August Meier wrote an essay that posed an answer to the question of whether or not Martin Luther King, Jr’s leadership was truly essential to the success of the civil rights movement. In this essay, Meier advocated strongly that yes, Martin Luther King was indeed essential to the success of the movement, as he possessed ...
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a culmination of nearly 300 years of racial injustice and inequality on mainland America and, later, the United States. This movement, like most mass movement, did not happen overnight; rather, it took the momentum built by centuries of frustration and a realization that the inequality ...
During the 1960s, many African Americans believed that civil rights should become a national priority. Young civil rights activists brought their cause to the national stage and demanded that the federal government step in and resolve the issue. Many of them challenged segregation in the South by protesting at stores and schools that practiced segregation. ...
For those that study history, especially civil rights, the black/white wars, racial discrimination and other such indiscretions, the heart of the Civil Rights movement resides in Birmingham, Alabama. Not to be disappointed, Birmingham can present a journey back in time, as one enters The Civil Rights Institute on 16th Street North. Thematic galleries such as ...
