Civil Rights Movement

Both of these US presidents were in favor of legislation that would enhance the nation's laws regarding civil rights. Both men believed that legislation should be passed to help end discrimination against Afro Americans. Kennedy was killed before he was able to enact a campaign in Congress to further this goal. On the other hand, President Johnson was elected after serving out the term of President Kennedy. He won the 1964 presidential election and in 1964 he signed into law the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

One example of restatement is the use of the words "I have a dream."

Another is the use of the words "Let freedom ring."

They saw that they both were disenfranchised at that time in history. The desire to be heard and heeded and treated equally was something they shared, and you know what they say about strength in numbers.

Interestingly, later (and by later I mean early 1900s, not today) women's rights advocates also shared a lot of members in common with prohibition, but that's another story.

It was passed by LBJ in 1964, and it helped stop the descrimination towards african americans and other minorities. this is a huge step for the african americans because they now have a little bit more rights/equality, but thats not what the public wanted. people did not want to be equal with a black man at the time. even though tooday there are still people like that, it is very unlikely for them to do anything about it. Hope this helped :)

equality

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the MIA's case for

desegregation. The boycott ended on 20 December 1956, when the bus companies agreed to allow all bus travellers the same rights to any vacant seats.

Jesse Jackson was born October 8, 1941. He was born around 9:00 A.M. and he weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces. Jesse's mother, Helen Burns had Jesse while she was in high school at the age of 16. It was a very hard time for her. Many people turned on her because she was pregnant at such a young age and had a baby with out being married. Helen was known to be one of the prettiest girls in Greenville, South Carolin and to have the best voice at Sterling High School. Five singing colleges were offering Helen a place at their colleges while she was still only in high school. Helen's mother, Matilda, had gone through the same thing and was not very willing to help out Helen. She was very angry and told her, "It's your own responsibility." Helen also lost a lot of respect from other family members, her classmates townspeople and her church. She was expelled from the congregation by worshippers at the Springfield Baptist Church. After she said that she sinned against her church they let her back in. With all this pressure and feeling like everyone was against her, Helen ran away with Jesse's dad to Chicago. When she got there, things were not too good, so she returned home to Greenville. Jesse Jackson was born October 8, 1941. He was born around 9:00 A.M. and he weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces. Jesse's mother, Helen Burns had Jesse while she was in high school at the age of 16. It was a very hard time for her. Many people turned on her because she was pregnant at such a young age and had a baby with out being married. Helen was known to be one of the prettiest girls in Greenville, South Carolin and to have the best voice at Sterling High School. Five singing colleges were offering Helen a place at their colleges while she was still only in high school. Helen's mother, Matilda, had gone through the same thing and was not very willing to help out Helen. She was very angry and told her, "It's your own responsibility." Helen also lost a lot of respect from other family members, her classmates townspeople and her church. She was expelled from the congregation by worshippers at the Springfield Baptist Church. After she said that she sinned against her church they let her back in. With all this pressure and feeling like everyone was against her, Helen ran away with Jesse's dad to Chicago. When she got there, things were not too good, so she returned home to Greenville.

The Montgomery bus boycott lasted 384 days. It began on December 1, 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white person. It lasted until December 20, 1956 when the Supreme Court declared segregating busses to be unconstitutional.

Rights for the elderly, rights for americans with disabilites, rights for Gay americans

Back then, people with different color could not attend the same school. they either had to go to a school that is only their color or not go to school at al.

He was born March 9,1768 in Clark County, Ohio

What happened was that the African Americans wanted their freedom and wanted to stop segregation, and got amendments to state it, but the white people still didn't listen, so they decided to stand up for themselves and boycott buses, do sit-ins at stores and so on.

Blacks acquired different freedoms throughout time. They did not acquire them all at once. The battle against racism and segregation was fought for many years and eventually was won. Although to say racism is totally gone would be incorrect because people are still entitled to their opinions.

More clearly stated, the emancipation proclamation that freed many blacks was in 1865. Though initially not all were free, by December 6, 1865 it was the 13th amendment that finalized it all from a documentational standpoint. That made it it illegal to have slaves or involuntary slavery (with the exclusion of being punished for a crime).

Keep in mind though, immediately after all slaves were freed by this action black men were given the right to vote. Those in the south were tricked into not believing it. It was not until August 26, 1920 that women (both white and black) were granted the right to vote.

April 4 1958

he was at a meeting and he went outside for some fresh air and a man of such shot him in the back and ran off as nothing happened

if i was the man i would'NT of killed the man because he let freedom come to everyone and everting

hanging

The Greenboro Sit-Ins of 1960 provoked all manner of emotions when they occurred and they remain an important part of civil rights history. Accepting and taking to the limit Martin Luther King's idea of non-violence and peaceful protests, the sit-ins provoked the type of reaction the Civil Rights movement wanted - public condemnation of the treatment of those involved but also continuing to highlight the issue of desegregation in the South. The sit-ins started in 1960 at Greensboro, North Carolina.

In this city, on February 1st, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina A+T College (an all-black college) went to get served in an all-white restaurant at Woolworth's. The shop was open to all customers regardless of colour, but the restaurant was for whites only. They asked for food, were refused service and asked to leave. The students had done research on what they were doing and had read a handout on tactics of resistance by CORE. This direct action by Ezell Blair Jnr, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil sparked off the so-called sit-ins. However, they were not heroes to all African American people. One Black lady, a dishwasher, behind the counter was heard to shout at them that they were "stupid, ignorant…….rabble-rousers, troublemakers." The food counter did not serve them but the café shut 30 minutes early. When the four students returned to their campus, they were greeted as heroes by fellow students.

Other students followed their example over the following days in February. On February 2nd, 24 students took part in a sit-in at Woolworth's food counter.

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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/greensboro_1960.htm

There was no effect because the south only fought on their land. The total war ( all-out war that effected the civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat) destroyed the South population.

Nor did it help

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They decided to do this because Jo Ann Robinson was an African American. African Americans were not allowed to sit anywhere they wanted on the bus. When the bus was full and a white person got on they would make a black person get up and stand up for the ride or get off if it was too crowded. There was a sign on the bus that said colored people and it was placed in the back of the bus. All the seats behind that sign was for black people and there werent many. Everytime a white family got on the bus and there was no more seats the sign would move back until there was no more seats for the black people.All the black people were standing or there was no black people on the bus at all. Until the Rosa Parks came.

African-Americans originally came to the US as slaves, but slavery was abolished around the end of the American Civil war. (Slavery officially ended on December 6th, 1865)

However, most of the Southern White population did not like this change, so they used racist laws (such as the Jim Crow Laws) to "keep the blacks in their place". The white population believed they were superior to the black population, so they enforced racist laws and restricted their rights.

men and woman can vote at the age of 18

the parents couldn't protest because they were afraid of going to jail and they could lose their jobs. Also hurt their family.

enlightenment thinkers

As an American citizen, as long as you have a valid passport and are not wanted by any law enforcment agency you are free to go!

it violated the fourteenth amendment that granted full citizenship to all white and black men