no far back ago right?
2007-03-26 17:16:18 · 8 answers · asked by Gunter 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I think everyone here explained their answers very well. This is very insensitively written and hints racism.
2007-03-27 05:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by EveryDaysAMardiGras 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emancipation Proclamation banning slavery was in 1863, which freed slaves under Union jurisdiction. Slavery actually was abolished in 1865 at the end of the Civil War in the United States.
The Civil Rights movement took place during the 1950s and 1960s. Rev. Martin Luther King was assasinated in 1968, when the movement was taking a more violent turn, away from Dr. King's insistence on peaceful, non-resistant civil disobedience.
It is a rich history. I hope you read more about those years. A good source is the book and PBS series (on video) "Eyes on the Prize."
Some will say that African-Americans still do not have all their civil rights and freedoms in this country. Personally, I feel the struggle was greatly harmed by turning away from Dr. King's principles and focus on helping all the oppressed in the USA. Violence such as riots, etc, only slowed the process. What is not love is fear, and these tactics produced fear.
Just recently, the head of the NAACP resigned because the "old guard" in the Board refused to change the focus of the movement to include the poor and disenfranchised, no matter what race. (this was Dr. King's vision). News & history often blur, which is what makes history such a vital subject.
Read more about it, or get the video. It is fascinating.
2007-03-26 17:31:57 · answer #2 · answered by nanlwart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some would say that Civil Rights are a work in progress, but officially the Civil Rights act was signed in 1957 by Lyndon Johnson... As far as Slavery... Lincoln signed the Emancipation proclamation in 1863, but that only applied to slaves in the Confederate States, ( did not apply to boarder States that fought for the Union.) Slavery was primarily over by the summer of 1865, but was made official by the 13th Amendment in Dec of 1865...
2007-03-26 17:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by jonbjammin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slaves were freed almost 150 years ago, and blacks recieved most civil rights in the USA about 60 years ago.
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order in 1863 by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, which declared the freedom of all slaves in those areas of the rebellious Confederate States of America that had not already returned to Union control.
The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans and has been going from approximately 1896 to 1954.
Hannah - Read the whole quesiton. He didn't ask how long blacks were slaves. He asked how long since they were freed and recieved civil rights. Read before you jump on someone's back.
2007-03-26 17:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by Raising6Ducklings! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it was about 50 years ago when we really started to get our civil rights, or at least started to really be heard.
2007-03-26 17:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Pseudonym 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still think they only go half of the civil rights.
2007-03-26 17:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by JACOB S 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
whats your question? i see no point in this racist remark. 200 years is a long time. and i refuse to be held responsible for something that happened before my time.
i have a family member who has mental problems. the Dr said people who live in the past has mental problems. seek help.
2007-03-26 17:24:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well if you don't consider 200 years a long time, I don't know what is.
2007-03-26 17:18:56 · answer #8 · answered by cheeeeer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋