Civil Rights

A detailed Summary of Civil Rights

In the early 1900's the living conditions under which many African Americans were living was very poor. There was racial segregation, the passing of Jim Crow laws, sharecropping, and lynching. Africans were treated unequal and were highly discriminated against. African children were least likely to attend school, get high or well paying jobs, and raise a family out of poverty. There were few activists in this time period for the treatment of Africans, but two young men stepped forward. Du Bois and Washington, both from different backgrounds but both out to help the African race. Du Bois was born into a free family and makes certain demands to improve the living for his race, while Washington was born into a slave family and seeks economic improvement.

Washington believed that African children should be educated. At the end of the Civil War the number of African children going to school tripled, and in 1905 the amount of children attending school sky-rocketed again. In 1920, 65% of white children were going to school, and 55% percent of African children attended school. Yet, $22 was spent on each white student and $3 was spent on each black student. Schooling for African children was hard, there were few schoolhouses and students

rights act of the decade. even though there was horrendous violence, rev. king announced that as a "matter of conscience and in an attempt to arouse the deepest concern of the nation," he was "compelled" to lead another march from selma to montgomery, alabama.

week's end, nearly 600 injured, 1700 arrested, and property damage well over $100 million.

In that time of sorrow and guilt when King was murdered, there was an opening for peace between the races that might otherwise never have presented itself. president johnson pleaded, "i ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has struck dr. King." he went on to say that to bring meaning to his death, we must be determined to strike

federalized alabama national guardsmen, and platoons of u.s. Marshals and FBI agents. When the marchers reached the capital of alabama, they were to have presented a petition to then governor george wallace protesting voting discrimination. however, when they arrived, the governor's aides came out and said, "the capital is closed today."

The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. carried over into the 1960s, but for most blacks, the tangible results were minimal. Only a minuscule percentage of black children actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "Jim Crow Law" practices barred blacks from jobs and public places. New groups and goals were formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality. As often as not, white resistance resulted in violence. This violence spilled across TV screens nationwide.

forcefully at the consciences of all americans in order to wrest from tragedy and trauma, the will to make a better society.

The four-day, 54-mile march started on the afternoon of sunday, march 21, 1965, with some 3500 marchers led by two nobel prizewinners, the rev. Martin luther king, jr. And ralph bunche, then u.n. Under secretary for special political affairs. in the march, whites, negroes, clergymen and beatniks, old and young, walked side by side. president johnson made sure they had plenty of protection this time with 1000 military police, 1900

Everyone agreed the march was a success and they wanted action now! Now remained a long way off. President John F. Kennedy was never able to mobilize

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