Throughout 1950 to the 1960s there was a lot of racial tensions regarding people who were not white. Segregation was a huge part of this including bathrooms, water fountains, transportation, and education. African American people were still being mistreated, performing the same type of labor as the slavery times, except with little payment. Laws were put in place, such as the Jim Crow laws. These laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation (“Jim Crow Laws”).
Martin Luther King Jr was an unquestioned leader of the peaceful Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was at the same time one of the most beloved and one of the most hated men of his time (“Martin Luther King Jr”). He did many things to influence the movement such as speeches and protests regarding discrimination. Martin Luther King was an active socialist activist and a Baptist minister. He was also a key leader in the watershed events and the Montgomery bus boycott. He was also a key leader during the March on Washington. During this event, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “I Have a Dream”. ‘“this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’” (“Martin Luther King Jr”). This speech was a call for peace and equality which was also televised and shown to millions. After his speech was televised, along with the violence, many Americans became supporting this movement. Rosa Parks helped initiate the civil rights movement. Most of the faces we know from the Civil Rights struggle are images of young, bold, idealistic people (“Understanding the Historical Impact of Rosa Parks by Monica Sanders”). She did this by taking a stand and refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus. She was upset with the daily frustrations, blacks could only attend certain (inferior) schools, only drink from specific water fountains, segregated libraries and lots of other restrictions (“Rosa Parks”). This impacted the civil rights movement greatly, she saw an end to legalized segregation in America and the emergence of a Black upper and middle class (“Understanding the Historical Impact of Rosa Parks by Monica Sanders”).The Birmingham Children’s March was a non-violent protest involving African American children who wanted to stand up for their rights. “The goal of the plan was to use tactics of non-violent protest to provoke Birmingham civic and business leaders to agree to desegregate.” (“KIM GILMORE”). This movement started in 1963, during the time that Martin Luther King Jr led thousands of African Americans. Kim states, “On May 2nd, they left the 16th Street Baptist Church in groups, heading throughout the city to protest segregation peacefully” (Kim Gilmore). They were planning on meeting with the mayor to talk about the segregation and discrimination in their cities peacefully. The response to this protest was not as peaceful. Hundreds of children were arrested and brutally beaten. Despite the results of the protest many children continued to volunteer in the protest. On May 10th an agreement was made to end the protests, desegregate businesses and to free all who were put in jail. “The city was in the world spotlight, and local officials knew that they could no longer ignore the Civil Rights Movement,” says Kim Gilmore.
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Andrew Jackson – President
Andrew Jackson was a wealthy man and he became a wealthy tennessee lawyer. Andrew Jackson was elected march 15, 1767. He was an american soldier who served as the seventh president. He gained fame as a general in the united states army. Jackson was also born in poverty. He won the popular vote for president three times. Andrew Jackson’s parents migrated from ireland, and they were born in ireland’s country antrim. Andrews parents were Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson. He came from a very wealthy family. He was married to Rachel Jackson and they had two kids, their names were Hugh Jackson, and Robert Jackson. Andrews dad died before he was born, so the mother had to take care of him. Jackson became an orphan in his early childhood due to war and he knew very little about himself. Andrews parents were scots-irish colonists who soon had became americans. He was also the first attempted presidential assassination.
Jackson was the only president to have been a former prisoner of war. Jackson was 13 years old when he had first joined the war. He also adopted two native american boys. He had led campaigns against the creeks and the seminoles and he was a notorious gambler. Jackson loved to play cards and spend money on gambling. He gambled all of his grandfather’s inheritance on a trip to Charleston, south carolina. The thing that Jackson enjoyed the most was racing and wagering on horses. Jackson also killed a man in duel and he was also a slave owner. Jackson was a landowner, and he became a national war hero. Jackson was elected as the seventh president. He died June 8th, 1845, and his nickname was old hickory. His political party is a democrat. He was self taught too become a lawyer. Jackson was friends with aaron burr and he also bought slaves. Jackson got popular by running for president. Jackson wife divorced her first husband too get with jackson. Andrew and his wife did not have any kids. Also andrew jackson had a military career. He was the son of irish immigrants. The exact location of where he was born is still unknown. The British invaded the Carolinas in 1780-1781, and Jackson’s mother and two brothers died during the conflict, leaving him with a lifelong hostility toward Great Britain.
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