The American 1955-1965 Civil Rights Movement

The 1955-1965 Civil Rights Movement cause the agreement of the Civil rights Act, but the African Americans did not fully receive racial justice straight away. The Civil Rights Movement was at its highest involvement from 1955-1965. The Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1865. These Acts were to give basic civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race, after a decade of non-violent protests and marches ranging from bus …showed first 75 words of 1336 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1336 total…s successor, argued that countinued racism could only be dividing and damaging to the United States. In 1964 the Civil Rights Bill passed Congress, banning discrimination in public services and employment. In 1965, Congress firmly made many of the state’s restiction on African Americans’ right to vote. But, with the attitudes of whites still hateing Africans, they are only starting to be treaded with racial justice today and will receive full equallity in the near future.