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Alabama and Civil Rights Movement
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Alabama and Civil Rights Movement has a great role in the history of America. This massive movement brought forward the legal discrimination between the whites and the blacks in America. The modern Civil Rights Movement in America took place in Alabama. These movements took place during the 1950s and 1960s. The movement aimed at attaining equal access on the following:
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- Public and Private Transportation
- Voting Booths
- Housing
- Schools
- Economic opportunities
The laws of Alabama kept the whites and the blacks apart. They were not allowed to use the public vehicles in their own way. Even the children of the black people were not allowed to attend the classes with the whites. This racial discrimination caused grievance amongst the black Americans, which resulted in the Civil Rights Movement.
The African Americans raised the charge of discrimination against the black Americans and this created a massive turmoil all over the State of Alabama.
Two of the leading figures in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama were Dr. Martin Luther King and the Governor George C. Wallace.
Dr. Martin Luther King came up as a spokes person for the African Americans who were struggling to attain equality. On the other hand, Governor George C. Wallace fought on behalf of the whites.
The counties of Alabama, which predominantly took part in the Civil Rights Movement, were, Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma and Tuscaloosa.
Alabama and Civil Rights Movement reached to its peak with lot of continuous Boycotts, demonstrations and protest marches by the Civil Rights activists. The whites were determined to resist the integration of the black Americans and adamantly tried to stop them. As a result of this sometimes violent responses came from the whites.
Alabama and Civil Rights Movement got the national attention, which led to the series of federal court orders and congressional legislation. Ultimately the black Americans got the right equality under the law.
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