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Significant Movements in American History
Discrimination and racism have been a part of our society’s history for a very long time. Out of all of the races and cultures, African Americans, American Indians, and women have all felt the stronghold of what it is like to be hated and discriminated against. These groups of people all rose up against this racism to form groups that demonstrated for their beliefs and cultures and made themselves known for what they stood for and wanted to achieve. Although each group used their own tactics, some of which were similar to each other’s, they all connected with the same goals and aspirations of being treated with the equality and respect that they deserved.
The birth of the Civil Rights Movement dates all the way back to 1954, when civil rights attorneys who were led by Thurgood Marshall who won the unanimous Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education. This decision decreed that, in education, the old “sep...