Civil Rights Movement
In order to understand what led to the Civil Rights Movement, we need to first understand what the blacks had been enduring. One could state that the civil rights movement actually started back in 1863 with the Emancipation of Proclamation abolishing slavery. During the First Reconstruction, 1865-1877, blacks tried to live a free life. The white plantation owner's of the South could not run their plantations without the slaves helping. So, they set up a system …
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…discrimination, but they wanted to get to the end two different ways. They both were deeply religious men. Towards the end of their lives, they became closer. Each one criticized but highly respected the other. The Civil Rights Movement would not have been the same without the two of them. I am sure, looking back on all of the violence and blood shed now, everyone would have to agree that the end justified the means.
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