FREEDOM MOVEMENT

Freedom Movement

Freedom Movement

Introduction

The civil rights movement of blacks in the United States was the campaign for civil rights and equality for the African American community. Since the time the blacks were brought from Africa by English settlers and enslaved in the United States, the legal status of blacks remained less than that of other citizens for a long time. Although the U.S. Constitution guaranteed fundamental rights to all citizens since its ratification in 1787, blacks were denied legal prerogatives by state laws, based on the principle of states' rights. The doctrine of incorporation, from 1873, led to the gradual extension ...