How successful had the civil rights movement been by the late 1960's?
Question 3 Courswork How successful had the civil rights movement been by the late 1960's? In the 1960's the civil rights movement was becoming successful, however there were some failures; although segregation did end eventually in places such as the south. Public facilities including lunch counters, libraries and buses remained segregated for some time, regardless of court decisions and the policy of the federal government to end segregation. Most laws were not upheld. Housing, unemployment and poor health still existed amongst some blacks. The civil rights movement was becoming successful in the fact that blacks began to gain pride in themselves as the slogan 'black power' became more popular. Many acts and commissions were set up in order to support the blacks. The E.E.O.C was set up, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Blacks were able to hold jobs with responsibilities. Most importantly segregation did end eventually. In the late 1960's the blacks had come a long way from the 1920's, where they had faced racial discrimination in almost every aspect of their life's. They had achieved a lot. How ever there were still some failures. The successes and failures fell into four main categories: social, economical, political and cultural. Socially the successes were: as the civil rights movement which started in the 1950's gained strength the hope to end segregation
Civil Rights.
Civil Rights American clergyman and Nobel laureate, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of non-violent resistance to racial oppression. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, the eldest son of Martin Luther King, Sr., a Baptist minister, and Alberta Williams King. He entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 and was ordained a Baptist minister at the age of 18. Graduating from Crozer Theological Seminary as class president in 1951, he then did postgraduate work at Boston University. King's studies at Crozer and Boston led him to explore the works of the Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi, whose ideas became the core of his own philosophy of non-violent protest. While in Boston, he met Coretta Scott of Marion, Alabama. They were married in June 1953, and the following year King accepted an appointment as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. That same year the Supreme Court of the United States outlawed all segregated public education, and in the wake of that decision the segregated South was soon challenged in every area of public accommodation. In 1955 King, who had just received his Ph.D. degree, was asked to lead a bus boycott in Montgomery. The city's black leaders had organized the boycott to protest against enforced racial segregation in public transport after
Civil Rights Sources Questions
HISTORY GCSE COURSEWORK a. In source 2 the type of discrimination shown is segregation. The blacks have to use separate drinking water fountains in the south. b. Source 1 supports what is happening in source 2 because they both refer to segregation and they both refer to separate drinking fountains. 2. Source 1 shows that black children would be born in Jim Crow hospitals and would live in a ghetto. When blacks went to school they would be segregated and only blacks went there. When blacks wanted a job they would have to settle for menial work and not to expect promotion because a white employee would get it before you. When they were eating they would have to sit in a separate place and drink from a separate water fountain labelled coloured. Most blacks weren't allowed to vote either. Source 3 shows us segregated taxis in Atlanta where there were white drivers for white passengers and blacks drivers for black passengers. In Virginia there were separate facilities in airports. In 1933 there was no inter-racial boxing or wrestling allowed. An Arkansas law of 1937 required segregation in racetracks and gaming establishments. Source 4 tells us that blacks could be killed for not showing respect or obeying laws (e.g. Emmett Till). Source 5 tells us that a black kitchen maid was killed for spilling orange juice on a young white male. The young man killed her and he only received
Civil Rights Sources Questions
By Richard Morgan Source A: Sources A shows two Black Americans standing in front on a building with two signs saying "Register To Vote" and "Register Now For Freedom Now," also one of the pictures contains a Police officer (White American) removing them for the scene. The Source is from Alabama in 1963 and is therefore a primary source; however two pictures in this source could have been stage to be used as evidence for the Black Americans trying to vote. Also this may not have been the story everywhere, in the north of America Black people where aloud to vote freely in most areas. Therefore this is a reliable source as evidence about the difficulties facing black protestors in the 1960s because it shows clearly two protestors being removed from the scene and stopping there rights. However this is not reliable evidence because this was not the situation all over the continent. Source B: Source B is an account of a single event from a book called "Freedom Ride" by James Peck in 1962, so this is a primary source because it was from the time and written a year after the events really happened. The Source tells of an attack on a vehicle carrying Black Americans, none of who were killed buy the attack, this is a really dramatic scene. Therefore this source is of little use as evidence about the black protest in the early 1960s because it is a story and could be
Black civil rights
History GCSE Coursework American Civil rights Black African Americans have been treated inadequately by the opposite race (white people) for centuries from when the slave trade was in full force to the contemporary day with gang violence and racism in all fifty states of the USA. I am going investigate the reasons why black Americans argued for their civil rights and what successes were brought about by this fighting in the 1950s and 1960s. Some evidence of racism to Black people in the USA was written in a black journalist's book quoted from 'American Dreams lost and found'. It shows no respect, and gives a sense of inferiority, illustrating white attitudes to blacks in the early to mid 20th century. It draws a powerful image of blacks being fit for menial jobs and be deficient in the ability to do professional jobs. One problem leading to Blacks fighting for their Civil Rights was the unjust Jim Crow rules in the Southern states. The white people who lived in the South wanted to maintain a two tier society. In 1880 they introduced legal segregation of races. This was a concept of Blacks being separate from Whites but the two societies being equal. There would be separate facilities for blacks and whites from hotels to schools. Inter race marriage was made illegal by these laws. This was all to keep a defined two tier society. An additional reason why Blacks
Explain why the attitude of Black people differed on how to achieve racial equality in the USA in the 1960s and the 1970s
Explain why the attitude of Black people differed on how to achieve racial equality in the USA in the 1960s and the 1970s During the 1960s and 1970s, different black groups had different opinions about how to achieve racial equality. After justifying each point I will link it back to the question. The term 'racial equality' means despite race, people have same rights and opportunities as others. In this assignment I will attempt to explain why the attitude of Black people differed on how to achieve racial equality. The first Civil Rights group I will look at is the NAACP which was lead by Martin Luther King. They believed racial equality could be achieved by peaceful but powerful means, such as protests and lobbying. They believed this was the way to achieve racial equality because peaceful protesting and pressure had achieved so much for them so far. For example, the Montgomery bus boycott. This was a peaceful method of protesting and proved successful. If it proved successful once, then the NAACP's beliefs must prove right again. They wished for integration to take place throughout the USA. Martin Luther King used a peaceful method to ensure that the integration of the buses was undergone; this was called a 'Freedom Ride.' The majority of the NAACP members were strong and devoted Christians. They followed the beliefs of non-violence which was encouraged by their religion.
"The wife of Martine Guerre demonstrates that communities value happiness more than honesty" Discuss In the novel 'The Wife of Martine Guerre' by Janet Lewis, everyone takes a different view
"The wife of Martine Guerre demonstrates that communities value happiness more than honesty" Discuss In the novel 'The Wife of Martine Guerre' by Janet Lewis, everyone takes a different view on what the value more, Martin Guerre obviously values happiness over honesty, and so does Arnaud du Tilh, but then his father Monsieur Guerre and Bertrande value honesty over happiness, and because of the patriarchal system it really comes down to what the cap de hostel values most. It is obvious that martin vales his happiness over honesty. This is first shown when he leaves on a bear hunt without telling anyone where he was going to be, when he returned that night "He was exultant", even though he has been dishonest to his father. Martin is again dishonest when he steels from his father and then runs away and doesn't return for many years, he stays away for reasons unknown, but we do know that he ran away in the first place to get away from a punishment from his father that would not have made him happy, also he stole the seed so that he could feel like he had more power then given to him by his father he was happy that he wasn't letting his land go to waste. It is indeed true that Martin values his happiness over honesty. Arnaud du Tilh values his happiness over honesty at all times in the novel, even before he falls in love with Bertrande he is thinking about the money that he
A Raisin In the Sun.
Stephen B. Mangan May 8, 2004 A Raisin In the Sun The definition of the American dream according to average people is the ability for a person to purchase their own home using money earned through their hard work. Of course there are variations and extensions of this idea. After World War II and the creation of the suburbs outside major metropolitan areas, the idea of the American dream came to fruition for middle class white America. However, most of Black America was left behind the movement due to their social standing at the time. In Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun', she explores the American Dream from a black family's perspective during the 1950's, just before the major Civil Rights movements of the 1960's. She weaves in different ideas of the American Dream including the downfalls of the effects it has on people via the characters in the story that face the very issues that Martin Luther King sought to resolve. In 'A Raisin in the Sun', three generations of the Younger family are living in a small project apartment in Chicago during a time when black men could still not vote. Walter Lee is thirty-five and wants to provide for his family but his income won't allow it. However, he has become so mad at the treatment of the black race and feels the only way to further his race is to become a businessman and buy materialistic items so he can
The USA in the 1960s. Study Representations 1, 2 and 3 Choose the one which you think is best representation of the impact of protest on US society, explain your choice
Part Bii: Analyse and evaluate Representations of history Study Representations 1, 2 and 3 Choose the one which you think is best representation of the impact of protest on US society, explain your choice. Use all 3 Representations and your own knowledge. Representation 1 is a transcript which is part of an episode from a documentary television series-‘Vietnam: A Television Series’ and was made in 1983.And it talks about president Nixon’s pledge anti was movement and the way in which the media portrayed it .Representation 2 is a book named ‘coming apart’ which was written by William L O’Neill, it was published in USA 1971, this representation tells us about the government, peaceful protest and the Media. Representation 3 is an article named ‘pageant protest sparked bra-burning myth’ which was written by Nell Greenfieldboyce and published on the 5th September 2008. Representation 2 is not totally objective for demonstrating how the impact of the protest was during the time of the civil Rights Movement. For instance: Representation two shows that “On 28 May 1961, Robert Kennedy asked the interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to end segregation of interstate buses, trains and facilities.”(2) This suggests that Representation 2 is a good insight into the time of the civil Rights because the Representation is showing a timeline fact and it is valuable for
The Treatment of African American Citizens in 1950
Chris Peach African American Citizens in 1950 I do agree strongly that African Americans were still treated as second class citizens in 1950 although a lot had changed and was changing. After the second world war, black people became more respected because they started to realise that black people were just as good, and no different as any other people, the people who they fought with realised this almost instantly, a white man said ‘They’re just like any of the other boys to us. Other soldiers did not only believe that they were equal to them, they respected them and trusted their life on them just as you would do with any other person in the war. When the black soldiers went abroad to Europe to help win the war they soon realised that segregation and racism was not present in the same way as it was in America, people were not as bothered whether you were black or white, the black service men even had nights out with the women and they got treated as heroes, this boosted their confidence and self-esteem. This was only a small step though it did nothing to change the situation in America and the white commanders refused to let the black men go out and mingle with the local citizens, I agree this is wrong and does show that black people were being treated as second class citizens, but only by the Americans. A lot changed in the years after the Second World War, black
