It gave them civil rights, those rights that are due individuals who are citizens of a country, state, city. It legally brought them out of a second-class citizenship to a first-class citizenship.
Blacks were not treated fairly. They were refused entrance to places of business and employment. They had to fight for the rights that they were legally entitled to for nearly a century because...
The Civil Rights Movement was about equality for all. With this movement came many others because equality has been sought for for so many years. African Americans were not given the basic and equal...
The African American Civil Rights movement started when African Americans started speaking up for themselves, saying that they would not take any more harassment, and thus, begin the fight for...