The Civil Rights Movement.

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                                The Civil Rights Movement.

The civil rights movement really began to take off in the 1950’s. It began over the issue of education. Black people were forced to go to schools that were inferior and had very little facilities. This proved that “separate but equal” was wrong and not working. The first case that helped bring about a change in the law was: LINDA BROWN VS THE TOPICA BOARD OF EDUCATION-CANSAS. Linda Browns father took the board of education to court so that his daughter could go to a white school. He won the case because in 1954 the Supreme Court stated separate but equal was wrong. Unfortunately for Linda the states, for the first year, ignored the decision and she was forced to attend a black only school.

        Black people were still forced to attend poorer schools and colleges. They still didn’t have the right to vote and the Jim Crow Laws were still in action, despite the ruling of the Supreme Court.

        In 1957 Elizabeth Eckford tried to attend Central High School, a white only school in Little Rock. As she arrived she was met with white protesters refusing to let her join the white school. The Southern State Government tried to force intrigration but did so slowly. Slowly more back children joined the school. There were still many protesters very unhappy with the integration, so the Federal Government sent in the army for one year to protect the children.

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        This shows us the determination of the government to achieve equal rights for black people as they are willing to use their army to protect black children from the violence of white protesters.

        A black lady called Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery in the 1950’s because she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man as she had been on her feet all day and was tired. The police were called and she was arrested. When Martin Luther King heard about Rosa he wasn’t happy and arranged a bus boycott. Instead of using the ...

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