Civil+Rights+(EW)


 * __Civil Rights Movement__**

On December 1, 1955 one brave individual named Rosa Parks began a revolutionary movement with her courageous act in Alabama. When asked to stand up to let a white man sit down on a bus Parks refused to get up. The bus driver called the police and the Civil Rights Movement started its slow roll into society. After this the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took up many cases regarding segregation in schools; the most infamous //case Brown v. Board of Education//, diminished segregation in public schools altogether through the famous African American attorney Thurgood Marshall. Although the victory may not have seemed like much, the event triggered a mass of protesting led by the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. MLK led many influential organizations that worked to end African American segregation in all aspects of society through non-violent protesting. However, MLK's methods were not enough to some people so they decided to take action themselves; in late 1959 four young African American men entered a "whites only" restaurant, sat down and ordered some coffee. When they were refused service they questioned the clerk and claimed they would sit there everyday until they were given the same services as white folks. This action led to almost 300 more sit-ins all over the country. Kennedy made multiple attempts at solving the segregation problem, but segregation still remained unscathed in many areas. So in 1963 MLK made a bold decision to protest in Birmingham, Alabama to envoke violence among the white folks; it was the only way congress would pass the Civil Rights Act. This enabled equal opportunties for all African Americans in the workforce, the education system, and the government.