When was the civil right movement the most active?

Answer 1

The Civil Rights Movement began early in the twentieth century, when black Americans formally began organizing. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed with the goal "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination"; in 1935, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded; and a number of other local and national groups intent of improving civil rights were organized over this period.

The first notable instance is considered 'Brown v. The Board of Education'. In 1951, the NAACP, on behalf of Mr. Oliver Brown of Topeka KS, whose third grade daughter Linda had been refused admission to the elementary school nearest his home, requested an injunction that would forbid the segregation of Topeka's public schools. This case was not successful and was appealed a number of times, until May 17, 1954 when the US Supreme Court ruled in their favor and struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine, ordering the desegregation of schools across America. This was the beginning of national attention and national participation in the civil rights movement. This decision did not abolish segregation in other public areas, such as restaurants and restrooms; and the road to desegregating the schools did not occur immediately.

The next notable action began on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to cooperate with a segregation law. As she boarded a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she took a seat in the designated "black" rows in the back. When the bus filled up she was asked to move so that a white man could have her spot. She refused to give the man her seat and was then arrested. This event sparked what would become a national movement of resistance to racial segregation and discrimination. Local black leaders of the NAACP organized around Parks, who had been a member of the organization since 1943 and secretary for the local chapter. They decided to start a citywide boycott of the Montgomery bus system on December 5, 1955. The boycott lasted 382 days and was extremely effective as black citizens constituted about 75% of Montgomery's bus riders. But it wasn't until December 17, 1956 that the US District Court ruled on the case, Browder v. Gayle, which had challenged the Alabama state statutes and Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinances requiring segregation on Montgomery buses, and three days later the order for integrated buses arrived in Montgomery.

Answer 2

1955 and 1956 were a time when the right movement was as its peak. The bus boycott made the movement a great one. Claudette Colvin was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, preceding the more publicized Rosa Parks and she was among the five women originally included in the federal court case, filed on February 1, 1956 as Browder v. Gayle, and testified before the three-judge panel that heard the case in the United States District Court. She was only 15 years old were Rosa was 42 at the time of her case. The other women were, Aurelia Browder, Mary Louise Smith and Susie McDonald. At the time of the occurrences on the buses, the leader of the movement didn't know that some women were being breaking the segregation laws to make their cases heard. In about 9 months later Martin Luther king jump out in the next case which was the Rosa Park's case.

Answer 3

The era of "civil rights" and when it began depends on peoples opinions and how far the two words relate to the history of the world. Even taking the US, as a small portion of the entire world and all periods of time, there are disputes. One might say that in the US, "civil rights" became an issue brought about by slavery. In this case, the abolitionists of the 1830's can said to be the birth of US civil rights movements. Others, and only considering the US may site events in the 1960's. In another fashion of thinking, part of the American Revolution was based on the denial of civil rights to people in the 13 American colonies.

Answer 4

The Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights ended three weeks--and three events--that represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement.

Answer 5

The most inensive period of civil rights activities occurred in the 1950s and 1960s.

Answer 6

The Civil Rights Movement was a struggle that African Americans faced from the 1950s to 1960s. They fought to have the same rights as white people.

Answer 7

Approximately between 1950 to 1980.