Dbq Civil Rights Movement Essay

Before World War II, segregation was at its highest peak and African Americans were still treated unfairly because the word equality did not exist. However, after World War II grassroots activists fought for equality, freedom, fair employment, housing, equal opportunity, the right to vote, education, rights equal to whites, and many other things that had … Read more

The rights of Blacks

The most important person to have made a significant change in the rights of Blacks was Martin Luther King. He had great courage and passion to defeat segregation and racism that existed in the United States, and it was his influence to all the Blacks to defy white supremacy and his belief in nonviolence that … Read more

The 1960’s

Many social changes that were addressed in the 1960s are still the issues being confronted today. the ’60s was a decade of social and political upheaval. in spite of all the turmoil, there were some positive results: the civil rights revolution, john f. Kennedy’s bold vision of a new frontier, and the breathtaking advances in … Read more