CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT

The Modern Civil Right Movement in the US (1950s-1960s)

[Institution Name]The Modern Civil Right Movement in the US (1950s-1960s)

Introduction

The equal opportunity to enjoy the same rights granted to other people does not always imply the statement is not to a discriminatory practice. In short, it is possible to discriminate against a person while he recognizes the enjoyment of a right equal to that of other similar "different". In this sense the obligation of equal treatment before the law, or is not sufficient to prevent all forms of discrimination, or should be construed as including an additional element of equality in the exercise of rights to be effective in preventing all forms of discrimination.

That additional element that I try to enter into the discussion about how to understand the obligation not to discriminate is the inclusion of minority groups in public discourse, so that the differences are not due to segregation (forced or voluntary) but the resulting discriminatory practices related to equal enjoyment of rights in a context of integration in areas where possible.

Discussion

The Civil Rights movement, the struggle for the universal application of legal and social rights in the United States, was a milestone in American religious, social, and political history. The term has two meanings, one narrow and one wide. The narrow meaning—which many intend when they refer to "the Movement"—defines the struggle for black political equality that leapt into public view in the 1950s and continued through the late 1960s.

The wider meaning includes all the struggles and attempts to ensure that political rights are applied equally to all Americans regardless of religion, background, color, sex, heritage, and other extraneous factors. In this sense, the Civil Rights movement never ended. Its roots permeate human history in all the places where individuals suggested that equality before the law was a natural right (Paris, 1985).

The roots of the movement for black civil rights are long and deep. It is not unreasonable to suggest that the roots began when the first African resisted the process of enslavement by revolting, running away, or committing suicide rather than submitting to captivity. Similar forms of resistance marked the entire slave period. From work slowdowns to poisonings, from feigning illness to staging rebellions, slaves resisted enslavement and worked to affirm their human dignity and independence.

While in theory black citizens had the right to vote, in practice, in most of the south did not, although constitutional amendments after the Civil War had abolished slavery and demanded that all states grant equal protection under U.S. law.

In 1948, in a town called Topeka in Kansas, the Reverend Oliver Brown took to enroll his daughter Linda to school. Although the small met all requirements to be accepted, the Director rejected for being African American (Walter, 1911).

Brown sought legal assistance in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Other parents also African Americans joined the fight of the Rev. and in 1951, sued Brown v. Board of Education to demand an end to school segregation in ...