Category: Civil Rights

According to Kevin Kruse, (www.forbes.com), a leader has nothing to do with seniority or ones position in the hierarchy of a company. It has nothing to do with titles. Just because someone has a lower title, does not mean they are anything lower than everyone else. Anyone can be a leader, whether they are a…

The price of progress is indeed high, but the price of holding back is much higher – James Meredith This is a quote that a man named James Meredith wrote in 1962 when the Supreme Court upheld his right to attend the University of Mississippi, which at the time was an all-white school. Meredith was…

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson had been interested in athletics ever since he was a little kid, his brother had inspired Jackie with his athletic achievements. When America entered World War Two, Jackie served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Although Jackie…

To achieve social change, non-violent direct action must be undertaken to establish creative tension, in which a community may be forced to help negotiate or confront the issue. Creative tension is always created by non-violent resistors such as Martin Luther King. It is also a norm that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor;…

The Civil Rights Movement started in the 1950s and took off in the 60s. Although events such as the Virginia High School Walkout where Barbara Johns demanded equal treatment as white students, the Brown v. Board of Education decision where the Supreme Court declared that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional, and the famous…

The great migration influenced the start of the civil rights movement because it started the move from southern plantations to northern urban areas. This migration led to urbanization and industrialization and led to African Americans pushing for civil rights. The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 started on December 1st when Rosa Parks refused to give…

In 1788 we had laws to stop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from feeling equal, now we have laws to make them feel equal but there is still a lot of racism and inequality. When the laws for equality werent put in place a big thing that happened was the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations…

Brenton Butler was just 15 years old when he was brought in for questioning for the murder of Mrs. Stevens. During Butlers 12-hour interrogation, he was subjected to emotional, psychological, and physical abuse. Butlers young age, lengthy interrogation, and the racial biases of his interrogators resulted in his false confession. This coerced confession resulted in…

The first thing that comes to mind when the word privileged is mentioned, you normally would think of an advantage that individuals have that others do not. An example of privileged is the money to afford an expensive education. In this case, education should not be considered a privilege nor should it be earned. Free…

The 28th President of the US Woodrow Wilson epitomizes the issues African Americans had to face in their pursuit of equal rights. The first southern president since the Civil War, he grew up in Georgia and this may be an explanation behind his ideology that led to his active efforts to institutionalize segregation. Wilson was…