Civil_Rights_Movement

Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement was a very important point in the history of the United States. The self-proclaimed, “Land of the free” promoted the segregation and mistreatment of the colored people of American whether they be Black, Asian or Hispanic. The Civil Rights Movement was aimed at gaining equality for the Blacks but it came with the added bonus of gaining rights for the other races as well. During this period the eyes of whites and others were opened and started to change the errors in their way. Though the majority might have changed there was still those who believed that all other races were inferior to the White race and treated them poorly and some times just brutally. Thurgood Marshall was the director of legal defense and the educational fund for the N.A.A.C.P., a lawyer, Federal Judge, solicitor general and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in America. He was also one of the best (if not the best) known black Lawyers in the United States. He played a major role in the civil right movement by winning many cases that led to more rights or improved rights for the black race. malcolm, rights, civil, people, movement, king, black, whites, naacp, blacks, though, approach, panthers, equality, white, racist, non-violent, leaders, king’s, years, violence, towards, segregation, police, party, first, fight, been, america, after, very, unlike, took, states, resulted