Greensboro, North Carolin Observation Report

Project Report: Oral History and the History of the Civil Rights Movement - Kim Lacy Rogers, The Journal of American History, Vol. 75, No. 2 (1988), pp. 567-576

The seemingly endless battle for civil rights was one fought long and hard and during the 20th century a time of fruition occurred that allowed for concrete and tangible progress though the efforts of many, including key black intellectual revolutionaries. The call to freedom, and the fight for civil liberties to be bestowed upon people of color, who for hundreds of years were perceived as subordinate was happening. Change was fought through self-determination, and a burgeoning of powerful ideologies that laid the foundation for movement to be made.

The book The March on Washington is very descriptive and insightful on the actions and events that had to take place, so that the date August 28, 1963 would be remembered forever. It depicts a picture of what ideas and hard work can do for a group of people that wanted something so bad. Many people just look at the outcome of the march on Washington but never really look behind the scenes to see what had to happen for this event to actually happen . This book depicts the struggles and issues African Americans had to face in the mid-1900s. The thesis is jobs, freedom, and the forgotten history of civil rights.

Segregation was still apart of US custom, black people were still denied seating with white guests at diners and public restaurants. Four students from Greensboro, North Carolina decided to have stay seated in their seats and in turn sparked a revolution of "sit-ins" all around the country. News spread of another bold defiance from white supremacy and support came running in, even support from white allies who decided no longer to be just witnesses to this oppression. A newer younger civil rights movement was birthed from these young men, but with this movement, there also came pressures against them from within the black community. From the black older cook who reprimanded the boys for seating, blaming their defiance for the employment troubles facing black workers, to the older black figures who opposed the students actions for sometimes altruistic, sometimes selfish reasons. These sit-ins exposed the savagery of white supremacy and did not impede the faith of these

The original sit-in in Greensboro had started a huge movement that spread around to many different cities and restaurants. The sit-in movement also changed how people went about protesting. People started to protest more peacefully because of the sit-in and realized they still got what they wanted without having to physically fight. This showed people that they could still “fight” without actually fighting for what they want. This was definitely a more efficient way of protesting than causing violence. By doing the sit-ins they still got what they wanted and were able to show people that they are not trying to fight they just want to be equal and be treated the same as the white

Could you ever possibly imagine a time where you couldn’t use the same bathroom as some of your classmates because the had a different skin color? This time in history was known as the Civil Rights Movement, a movement from 1954-1954, in which people fought against racism. Although the Civil Rights Movement mainly affected African Americans, but involved all of American society. Because most racism against ancient African Americans took place in southern United States, civil rights was extremely important to African Americans who lived in the south. Racism was so widely spread it even found its way into professional sports. “Many college student activists sacrificed or postponed their formal education”. (Youth Civil Rights Movement) Samuel Younge Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Ramsey Clark are famous civil rights activists because of their courage and bold actions during the Civil Rights Movement.

A walkout that changed African American students lives at Adkin High School happened in Kinston, North Carolina(NCPEDIA). Adkin High School was built in 1928 for African American kids that weren’t allowed to go to school because of segregation(NCPEDIA). Even though the high schoolers got to got to school did not mean that they had a healthy learning space. At local white high schools, students got brand new books but at Adkin High School the students got

A civil rights activist named Dick Gregory once said that," This is not a revolution of black against white; this is a revolution of right against wrong. And right has never lost." Black against white court cases of those days were the greatest influence on the civil rights movement. Cases like Dred Scott vs. Sanford, Shelley vs. Kraemer, and Brown vs. Board of Education all greatly affected the Civil Rights Movement and the world as we know it today.

Honestly speaking, Miseducation of the Negro and The Black Revolution on Campus have caused me to arouse feelings of appreciation and inspiration. They have enlightened me to the hardships African American students had to endure in order to obtain recognition as elite students capable of academic success and leadership. It also revealed the passionate efforts of persistent pleads and drastic rhetorics these students had to utilize in exchange for the inclusion of African American histories/studies in the academic curriculums. All of the sit ins, riot, and other tactics that these students used to obtain their desired changes in the education system have inspired me. It required strong levels of courage to propel these students to rebel against

Ain’t Scared of Your Jail Arrest, Imprisonment, and the Civil Rights Movement is a telling expose of the Civil Rights Movement and the trial and tribulations of such. The book touches on the Imprisonment of several individuals during the civil rights movement. She examines the time period when the Civil Rights Movement was at its height, the 1950 and 1960s. She covers several major markets that had an effect on the civil rights movement and where people were arrested the most at. She writes of jailing’s in Albany, Atlanta, and Birmingham where some of the most notorious jailing occurred. There is concentration on the black community in Montgomery, Alabama. This section of the text explores the way in which city officials made attempts to destroy

Campaigns such as the failure of peaceful protest in Albany, a heavily segregated city in the South, taught leaders of the movement such as Martin Luther King how to tackle future campaigns and what ideas should be implemented at Birmingham. Protests in Albany began in the early 1960s, when black students began voting registration drives, petitions and polls trying to bring about change regarding segregation. They called in Martin Luther King, who was regarded highly as a hero and a leader for the civil rights movement, to assist in encouraging and persuading people to become involved in the protesting. He led a march of 287 African-Americans through the town in an example of his famous peaceful protesting, and they were all arrested ‘peacefully’ too. Laurie Pritchett, the local head of law enforcement, treated the black prisoners from the protests in a kind and dignified way, and had the media report on how polite and peacefully he was treating the prisoners. This shut down any hope for change, as the dramatic and typically violent reaction Martin Luther King and protesters required and were expecting to make a difference simply did not come. The lack of change angered protestors, who said Martin was ‘taking over’ and ‘becoming too involved’ in what had initially been their campaign. This resulted in violence and anger from African-Americans, who had hoped this campaign would make a difference in Albany. Therefore, peaceful protest in Albany had failed, and this particular civil rights campaign could not succeed. The failure of the peaceful protesting in Albany was a direct short-term cause of the upcoming Birmingham Campaign, because it showed protesters how to execute other events, and taught them that they should target places they would receive a

The Civil Rights Movement has always glanced over in many history books. What many fail to see and grasp is that this historic moment had many different layers than what has been taught. The Civil Rights Movement has multiple perspectives than just that of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. There were underlying stories that have not been focused in the mainstream media such as the tremendous impact that black women had in the movement and the misinterpretation of self-defense as violent means to acquire change. Charles E. Cobb beautifully painted the picture of how self-defensive tactics kept many black civil rights activists and their families alive in That Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed. He also broke the notion that self-defense

Newspaper reporters and a TV videographer covered the second day of peaceful demonstrations and others in the community learned of the protests. On the third day, more than 60 people came to the Woolworth store. A statement issued by Woolworth national headquarters said the company would "abide by local custom" and maintain its segregated policy.[7]

There was an interactive exhibit where you could push certain buttons with labels on them and a video would talk about whichever topic you picked. During the tour I wasn’t able to read the letter that was written that started the boycott because it was dark and I was hoping they would have it displayed somewhere else and they did so I was pleased with that. I thought that the documents that were displayed were interesting. In the children’s wing I thought that the time machine was neat and the video that played was interesting. I felt like the displays were nice, I just wanted to see more.As I looked around the Museum I noticed that there were a lot of women who were involved in the movement and that made me feel good that women were not sitting around feeling like victims and letting the men handle everything. Seeing the strength and courage that these women had motivated me to push through these hard times and reach my

In this documentary about the Civil Rights Movement it shows actual footage of the struggles that African Americans went through to gain equal rights. In the documentary it shows various monumental moments throughout the movement, such as the sit ins that began in 1960, also the freedom rides that started in 1961, or the violence in both Birmingham and Selma. In all of these movements there are grave injustices with innocent people being attacked, beaten, and even killed.