward.
During the mid-1960s, African Americans were strengthened when Huey P. Newton and
Bobby Seale established the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party advocated for both
civil rights and self-defense. In terms of integrationism, this was a step backwards. The term
"Black Power" was coined by the Black Panther Party to advocate for black self-determination
and to contend that consolidation stole Africans of their dignity and common ancestry. Every
notion or idea has a founder. "Black Power" was founded by Malcolm X. The Black Panther
Party's doctrines slammed Martin Luther King Jr.'s efforts, arguing that it was impossible for the
blacks and other minority groups to be fully acknowledged as equals in American culture. The
party remained an all-black institution, but it acknowledged the necessity for other minority
groups to create their own set of rules and fostered cooperation with them. Because the lessons
of "Black Power" were never fully carried out, the party thinks that Black People did not reform
to U.S. mainstream culture but instead grew more victimized by their own acts.
Many things were made possible for society as a result of the Civil Rights
Organizations in America. Our forefathers shaped a lasting pattern in the overall well-being of
mankind by hard work, endurance, dedication, and unwavering faith. Despite the fact that our
forefathers' ideals were on opposite ends of the spectrum as discussed, their major purpose was
to establish a society as close to a utopia as feasible. Our forefathers used fear as a driving factor
during a time when it was the norm and might have been crippling. It's frightening to consider
where we'd be as a country if Rosa Parks hadn't spoken up for what was right. Alternatively,
Martin Luther King Jr. did not emphasize integrationism as a means of eradicating racial
inequality. Huey P. Newton gave African Americans the confidence to believe that they could
rule themselves and be self-sufficient without the assistance and leadership of other races.
During the Civil Rights Movement in America, these two opposing ideas were at odds. There is
no such thing as right or wrong; both beliefs have parts that belong to our history as Americans,
and there is no such thing as right or wrong in this regard.

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The Civil Rights Movement was a period in history in the 1950s and 1960s when

1950s and 1960s.

the Civil Rights Organization’s time.

For Americans, coming together for equality appeared to be a difficult undertaking. To

system of law haunted the south for many years afterward.

and there is no such thing as right or wrong in this regard.

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