The Civil Rights Movement
By Jazmin Hopkins, pr. 4
Our Civil Right Community
Looking at now instead of back then, the civil rights movement has made a drastic change for America. Even though there are still problems floating around, today is much better then what it was. Children are allowed to go to the same schools no matter their race, everyone gets paid the same for the same job, people can sit on the buses without having to sit in the back because of their color, you can vote without worrying for your safety, and much more. In my flier we will be discussing about the struggles it took to get to this point, how people even faced with death fought for what was right.
Tactics For To Gain Their Future
Another type of protest during this time was done by the Freedom Riders. They were Civil Rights activists who rode on interstate buses through Southern United States. The Freedom Riders were testing the supreme court's decision on the Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregation was unconstitutional for passengers to engage in interstate travel. This project was organized by CORE. On May 4, 1961, the first Freedom Rider's left Washington D.C. and was scheduled to arrive at New Orleans on May 17.
Voting was another major part of protest during this time. After the Freedom Riders word traveled to leaders in Mississippi: Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, Medgar Evers, and many others asked the group SCNN to help register colored voters and build a community of organizations that could win a share of political power in the state. Since Mississippi had it's new constitution in 1890 with provisions like poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests, it made situations for registration more complicated. Violence around election time has also repressed African Americans from voting for fear of their lives and families.
Civil Rights Pictures
Protesters In The Work Place
U.S. Olympics Protests
Church Bombing
Unsung Women Heros
Ella Baker (1903-1986)
Daisy Bates (1914-1999)
Important Civil Right Groups
CORE: This group was in interracial organization established by James Farmer in 1942 . It was to create and improve race relations and discriminatory policies through direct-action projects. Farmer founded CORE to protest in nonviolent matters, in 1942 they began the sit-ins in a coffee shop in Chicago. This was a non violent way to show the public that they want equality. In 1950, CORE turned it's attention to the South to help and desegregate and help with voting registration.