Exploring the 60s

The civil rights movement mostly took place between the years 1955 - 1968. In the United States, the civil rights movement was related to the outlawing of racial discrimination against African Americans. In 1964 the "civil rights act of 1964" was achieved and banned the discrimination on race, color, religion or national origin in employment practices and public accommodations.

As a kid, I have grown up hearing stories of the past from my parents and grandparents. My parents told me stories about how the African American kids were not allowed to go to the same schools as White Americans. The Whites had all of the power while the African American people were struggling to become equals.I was told that the African American people had very little rights and were treated very poorly and this cause a tension and very sad time in the United States. In my country where I grew up, I have never experienced the effects caused by the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960’s in the United States

Similarities I notice between the civil rights movement and the labor movement would be that both movements started out slow but as time went by, they both achieved more recognition. Both movements did not reach their goal over night, it took years of hard work and dedication from many of the members of these organizations and for the laws and goals to be changed and reached. Another similarity would be the great change that was made because of the dedication of people. In both movements a great change took place. For example, in the civil rights movement African American people gained rights and took a huge step in becoming equals with Whites. In the labor movement, immigrants and other working class people were paid a fair price for their work. No longer did the companies have the power to pry on the poor people to have them work for almost nothing. One example that poverty influenced the civil rights movement was a case known as "Brown versus Board of Education...