american civil rights?

Question

american civil rights campaigns during the time of martin luther king
thanx so much for ur help

do u have any info about it

1950-1960 please thanx for ur answers

Answer 1

This is a huge topic. I suggest you use a search engine to read up on it.

Basically, prior to this movement, the USA lived in a segregated society similar to Apartheid until recently in South Africa, which still exists in many nations around the world, but the promise of the US Constitution "All men are created equal" etc, was quite different, so the movement, inspired by Ghandi's philosophy of non-violence to foment peaceful revolution, led to a series of large demonstrations to advertise the great disparity between America's sense of justice and fair play with what was actually happening in some parts of the USA.

Think Jena Six being the national norm. Think what happened in Katrina to be no big deal. People got lynched every day for no good reason, and was so commonplace that the news media could not be bothered to cover it.

If you wanted a job, you had to have the right color of skin, right religion, it made a difference what your parents did for a living. If you went to a public place like a shopping mall, restaurant, hotel, they had the right to refuse you service if they did not like your looks, or your skin color.

That was America before the civil rights movement.

During WW II, a scientist invented blood plasma, which saved the lives of countless GI's but then he was in a traffic accident, went to hospital, which refused to save him using his invention, just because they did not like the color of his skin. That was legal in America before the Civil Rights Movement.

Answer 2

The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1969)

http://www.uwm.edu/~jnelsen/ushist/contents.html

Voices for Freedom

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and 1970's has produced some the most passionate and moving speeches in American History. The list below will give you a good insight into how Activists got their messages out, and what they were fighting for.

http://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks/

http://www.albany.edu/dept/sisp/jjpowers/WebCollabS05/civilrights/products.html

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html

http://www.martinlutherking.org/

Answer 3

The march to Selma, Alabama is one. President Kennedy backed all the civil rights issues before he was assassinated. Encouraged Congress to pass several laws and such. There were sit-ins at lunch counters that had signs "for whites onlyl". Look it up to find more. It was in the 60's and 70's.

Answer 4

I completely agree with 'AI M'. This topic is far too massive to give it any justice on Answers.

Here is a link to some info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_rights_movement

Answer 5

That is a fantastic question. I think the answer is either:

Yes

or possibly

1/3

I am not sure....