The Civil Rights Movement

Taking place half a century ago, the Civil Rights Movement was advocated by several key figures including the renowned Martin Luther King, Jr. who delivered his speech called, "I Have a Dream", W.E.B. DuBois, and Malcom X. While racial segregation continued to permeate in the south, the Civil Rights Movement marked one of the most momentous historical events. The idea of equality for colored people emerged and surely gave the South a new identity, a place of freedom and integration. However, the speech not only influenced the South in aspiring ways of hope but also brought new ways of terror. While protests were meant to be nonviolent, utter chaos erupted mainly between the whites and blacks when blacks participated in the movement. Nevertheless, the movement instilled a sense of change in the Southern region, a region that once held strong beliefs in the ideals of slavery. Discrimination was widespread in the South; Rosa Parks faced arrest after refusing to move seats. From segregation to integration, this idea resembles the other Southern identity from its transformation of the Old South to the New South. While the Old South to the New South symbolizes the South with the emergence of industrialization, the transition of segregation into integration of the Civil Rights Movement marks a historical representation of the South. The picture represents protests of people during the movement.

-Please see map.
Source of picture: http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/pnwlabor/civil_rights_march_cut.jpg

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