Summary: The Fight For Desegregation

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Fight for Desegregation

In the year 1863, African Americans, Asians and other races gained freedom after the 13th amendment was passed. Even though slavery was no more, the African Americans were still segregated. Whites had different schools, bathrooms, pools, bus stops, and even water fountains from the African American people. The African American People also had to sit at the back of the bus. Public places for the whites were much better than the places the African Americans got. “A rainbow color of people” (Yuri Kochiyama) protested and fought for desegregation. At the end laws made it so you cannot segregate people by their color, race, or gender. There were a lot of people in the civil rights movement, but some people were better known than the rest of the protesters. One of the most known Civil rights activists is named Martin Luther King Jr. or MLK Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and is known for his “I have a dream” speech. He was assassinated on April …show more content…

The civil rights act desegregated all public places like pools, restaurants, and other segregated places. The civil rights act was signed by President Lyndon B Johnson. Bull Conner might have helped with the civil rights act. Bull Connor was an American politician who served as a Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama during the American Civil Rights Movement. Bull Conner used dogs and fire hoses on protesters. His plan to drive them back backfired on him and it made the country realize how brutal the situation was. I think that the civil rights act was the most important of the laws because it desegregated all public places except for schools. There was a great amount of segregation before the Civil rights act of 1964 was signed. Most of the segregation is just because of how we look. “How come, if were so different, we both react the same?” (Sara

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