Dbq Civil Rights Movement Analysis

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Before the 1960’s, African American life was severely segregated. Every part of their life was based on the practice of de facto segregation in schools, restaurants, buses...etc. African Americans also faced de jure segregation and were kept out of the polls because of ambiguous literacy tests, high poll taxes, and a tainted government. The American Civil Rights movement was the peak of the 1960’s. This movement created new goals, strategies, and support for African Americans, such as desegregation, nonviolent protests, and support from many whites. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had the biggest impact on the African American community. Originally, he was an American pastor and activist but soon became an important leader during the civil rights movement. He put in all his efforts to desegregate the community even though he was imprisoned in Birmingham jail. As said in document b, King writes to several clergymen expressing that “injustice …show more content…
The Student nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) was one of the main organizations created from a series of student meetings in order to help achieve a better society for African Americans. SNCC’s strategy was that “integration of human endeavor represents the crucial first step towards such a society” (document A). SNCC uses the strategies of replacing war with peace or hate with love to further the hope of creating an equal society. As the civil rights movement continues people begin to realize that non-violence protests were not working. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was created and believed that “the time has come for black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late” (document F). Because of the escalating terror, the blacks had to defend for their lives so they began to arm themselves against the police