Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement

1 Introduction

“I think God intended the niggers to be slaves. Now since man has deranged God's plan, I think the best we can do is keep 'em as near to a state of bondage as possible. . . . My theory is, feed 'em well, clothe 'em well, and then, if they don't work . . . whip 'em well.” -- A Yazoo Delta planter, 1866

Today, in America where the present generation had grown up to respect all people, despite race, age, sex, or gender; comments such as this seem very out of place for our society.

The Civil Rights movement was the political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for black Americans and to achieve racial equality. America was born out of a revolution, and the success of the Civil Rights movement proved that when people put their prejudices aside, and work together to strive for what they believe is just, anything is possible.

The report begins by describing the type of segregation that was taking place, then, h...