Although many people were against immigrants and they had no support from any non-immigrants there was one man, W.E.B DuBois, who believed in true and absolute racial equality. In 1909, he became the leader of the National Association for the Adaptation of Coloured People (NAACP). It has worked within the legal system to improve employment, housing, voting rights and education for all black Americans. A film in 1915 called ‘The Birth of a Nation’ revived the Klan. The KKK were terrifying to many people in the 1920s & 1930s, the Klan were feared for many reasons, some of those were, they campaigned against immigrants such as blacks, Jews, and Catholics.
DHL and the men could not reach an agreement, therefore, on behalf of the federal government, the EEOC helped to process the charges and pursue litigation. The EEOC has filed racial discrimination charges against DHL. African Americans have been the subject of discrimination since the 1600s when they were brought to America as slaves. From 1890 to 1940 the Jim Crow laws enacted throughout The United States openly segregated Black and White Americans in public places. Black Americans were publically beaten, frightened, and even killed (Magar, 2010).
The freedom rides were when civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the southern US in 1961 to test the supreme courts decision of ruling segregation on interstate transport illegal. As soon as the riders hit Montgomery, they were mobbed and attacked by white southerners. Each of these actions showed the world that peaceful means were being used to try and gain true equality as well as including whites this meant the movement widened. The Albany campaign in November 1961 was recognised as a major defeat. Under William Anderson, a number of local black organisations were formed in an attempt to desegregate the city.
Many Southern states were segregated, they followed the supreme courts decision in 1896; 'Separate but equal' this meant that they were still segregated but blacks had equal rights. Segregation was the separation of white people from black, some states tried to keep control over black people's segregation by; 'Jim crow' laws which kept black people segregated/separated from white, this involved separate schools, toilets and drinking fountains. Desegregation had become a problem in the 1950's, largely because of the racial hatred of white southerners towards blacks, this racial hatred had originated from the attitudes of white people towards black people after slavery was abolished in 1864, many southern states had 'Jim crow' laws which discriminated against African Americans. However, in 1954 the Brown family challenged these laws by suing the city school board for forbidding their 8 year old daughter, who was black, from attending the white school which was nearby, instead Linda Brown was forced to attend the segregated school which was a long distance away. The Brown family's case was brought to the Supreme Court by the NAACP; they were an organisation which fought for the rights of coloured people.
In What Ways Did Black Americans Secure Improved Civil Rights: 1945-1964? Black Americans had often been looked down upon by White Americans and always suffered racial prejudice. Their struggle for equal racial rights had begun from the end of slavery in 1865, only until the late 1960’s did significant improvement was made. Following the events and ending of World War II, Black Americans began what would become known as the Civil Rights Movement. In 1951, the father of a black student named Linda Brown sued the Board of Education because a white school had prevented Brown from attending a school which was only seven blocks away, compared to the segregated black school she was attending which was more than seven blocks away from her home.
What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on the civil rights movement? The Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama in 1955-1956 had a great significance in terms of the tactics used its success both immediately and it also had a long-term effect. One fundamental way we can measure the impact of the bus boycott in Montgomery is the decision to use the mass direct action. One individual, Rosa Parks, sparked a mass movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger which was deemed as a crime at the time. This shows a shrewd change of strategy from legal means.
Public schools, transportation, restrooms, restaurants, water fountains and most public areas were segregated. Whites used these laws to keep their social dominance over blacks in the south. The Plessy vs. Ferguson Case all started when Homer Plessy sat in a white car of East Louisiana railroad, The Separate Car Act of 1892 requested him not to. He then was arrested when he identified himself as African-American and the case went to the United States Supreme Court. His lawyer argued the act violated the thirteenth and fourteenth Amendments.
The arrest of Rosa Parks has acted as the trigger as the African-Americans’ community felt it couldn’t handle racism anymore. It is true that maybe she was seen by the NAACP as a safer test case, but it wasn’t just that. A few weeks before another woman’s babies fell off the seats that supposedly were for white people as the driver hit the accelerator. After Parks’ arrest, the NAACP, the Black Alabama State College, the Women’s Political Council, and eventually the church, all clubbed together. This proves that this incident has hugely mobilised the people, which is arguably the most important success.
I have chosen to write about Ms. Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. She was subsequently arrested and the Montgomery Bus Boycott was born. Ms. Parks’ trial was set for December 5, 1955. The black community organized and distributed 35,000 leaflets asking Blacks to stay off the buses that day.
What was the short term significance of Rosa Parks? Rosa Parks was a 42 year-old seamstress that, through a simple act of defiance would kick start the Civil rights Movement in America. In 1955, she began the chain of events by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. This sparked outrage in the African-American community and was met with a boycott that would become the most famous boycott in the struggle for Black rights in America, commencing on the December 1st 1955 until Dec. 20th 1956. She was made a figure-head of the NAACPs cases as unlike many others (such as Claudette Colvin) was the ‘perfect’ citizen regardless of colour.