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History Final Essay- Civil rights and current times

2021

There are significant problems that American people of color face in the current time that manifest historical events that took place in the past, shaping the way events unfold. Undoubtedly, some of these issues are civil rights, immigration, and Americanization. Several publications have acknowledged them, such as in the book farewell to Manzanar. It can be traced all the way from 1865. Among these challenges are wars that have created a big rift between different Americans due to their national origin, to the point it may even create power tussle. Therefore, for us to understand the cause of civil rights unrest caused by these imbalances, we must identify the cause, effect, and relevance in our current times; this way, we can change the oppressive systems of history that plague us with hardship and inequality to date.

The movement of civil rights was established in the 1950s to the 1960s to fight ongoing discrimination being practiced in America. The African American community was becoming more united to stand against the injustices being inflicted by the government. " The American way for Southern blacks in the 1950s was still 'Jim Crow,' a system of segregation that included separate schools, drinking fountains, beaches, neighborhoods, and public accommodations."(Major problems, 348) Jim Crow stayed in place long after 1948 when The United Nations Approves a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, In article 2 it states " Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms outlined in this Declaration, without distinction for any kind, such as race..."(351) The United states agreed to the declaration of human rights and did not follow it with its own citizens. Thus the American Civil Rights Movement embarked on an unparalleled quest for equality. While other events took place before, the Bus Boycott spearheaded the movement in 1955, following Rosa Parks being jailed for refusing to yield the seat she was seated on the bus to a white man who was also a commuter in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King urged for a town-wide boycott of communal transportation to protest racial discrimination. In 1958 federal court declared that the statutes that kept bus segregation were unlawful, six years after The Federal government Calls Segregation an InternationalEmbarrassment. Specifically stated in the address, "...Under the Constitution, every agency of government, national and local, legislative, executive, and judicial, must treat each of our people as Americans, and not as a member of a particular group classified based on race or some other constitutional irrelevancy." (352) The Civil Rights movement and bus boycott were relatable to Jeanne Wakatsuki as she said that "The reason I want to remember this is because I know we'll never be able to do it again," as Rosa Park neglected to give in to the demand of the whites. The 1963s Birmingham Campaign was the next major turning point. It ended the city's discriminatory economic policies toward African Americans. A boycott of companies that recruited only white Americans or had distal was part of the movement. Marches and sit-ins were employed by protesters as peaceful methods. As a result of this initiative, segregation in Birmingham companies has decreased, and public spaces have been more inclusive to people of all races (Mazumder, 2018). That was also a similar occurrence of Japanese America as Jeanne Wakatsuki said, "You cannot deport 110,000 people unless you have stopped seeing individuals." And much later, Middle eastern people, "In the wake of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York, described by some as "our new Pearl Harbor," we saw an unfortunate readiness, on the part of many, to assume that all Americans of Middle Eastern background were suddenly suspect and should somehow be held accountable for these crimes. It was a hauntingly familiar rush to judgment. In the early months of 1942, this is what preceded the unlawful evacuation and internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry." (Farewell to Manzanar 187)

The 1963 march in Washington was the state's greatest politically motivated protest that was mainly motivated by the drive to acquire human rights. Participants gathered in Washington to protest for African Americans' better pay and working conditions. "I Have a Dream" Martin Luther addressed them on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The Impoverished People's Campaign, which took place in 1968, aimed to provide poor Folks of all ethnicities more financially and with human rights. The campaign, which was a multicultural movement, featured many Citizens from so many other backgrounds, including whites, Hispanic, and Black Americans. The campaign was upset, and the march was rescheduled after Martin Luther was slain on 1968 April 4th. To combat hunger, the federal government enacted several initiatives.