The document summarizes the history of the African American civil rights movement in the United States. It discusses the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation afterwards, and some key figures in the 19th century civil rights movement like Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. It also highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership of the 20th century movement through peaceful protest and notes that while racial injustice still exists today, the situation has improved due to civil rights efforts.
The document summarizes the history of the African American civil rights movement in the United States. It discusses the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation afterwards, and some key figures in the 19th century civil rights movement like Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. It also highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership of the 20th century movement through peaceful protest and notes that while racial injustice still exists today, the situation has improved due to civil rights efforts.
The document summarizes the history of the African American civil rights movement in the United States. It discusses the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation afterwards, and some key figures in the 19th century civil rights movement like Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. It also highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership of the 20th century movement through peaceful protest and notes that while racial injustice still exists today, the situation has improved due to civil rights efforts.
The document summarizes the history of the African American civil rights movement in the United States. It discusses the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation afterwards, and some key figures in the 19th century civil rights movement like Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. It also highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership of the 20th century movement through peaceful protest and notes that while racial injustice still exists today, the situation has improved due to civil rights efforts.
The Emancipation During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared the Proclamation “Emancipation Proclamation” freeing all slaves. This began the Civil Rights movement to give African Americans all the rights a white American has. Jim Crow Laws Following the Civil War, , many states were still not ready to accept African Americans as free men. They established Jim Crow Laws, laws established by state and local laws that enforced racial segregation. One such law was that some places were only accessible to “whites” and other places were open to “colored”. Key figures in the 1. Rosa Parks was one of the first civil rights protester, called "the mother of 19th century Civil the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks started the struggle for racial equality Rights movement when she refused to give her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. 2. Booker T. Washington was seen as the dominant leader of the African American community, he was an educated man and strived to provide education to his community. 3. Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist, who escaped from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. 20th century Civil One of the dominant leaders in the Civil Rights movement in the 20th century was Rights movement Martin Luther King Jr., who led the movement to end segregation and counter prejudice in the United States through the means of peaceful protest.
● His speeches are some of the most
iconic in the 20th century. Civil Rights Modern day racial injustice unfortunately still occurs, racial Movement in bias will always exist. But it is Modern Day much better than the before, and it's getting better with the efforts of civil rights protesters.
