Civil Rights Movements in the 1960s

Civil Rights Movements in the 1960s

The Washington March was one of the biggest political rallies in history, attracting almost three hundred thousand people on August 23, 1963. The march was held to fight for the freedom and jobs of African Americans. It was during this march that Martin Luther King delivered the ‘I have a dream’ speech. The demonstration resulted in the formulation of the Civil Rights Act 1964, which improved equality in the United States until today.

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Similarly, the Chicago Open housing movement marched near Marquette Park in a white neighborhood on August 5, 1966. Martin Luther King led the march to protest the education, health, housing, and employment disparities based on racism. The result of this march was the passing of the Fair Housing Act by Congress in 1969, allowing for mortgages to be available to all races, among other changes (Bond-Nelms, 2018).

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References

Bond-Nelms, C. (2018,). Boycotts, Movements, and Marches. Events and History. https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/civil-rights-events-fd.html#quest1

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Civil rights movements in the 1960s

By the early 1950s, the US was a world superpower militarily and economically. The Great Depression was no more. But, two major rival powers were developing, rivals ideologically and militarily: The Cold War between the US and its allies versus the Soviet Union and its partners/clients would be the dominant international issue for the next four decades. Domestically, in the 1950s and the 1960s, the US would begin grappling head-on with central Civil Rights and economic matters, a divisive conflict in Vietnam—and widespread demonstrations and some high-profile assassinations.

Choose and discuss (in a whole paragraph or two) one of the following two topics related to the late 1940s through the 1960s.

Discuss America’s Cold War policy or strategy to deal with communism and the Soviet threat and an example of a Cold War conflict or crisis.

• Identify one or two Cold War strategies of the US. Describe a specific example of a conflict or crisis that was part of this Cold War strategy, and compare or contrast this to the international situation today.
• Identify the source(s) where you read about these Cold War issues.

Discuss the Civil Rights advances and struggles in the 1950s and 1960s, along with relevant legal developments.

• Identify two crucial events of the Civil Rights struggle and at least one major piece of legislation or court decision.
• Explain the historical significance of your examples and how they have impacted our time.
• Identify the source(s) where you read these Civil Rights issues.