Monday, May 26, 2008

Civil Rights movement history



The civil rights movement history
The civil rights movement’s soapbox derby cart was pushed in 1955 when Rosa Parks, a black woman, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. This resulted in her arrest and a black boycott of the Montgomery bus system. The boycott helped show the strength of unity among black Americans. Correlations among the civil rights movement and the Harlem renaissance include black unity, and making a peaceful statement.
Unity among black Americans proved to be a very powerful tool and was utilized to form peaceful protests. Martian Luther King Jr. head manned the civil rights movement by utilizing non-violent protests until his assassination. These non-violent protests accomplished much and displayed a flowering of power through unity among the black community. Like the Harlem renaissance the civil rights drew it power through the unification of black Americans as one. Unlike the Renaissance the civil rights movement focused on turning all of America into a safe haven for blacks not just the city of Harlem.
The Civil Rights movement and Harlem renaissance used only peaceful protests against discrimination. Both periods utilized the pen as opposed to the sword and the voice instead of the fist. The civil rights movement’s main source of overlooked art is embedded into the speeches by Martian Luther King Jr. and others like him. While the Harlem renaissance’s art is shown through music, poetry painting and sculpture.
The civil rights movement proved just like the Harlem renaissance that unity and peace are exceptionally powerful tools when in pursuit of equality and recognition. The great people that held major roles in the civil rights movement and Harlem renaissance are still famous today for the great deed. The civil rights movement ended in 1968under the administration of Lyndon B Johnson and the signing of the civil rights act of 1968.

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