Black Freedom Movement
During the 1950’s and 1960’s Black People didn’t have the freedom that they should have had. During this time Black people had to deal with segregation, Legal discrimination, Inequality,and etc. During the 1950’s people were already familiar with protesting, but the Black freedom movement brought non-violent protesting to the table. In order to make people more aware of the movement TV broadcasting played a big part. Bus Boycotts became very popular during this time. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader in the movement. Martin Luther King jr. changed the history of black people. Martin Luther King Jr. Was a big part of the civil rights act(1964) and Voting rights act(1965). A lot of people followed MLK jr. movements and his way of thinking. The three organizations that made a great impact during this time were Congress on Racial equality, Student nonviolent coordinating Committee, and Southern Christian leadership conference. “Black Power” was very popular during this time. Black people just wanted the same rights and respect as everyone else. Birmingham Children’s Campaign was non-violent protest/demonstrations. They were trying to desegregate Birmingham. When the campaign started a lot of kids and people were arrested. The movement leaders trained the kids in non-violent tactics, but those tactics didn’t work. Police beat the kids and sprayed them with water hoses. Birmingham city leaders agreed to desegregate the businesses after all those kids were harmed. Birmingham board of education tried to expelled the in kid involved in the campaign, but it didn’t last. The march on Washington was one of the biggest event in the black freedom movement. Over 200,000 people marched that day. Everyone marched in front of the Lincoln Memorial as Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most memorable speech.
Pic- https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-era.html
Hey Kaitlyn, you did a good job going to into depth about the civil rights movement. Telling us what black people had to go through to have their voting rights. They came together and all wanted one thing which was a change.They just wanted the respect and the same rights everyone else had. You chose a nice picture as well.
ReplyDeleteHey Kaitlyn, I like that you chose to use Dr. King as a leading example of the freedom movement in the 1950s. During this time African Americans were leaning towards peaceful protests and Dr. King was one of many faces that represented and stood for peaceful protests.
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