The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most important, defining and radically changing periods in American history. I therefore have selected it to explain its origins, its leading figures and events as well as its legacy, which reaches until today's time.
Firstly, I will depict the roots of the movement, which start with the segregation and will stretch until the World Wars in the 19th century. Here, the Jim Crow Laws and the Great Migration are as well worth mentioning.
Secondly, the movements first outbreaks as well as its most important acts and revelant activists will be explained and their achievements defined in detail.
Finally, I will present and analyse the life and legacy of the most famous activist of the Civil Righs Movement:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Firstly, I will depict the roots of the movement, which start with the segregation and will stretch until the World Wars in the 19th century. Here, the Jim Crow Laws and the Great Migration are as well worth mentioning.
Secondly, the movements first outbreaks as well as its most important acts and revelant activists will be explained and their achievements defined in detail.
Finally, I will present and analyse the life and legacy of the most famous activist of the Civil Righs Movement:
Martin Luther King Jr.