Civil Rights Dbq

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent inevitable.”–John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy created a huge progression in the civil rights movement in the Late 50s and 60s, although it is just one of numerous factors. The postwar era brought up the problem of segregation and how it needed to end. Several groups and activists began the fight against racism and other racial issues, which led to victories in the courts.

The civil rights movement started to rise after World War II. African Americans had a big part in the war, for the first time in our nations history, Americans fought side by side, no matter what color they were they fought together. Although when African Americans returned home, they found this was no

There was a variety of ways that people protest against discrimination. Some citizens both black and white would do peaceful sit-ins where they would go into segregated restaurants with African Americans sit while workers and other customers would antagonize those involved in the sit-in. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to white person and move to the back, this lead to her being put jail but, this caused an outraged of marches and freedom rides. The freedom riders were people who rode interstate buses in the segregated south, to prove that segregation on buses was not necessary. Several other activist marched and protested to help discragate the south. One of the most well known activists was Martin Luther King Jr., who was a key element into created equality for all. Unlike other methods of protesting Dr. King, followed a more peaceful way of making a statement in which he learned from Gandhi. Dr. King led peaceful marches and spoke and spoke some of the most famous speeches in American history. Although he soon met his demise in Selma, Alabama but, his participatin and leadership impacted The U.S. forever. After years of efforts the courts began to rule against segregation in public