The Native American Civil Rights movement stemmed from the mistreatment of Native Americans.
The modern civil rights movement began in the 1950s. In 1955, a black woman in Alabama named Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man. For this act of protest, Parks was arrested. The blacks no longer wanted to sit at the back of the bus, and started a boycott of the bus system. by AHMED SHAWKI This is a chapter from Ahmed Shawki's new book, Socialism and Black Liberation, available from Haymarket books. The roots of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s lie in the transformed conditions and experience of Blacks during the Second World War. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s echoed the NAACP's goals, but leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, felt that direct action was needed to obtain them. Great leaders of the civil rights movement such as Martin Luther  King Jr. contributed to the success of the movement. The civil  rights movement was also very organized. Strategies such as  sit-ins, bus boycotts, freedom rides, and marches were organized,  so many civil rights believers participated. The civil rights movement was a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Civil Rights Movement. Throughout American history, different groups of citizens have fought for rights that the American Constitution gave them. The civil rights movement in the United States is about the campaign of African Americans. Because of their skin color, they did not have the same rights that white people did for a long time. This injustice on African Americans led to a time of social unrest. The issues that prompted the Native American Civil Rights movement stemmed from the mistreatment of Native Americans. Many Americans were initially unsure of the Civil Rights movement and its leaders. After Dr. King's I Have A Dream speech, which was very emotional and captivating, large numbers of white Americans began to support the Civil Rights movement.
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