Category: Civil Rights

The 1960s were a transformational period that helped influence the society of today. In the 1960s Politics were highly frowned upon in sports, as of the twenty-tens, this opinion continues to be the same. Whether you ask a professional athlete or an avid sports watcher you will get the same answer, sports and politics do…

Introduction “Through My Eyes” is a powerful memoir written by Ruby Bridges, an iconic figure in the civil rights movement. The book provides a firsthand account of Ruby’s experience as the first African American child to attend an all-white school in New Orleans during the height of racial segregation. Throughout the memoir, various themes emerge,…

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…

Firstly, President Johnson can be viewed as making a significant contribution to the achievement of Black civil rights, perhaps more than any other American President in the years 1861-1973, due to the legislation he passed during his presidency. Historian George Goethals supports the argument that Johnson made a significant contribution to the achievement of Black…

There have been so many great civil rights leaders in America but the two that have stood out to me were Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Their remarkable amount of effort put forth in the fight for change is really noteworthy. Although both had two different leading styles they both accomplished many…

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. By Martin Luther King JR, 1963 These famous words were uttered to hundreds of thousands of people at the…

Introduction: To a great extent, Malcolm X had an effect on the African American Civil Rights Movement from 1925, up until he was assassinated in 1965. He gave a voice to people of all different demographics, religions, and classes, and this perhaps led to what would later be his enormous body of followers, which continued…

Education is the passport to the future, for the tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.-Malcolm X. With that being said Malcolm X meant that you have to educate yourself in order to have a greater and better future. Malcolm X was an important and influential figure in history that had a positive…

Malcolm X was an aggressive civil rights leader back in the early 1950s, who many African American people looked up to. Malcolm X was well known for his aggressive approach and harsh criticism of White America. Although he didnt become known until he joined NOI and became an outspoken advocate for them, which led him…

Charlie Perkins made the link between racism in the USA and racism in Australia and was at the forefront of efforts to stop racism in Australia. The freedom riders were established and captained in Australia by Carlie Perkins. Charlie was inspired to introduce the freedom riders by what he had heard from both Martin Luther…