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The Civil Rights Movement: People And Events 1950s-1960s

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Juan Jimenez The Civil Right Movement: People and Events 1950s-1960s The Civil Rights movement is a historical era, when African Americans and many other groups took actions and fought to receive equal rights, it started in the late nineteenth century, but really took its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Many great leaders and advocates came from this movement such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and many more. The movement had an important impact on the United States because African Americans and minorities in general would no longer be treated like second class citizens. Many trails and tribulations had to be made in order to achieve the equal opportunity everybody receives today, these are some of the events and people that made an impact in the 1950s and 1960s. Years of the after African Americans were freed from slavery in the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks still faced many struggles and had to overcome many obstacles to receive expectance in …show more content…

This would lead to an arrest for Rosa Parks for violating segregation laws, but it will also start a 381 days boycott on city buses in Alabama by African Americans. The boycott was led by Martin Luther King, Jr., who was a great ambassador of the Civil Rights movement who believed in peaceful and non-violent protest, this will also lead to the formation Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Supreme Court would finally come to a decision after the boycott, they agreed it was unconstitutional for buses to be segregated, giving a first sign of victory for the civil rights

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