Civil Rights has always been a major issue in the history of.
There have been many struggles and battles over.
this issue in our history. From the 1940's on, America was.
segregated in many ways. African Americans had to drink.
from different water fountains, were not allowed to sit at.
the front of the bus, and there were two different schools,.
one for the colored kids and one for the white kids. There.
were many efforts throughout the years to try and get rid of.
this horrible segregation, but at many times it led to.
trouble rather then helped. There was one major group that.
came about to try and work on desegregation and they were.
the NAACP, led by educated middle class African Americans. .
The job of the NAACP was to try and fight discrimination in.
the courts and improve black employment opportunities. They.
very much thrived on doing this in a non-violent manner, and.
most of the time unfortunately it did turn out to be violent.
in one way or another. There were many cases that the NAACP.
backed up, one of most importance was Brown vs. Board of.
Education which decision outlawed school segregation. This.
is very important in the history of civil rights because why.
shouldn't a black person have the same opportunities a white.
person has for education? This decision led to many other.
boycotts for African Americans. Such things as the.
Montgomery bus boycott which brought forth a very important.
man in the fight for equality. Martin Luther King Jr. head.
up a new organization called the Southern Christian.
Leadership Conference, and worked on the Civil Rights Act of.
1957. Segregation was especially bad in the South, one.
incident included a young black boy who allegedly whistled.
at a white women, only 14 years old got lynched. This shows.
the severity of segregation in the south. By 1960 changes.
began to arise, a new case, Boynton vs. Virginia outlawed.
segregated bus, train stations, airport terminals, and other.
facilities.
