Saturday, April 16, 2011

African Americans fight back!

      African Americans have always been strong and determined. They have faced alot of discrimination over the years and have worked hard to over come it. The African Americans have formed groups like the NAACP, CORE, and Freedom Riders to help fight back. They have also had peaceful protest that have changed both society and the economy.

      The African American group have always strived for rights and equality. Groups like the NAACP and CORE rose to fight for the African American rights. CORE, Congress Of Racial Equaliy founded in 1942, used the sit-in method as a way of peaceful protest. Sit-ins was used alot for the desegregation of public facilities like resturants. The members of CORE would sit on the floor if they were denied sevice. This way the owner resturant would be forced to intergrate because of shame. This method helped with the desegregation of many public facilities. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founded in 1909, has helped legally with court case like the Brown v Board of Education case. The Brown v Board of Education case was about a black girl being denied entrance to a local school. With the help of the NAACP the Supreme Court ruled the segregation of schools unconsitutional.




      Many people have made history because of their hard work and dedication to the civil rights movement. People like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are just two of many who have contributed to the civil rigths movement. Rosa Parks is highly recoginzed for siting in front of a segregated bus. When asked to move she refused and was later arrested. What many people believe is that she was too tired to move but in reality she was part of the NAACP and was planning that incident. The day of Rosa Park's cout case the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. African Americans stopped using the bus and instead would walk or carpool to work. The boycott went on for about a year. The bus company lost alot of money because the African Americans were the ones who rode the bus the most. Finally in 1956 the Supreme Court found the segregation of buses unconstitutional. Martin Luther King Jr. is also highly recoginzed for his persuasive voice and speeches. He was elected to be the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. He stuided people like Gandhi for peaceful protest. Dr.King is highly known for his "I have a Dream" speech which spoke of racial equality and an end to discrimination.

     African Amercian did not let the mistreatment of others keep them from moving forward. They have overcome many opstucles and have successded many goals. Today the African American have alot of pride and contuinue to fight for whats right.




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