roots and history of the Civil Rights movement  

roots and history of the Civil Rights movement. By Roger Chappell, And Alex Moore.

The Civil Rights movement traces its roots back to a long history of racial unfairness, discrimination, and various levels of inequality throughout history..

One major event that motivated the civil rights movement was the supreme court case of Plessy V. Ferguson, which will be mentioned later.

Major historical figures that influenced the civil rights movement.

W.e.b du bois. Born in 1868, Du Bois was a scholar of the Atlanta University and Harvard university .and a founding member of the NAACP. Du Bois founded and was also an editor on the Organizations newspaper “The Crisis” and the NAACPs monthly journal Du Bois and his ideologies at the time opposed Booker. T Washington, because unlike Washington Du Bois felt that social change couldn’t be achieved without agitation and protest.

NAACp’s newspaper “the crisis”. Newspaper founded and edited by W.E.B Du Bois Du Bois’s quote on the newspaper "set forth those facts and arguments which show the danger of race prejudice, particularly as manifested today toward colored people.“ and he also Referred to it as “ a record of the darker races”. This newspaper was widely known for telling the facts and exposing cruel and unfit areas of the system and bringing them to the public.

Booker.t Washington. In 1856 Booker. T Washington was born into slavery and he spent the first nine years of his life that way, until his mother took her children to Malden, WV to join her husband where he was working in a salt mine. In the salt mine Washington got a job packing salt he attended school while working in the mines.

Malcolm X was born in 1925, as he aged he became one of the most influential civil rights activist and he was known for his advocacy of black empowerment. He initially aligned himself with the Nation of Islam but later realized he likes racial unity and nonviolence..

Thurgood marshall. Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2'nd 1908 In Baltimore Maryland. He wanted to be involved in civil rights from a young age because he grew up in a very racist area He attended Lincoln University. He than would go on to Law school and Graduate in 1933. He started volunteering with the NAACP and would later become one of their lawyers. He would soon then be promoted in 1938 to the position of special councilor. In 1952 argued Brown vs the Board of Education this case led the supreme court to invalidate Separate but equal doctrine. In 1961 President Kennedy appointed Marshall as a federal judge. He spent 4 years being a judge there and non of his judgments were called into the supreme court after this He was put into office of Solicitor General in 1965. He had only spent 2 years in that position before he had become the first African American to be an associate justice​..

Major events that influenced the civil rights movement.

Plessy V. Fergison. Plessy V. Fergison was a supreme court decision that created the system of separate but equal In theory at the time this was an acceptable and well planned out system, but what happened instead was that it was never equal but made to barely seem that way, African Americans side of this never got as much funding and was usually the bare minimum Some examples of this segregated society were schools, buses, water fountains, restaurants, and most public areas or services. This unfair segregation was an extremely controversial event.

The Scottsboro trial. This case began on March,25,1931 The Scottsboro trial began aboard a southern railroad train when nine African American teens were accused of sexually assaulting two white women, which framed them because the women were facing charges of illegal sexual activity at the time and were trying to get out of their charges. One other thing that started this case was a fight that broke out because a young white man stepped on the hand of one of the Scottsboro boys also contributed to this because when the white men were forced to exit the train, they blamed the incident on the Scottsboro boys One major thing about this trail that made it famous is that the boys faced extremely unfair treatment in the legal because of their race and because of this they cumulatively spent 130 years in prison.

Dr. kings “I have a dream” speech. This speech by Dr. king took place on August 28th 1963 during the march on Washington This famous speech was spoken and made by Martin Luther King jr, in this speech he outlines how he and his people have been discriminated against even though they were said to be equal on paper. He made speeches and presented this speech during the march on Washington for jobs and freedom on Aug 28th, 1963. During this speech, he called for the government to uphold their promises that were our basic human rights in the USA. This was one of many speeches and peaceful protests Mr.King spoke at and attended but I Have a Dream was one of the most influential speeches. This famous speech was spoken and made by Martin Luther King jr, in this speech he outlines how he and his people have been discriminated against even though they were said to be equal on paper. He made speeches and presented this speech during the march on Washington for jobs and freedom on Aug 28th, 1963. During this speech, he called for the government to uphold their promises that were our basic human rights in the USA. This was one of many speeches and peaceful protests Mr.King spoke at and attended but I Have a Dream was one of the most influential speeches..

How these events affected the civil rights movement.

Different ideologies and approaches represented in the movement.

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