When we think of those who have played key roles in the Civil Rights movement, we quite often think of Rosa Parks, or the Martin Luther King. But we seem to forget who else had a huge role in the determining what was going to happen to our countries African-American population. And who is the forgotten soul? Why the media of course. Reporters and Newscasters played an enormous role during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. They helped to depict the atrocities that were occurring in race relations. They helped prove to those who had never witnessed the injustices personally that what was occurring in our country was so overwhelmingly immoral and that something had to be done. The inequalities and mistreatments that were transpiring were brought to the entire nation's attention. Raw film footage of police brutality and other shocking news was played out in the living rooms and coffee tables of millions America's families. Americans young and old were forced to view images of police dogs attacking black protesters and police officers spraying protesters with firehouses that were powerful enough to tear the clothes of the people's backs. With our country's domestic problem

The black people tried to fight discrimination agaisnt them whenever possible. The most signifact one during the early 50's was the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama led by Martin Luther King. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was told to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. When she refuses, she was arrested which caused protest by the black community. Martin Luther King at that time was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association which organized the protest. These activities included marches, demonstrations, and boycotts. The violent white response to black direct action eventually forced the federal government to confront the issues of injustice and racism in the South. It made him a national figure for fighting the rights of the Black Americans.

The civil rights movement ended in 1968 with the death of Martin Luther King ,Jr to some activists Others have said it was over after the Selma march, because after Selma the movement ceased to achieve significant change. Some blacks, argue that the movement is not over yet because the goal of full equality has not been achieved. Racial problems clearly still existed in the United States after King's assassination in 1968. Urban poverty represented a continuing and worsening problem and remained disproportionately high among blacks. Another issue was whether equal opportunity for blacks is possible, an issue which affirmative-action programs attempted to address.

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