Who created the civil rights movements?

Answer 1

The Civil Rights Movement began in the mid 1950s with the court case Brown vs. Topeka board of Education. This was in 1954 and the NAACP mainly did the work in this case and also in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Overall The NAACP started the movement.

Answer 2

To consider the 'Civil Rights Movement' as something which was created by a particular person is wrong. It is more so the case that a group of people (African Americans) felt the need to collectively stand up for their rights and it was certain people (Martin Luther King Jr.and Rosa Parks for example) who took on the role to be the 'voice of the people,' so to speak.

Martin Luther King Jr. took on a major role in the 'Civil Rights Movement'. He encouraged non-violent protesting and convinced the people to push for equal rights peacefully instead of rioting and acting violently. It was based on the idea that violence would only bring the people down to the level of the people whom oppressed them.

Answer 3

The spark that started the modern Civil Rights movement occurred in December of 1955. Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, as Montgomery, Alabama law required. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. became the spokesman for the protest that developed and led the Black boycott of the Montgomery Bus system. The result was felt nation wide. Sit ins at all White lunch counters, marches, and demonstrations forced the government to act. In 1957, the first Blacks tried to enroll in Central High School, in Little Rock. Whites and the governor blocked their way. President Eisenhower had to use troops to protect the Black students and allow them entrance to the High School. The most comprehensive civil rights legislation was passed by Congress and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination for reason of color, race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation, and anything covered by interstate commerce. That included restaurants, hotels, motels, and theaters. The act also forbad discrimination in employment and discrimination on the bases of sex.

Answer 4

Although many people believe that it was Martin Luther King it was actually more Rosa Parks who started it and King joined in.