Civil Rights Movement
By Josiah Njoroge
Did you know Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part in the Civil Rights Movement? He lead the march on Washington and the I have a dream speech. That gained a lot of progress towards coloreds getting more rights and respect. Read more to learn other interesting facts about the Civil Rights Movement.
The white people were treated better than other races. So the coloreds were trying to get rights and be equal. So the different races wanted equal rights. The main people in the Civil Rights movement are the African Americans. Some great African Americans are Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and a lot of others. There are also some great events that happened during the Civil Right s like these three.
On May 17, 1948 The Supreme court said on the landmark case Brown vs. the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas that segregation in public schools doesn’t follow the rules of the Constitution.
On December 1, 1955 NAACD member Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white man at the front of the bus. So she got arrested. That also started the bus boycott.
The last event was on August 28, 1965 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I have a dream speech to a large crowd in Washington D.C. He talked about colored races wanting peace, freedom, and happiness. On the same day he led a march called the march on Washington. Soon after he got shot standing on the porch of his apartment at night.
All colored people earned many rights. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed that year, and made a huge difference in just 1 year. By 1966 60% of African American were registered to vote and also were starting to be elected to offices and positions within the government.
Our President Barrack Obama is the 1st black President of the U.S.A. Now people are treated equally no matter the color.