Cause And Effect Of The Civil Rights Movement

“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past”- Troy Edwards. In To Kill A Mockingbird it gives textual evidence on how racism and justice were used. When African Americans got decremented against, the way we changed that in today’s society is by showing that everyone's equal, everyone has the same right and no race is higher than any other. To Kill A Mockingbird gives multiple examples of how racism was put into action. Tom Robinson was a black man who got accused of raping a white girl.

In the 1930s, if a black man was on trial there was a ample chance he would be convicted even if evidence proved he was innocent. Throughout history humans being prejudice and bias have affected the lives of thousands of people; some ending with favorable outcomes while others weren’t so fortunate. Within the book To Kill a Mockingbird the readers learn that prejudice and bias people outnumber the understanding and kind. One decision or in this case twelve decisions decide the fate for an unfortunate man. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee reveals that people often follow their biases and prejudices rather than the truth.

Although the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, took place in the 1930s, it ties closely into the Civil Rights Movement. This novel displayed the obvious superiority whites had over blacks. It took place during a time when colored people faced discrimination, prejudice, and racism. When the book was published in the 1960s, it made whites furious, resulting in a lot of controversy. Harper Lee had a goal when writing, she wanted to show the relation between actual events that happened during the civil rights and incorporate it into her own novel to show how cruel colored people were treated, specifically when whites accused blacks of doing sinful acts.

The Civil Rights movement played a very dominant role in African-Americans life in establishing equal rights for all Americans. Even though King Jr. protested in the peaceful manner, the racists burnt down many African-American churches to state their opinion on equal rights to them. But still after so many years, some African-Americans face some injustice and inequality today in their daily day to day life. He believed injustice can be made into justice by three ways, one is hopelessness, next is violence and the third one is non violence. He chose the third one and fought injustice and succeeded.

I Have A Dream For one hundred years, the negro community has lived under the repression of the majority of the white people. Negro rights had slowly become abolished and ignored for the benefit of the whites. But one brave African American decided to speak above it all, in one famous speech called “I have a dream”. Martin Luther King successfully uses figurative language because the complex metaphors serve to not only explain the injustices that negroes have gone through, but they touch on the white audiences patriotic tendencies from a nonviolent standpoint King’s use of elaborate extended metaphors is effective because it translates the many repeated complaints of black people who have been oppressed, for metaphors that express the same meanings in a fresh, profound way.

Racism has been a prominent dilemma from as far as the 18th century to today. We’ve made many improvements from the 1930s to today but we aren’t finished yet. By definition, racism is the prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. Racism and discrimination caused African Americans to be treated as inferiors and second class citizens. Throughout time, this led them to fear white people and what they could do to them.

Jackie has been an inspiration to all blacks around the world, for his determination even when times were tough, always standing up for his rights. As said in a past article, “Jackie had a huge part to play in how Americans thought about racial integration.” (Novak) He made Americans realize that African Americans could play with whites in the big leagues and be able to deal with the controversy that comes with it. Some may think otherwise, but Jackie Robinson is a role model for millions of people around the

“Yes officer, I actually DO know how fast I was going, And when you write the description of the violation, make sure you scrawl the acronym D.W.I.” It is a common belief that based upon the average African-American stereotype perceived, means everyone of that race must fit into that box of assumption. The box being the category I was placed under. Racial profiling is a controversial issue in today's society. The implicit bias as well as the explicit bias does not work in the favor of those who are a darker skin color typically.

The Appeal pressed the opponent movement in a more fundamental direction. In 1830, when the Appeal was put out, more than fifty Negro abolitionist groups already occurred across the country. And David Walker’s call for the instant elimination of slavery vibrated strongly with many Blacks. The David Walker’s Appeal also influenced the thinking of leading white opponents who formed

The people who lived during the Civil Rights Movement used both violent and non- violent protests , marches and speeches. No matter how anyone look at the past, it carved a better future for many African Americans.

Maybe his lawyer thought it would do more harm than good if he testified. Jay testified at court only to being rained upon shouting and questions from Adnan’s lawyer. About half of the people in the jury were black. Maybe from the perspective of the jury the black people saw the trial as a white girl shouting and overpowering Jay and thus having a bias towards Jay. I believe the trial was fair though.

During the Civil Rights Movement, many white-Americans found themselves falling back into the routine they had been taught from their ancestors. The white backlash during this time showed the African-American community they still had a long fight ahead of them. Dr. King knew during the Civil Rights Movement they were going to be faced with trials but did not realize the cost that came with chasing after his dream. Lives were lost, both white and black, and the white blacklash that was going to be confronting the African-Americans right in the face. The social justice of African-Americans being able to vote turned white Americans in the South into savage animals.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott started a revolution of changes in the way people think, act, and live in a society as a whole. In many opinions, the boycott became a resolution to some of the biggest worldly problems as Joseph Lowery stated, ‘I think the Montgomery Bus Boycott initiated an era of self-determination,” (Lowery). This concept was so eloquent that this victory inspired blacks to challenge other segregation issues to the Supreme Court, for the boycott had ended something horrible, and commenced something wonderful. The black community accomplished so much just by starting the act of standing up for what they knew was right and wrong. For in the inspiration and words of Martin Luther King Jr., “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice,” (King).

The Civil Rights movement was a very big part of the 1950s and 1960s, the civil rights movement was not taken very seriously and had a lot of controversy between different beliefs. The only way to explain the civil rights movement in more detail is to explain the different aspects that actually shaped the civil rights movement. In 1965 Martin Luther King's, SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) made Selma, Alabama the focus to register black voters in the capital. Selma was an organization to help black people gain equality and give them voting rights. This organization helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the south and the need for a voting rights.

Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement has changed society greatly in many ways all for the better and for equal human rights. The Civil Rights Movement has had such a big impact on America and what America is like today. For example, if the civil rights movement never happened we probably wouldn't have the integrated school systems like we have today. We would probably also still have segregated buildings, restaurants, water fountains, bathrooms, and busses.