Civil Rights Movement

Non-violent protest led to very rapid change in the USA including voting, educational, economic and social rights for blacks. The main reason for the success was the principal of non-violence. Because of non-violent protest, whites who benefited from Segregation but who were not overt racists saw the truth that their non-action was wrong. Here are excerpts from MLK's sermon, Love thy Nieghbor: Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. That's why Jesus says, "Love your enemies." Because if you hate your enemies, you have no way to redeem and to transform your enemies. But if you love your enemies, you will discover that at the very root of love is the power of redemption. You just keep loving people and keep loving them, even though they're mistreating you. Here's the person who is a neighbor, and this person is doing something wrong to you and all of that. Just keep being friendly to that person. Keep loving them. Don't do anything to embarrass them. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with bitterness because they're mad because you love them like that. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. So this morning, as I look into your eyes, and into the eyes of all of my brothers in Alabama and all over America and over the world, I say to you, "I love you. I would rather die than hate you." And I'm foolish enough to believe that through the power of this love somewhere, men of the most recalcitrant bent will be transformed. Love Your Enemies, Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 November 1957. Martin Luther King, Jr. Estate Collection (in private hands)

If the actual question is "how" - then I would look at the foundations of these systems, comparing the creation of the Apartheid state in South Africa and the events and ideologies that fostered the creation of Jim Crow in the United States. Then I would compare the actual implementation of these practices... how Apartheid was enforced in South Africa and how Jim Crow was enforced in the south. Then I would look at how these systems were accepted by the populations and what led to their respective downfails/failures...

I think you mean when was the first civil rights act enacted. Answer: April 9 1866.

His influence was to make everyone equal, regardless of race, ethnic group, religion, etc.

Martin Luther King Jr is responsible for the rights we have to day, and without him ever living, we would be in a segregated, low tech, country fighting civil war after civil war, blacks against whites.

Martin Luther King Jr's partner, Rosa Parks, helped Martin progress through his career about 20%.

None, except in Sparta. Their place was in the home, bearing and raising children, housekeeping, cooking and working the vegetable garden.

there were 9 boys. they kept getting tried and put on death row. But none of the kids ever died by execution

she said 'no'.

She helped freed them, she gave them another chance to have a future then to die as a slave.

what sacrifices did martin luther king jr make?

On the 4th April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr had an appointment to go the vet, he arrived their carrying a 40 pound minature pony by his side. The Vetenarian was instructed to not only dye all of the ponies hair pink, but also to sergically implant a horn into the bridge of the pony face. It was on this day that martin luther king created the unicorn. It was a dream achieved that he had been wanting to do throughout entire life. It was even mentioned in his famous speach, "i have a dream". It was in this day that he felt his vocation was completely forfilled.

However, only 6 months after the opperations success, the miniture pony began to deterriorate, suffering multiple skull fractures where the horn has supposibly been pushed back into the ponys head. It was martins accusation that this was the results of his sister using the unicorn to satisfy her sexual needs. Martin took the pony to the vet where martin was advised that the pony would have to be put down via leathal injection. This was the ultimate sacrafice that was made by Martin Luther King Jr.

"R.I.P unicorn flerpy"

may he rest in piece

Garvey wanted African Americans to return to Africa, while the NAACP wanted African Americans to have civil rights at home.

Garvey felt that equality was impossible in the United States, while the NAACP fought for equality.

Garvey was opposed to integration, while the NAACP fought for integration.

By no means, in fact, those associated with Black Power disdained Thurgood Marshall. Black Panther Party member H. Rap Brown referred to Thurgood Marshall as an "Uncle Tom" of the highest order for sitting down before a "H***y" like Senator James O. Eastland. Fellow Black Panther member Bobby Seale also referred to Thurgood Marshall as a "boot licking N****r Pig". As those clearly associated with Black Power at the time considered Thurgood Marshall a race traitor, it is fair to say he was by no means associated with Black Power.

to encourage union soldiers to continue fighting for freedom.(apex)

He helped end the war, or at least made the Declaration of Independence telling Britain that the colonists wanted to be free of British rule.

The Declaration of Independence didn't END the Revolutionary War. It STARTED it.

after reconstruction, the african americans rights that they gained after the civil war were taken away. black codes, by the southerners, were laws that tried to take away the african american's rights as much as possible. the kkk was a group that terrorized some poor white males and african american families. they killed and tortured the families.

He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

progress, but also ghetto riots and a "white backlash."

In 1957, Thurmond tried to derail the civil rights bill by conducting the longest filibuster ever made by a single senator. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. In the end, the bill still passed the House and the Senate. President Eisenhower signed it into law on September 9, 1957.

Mahatma Gandhi was the Indian leader who influenced Martin Luther King. Mr. King used Gandhi's ideas on civil disobedience in his own civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. During these time periods, Mr. King fought for the rights of African Americans in the United States.

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.

The enclosure movement had diverse effects on farmers. The rural proletarians were kicked out the rural lands which resulted to few farmers owning large lands and this result to poverty and homelessness.

They were currently using a confederacy, a government that gives all power to the states and is only very loosely united by the federal government, to run the country. It was not working very well because the taxes and economies were all off balance in the states and workers were rioting. On top of that, we were afraid that if we were going to be attacked by the British again, our divided nation would lose very quickly.

It was approximately 1960.

Lyndon Johnson pushed the civil rights act through as a sign of repect for the dead john f. Kennedy, also, after rioting and movements from king for example, he also passed the voting rights act of 1068 after alot of pressure from groups like core and the naacp

the bpp fought for their freedom as well. Instead of being civil the used violence.

Now a days, it is the movement for homosexuals to have the same rights that heterosexuals have, like marriage and child care laws.