Categories
Tags
- "I Have a Dream"
- 1906
- 1929
- 1960s
- 1963
- African-Americans
- African American
- Baby Boom
- Bill Clinton
- Birmingham
- Child Labor
- civil rights
- Civil Rights Movement
- Cold War
- communism
- Discrimination
- economics
- End of Segregation
- finance
- flappers
- Freedom
- Great depression
- Hilary Clinton
- human rights
- impeachment
- Japanese Internment Camp
- LAPD
- Martin Luther King
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- music
- Post WWII Events
- President
- prohibition
- racial discrimination
- Racism
- Richard Nixon
- rights
- segregation
- slavery
- Soviet Union
- Wall Street
- War
- Woodrow Wilson
- World War I
- WWI
Tag Archives: Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM
The Birmingham campaign was a strategic movement organized by the (SCLC) to bring attention to the unequal treatment black Americans endured in Birmingham, Alabama, the most segregated city in the US in 1963
Organizers, led by Martin Luther King used non-violent direct action tactics to defy laws they considered unfair. King led a massive protest in Birmingham that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience. After the campaign ran low on adult volunteers, high school, college, and elementary students were trained by SCLC coordinator James Bevel to participate, resulting in hundreds of arrests and an instant intensification of national media attention on the campaign. The campaign used a variety of nonviolent methods of confrontation, including sit-ins at libraries and lunch counters, kneel-ins by black visitors at white churches, and a march to the county building to mark the beginning of a voter-registration drive.To dissuade demonstrators and control the protests the Birmingham Police Department, led by Eugine Connor, used high-pressure water jets and police dogs on children and bystanders. King was among 50 Birmingham residents ranging in age from 15 to 81 years who were arrested on April 12, 1963. It was King’s 13th arrest.
While imprisoned for having taken part in a nonviolent protest, Dr. King wrote the now famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Posted in 1960-1968, June 21 assignment, Midterm Exam Review
Tagged 1963, Birmingham, civil rights, Martin Luther King
1 Comment
The Civil Rights Movement
Civil Right Movement in the 1960s has marked a turning point in American history. To many African Americans, they remembered the 60s as an unforgettable and a crucial time period. In the 1960s, African Americans were fighting non-violently for their freedom in American soil. Due to the unification among African Americans, the non-violent demonstrations had slowly drawn American attention on racial issue. During Kennedy’s presidency, he banned discrimination in general. Later during Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, he passed the Civil Rights Act that further emphasized on banning racial discrimination. (p. 922). Over all, the Civil Rights Movement was not just a milestone to African Americans, but to all other races in America, as well as to those non-white future generations’ children.
In my opinion, I think Americans are responsible for the change. During the 60s, majority of African Americans and some other races were participated to fight for equality and freedom in America. One of the significant demonstrations in 1963 at Birmingham pushed President Kennedy to do something for the Civil Rights movement. Due to many demonstrations, President Kennedy finally called a law banning discrimination. (p.921) After Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson followed President’s path further. He passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. (p.922) In the 1960s, minorities continued to fight for their equality and freedom. Their persistence and unification brought the attention to America as a whole. If there was no demonstration, if there was no freedom fighter, the American minorities’ voices could never be heard.
Posted in 1960-1968, June 14 assignment, Political history, Social History
Tagged 1960s, Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, racial discrimination
Comments Off on The Civil Rights Movement
