How successful was the civil rights movements between 1951-1965?

Question

a really really ergent question i would real like an answer like today please/??

Answer 1

It depends on which side you are.

Right wing = CR went too far.

Left wing = Not far enough.

It pleased the people in the centre ie the ordinary folk in the street.

Answer 2

look at society and you'll see its a total failure or look at bush and his record in texas.  only whites have rights according to how many minorities he executed. 2% were white that leaves 98% other

so i say again a failure

Answer 3

The Civil Rights movement was a success up to a point.  However, it resulted in the assassination of Martin Luther King and probably others whom I don't know about.

Public attention here in UK was drawn to the lack of civil rights being enjoyed by black Americans because Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in a whites only section of a bus somewhere in Alabama [I think].

Rosa Parks was thought heroic here in UK.  Most people back then were quite frankly amazed at the lack of rights which black people in America had.  We just assumed that since everyone had rights written in the Constitution that these extended to everyone, no matter what race colour or ceed.

A lot of Britons, including Dusty Springfield, went to America to give physical support to the Civil Rights Movement and went on that big march to Washington.

I guess it must have had some success because we now have Barack Obama running for leadership of the Democrats and if he wins that race, he'll go on and try for the White House.

Look - don't take any notice of me right, but America is on the brink of something really big.  If Obama is elected, it will send a message more powerful than any nuke missile to the entire world and his dog that America means what it says and preaches what it does.

Maybe Americans are quite unaware of this, but the fact is that during WW2 Black American GIs were very popular with the girls here in UK.  Why?  Because they knew how to dance, laugh and spend money like it was going out of fashion.

Answer 4

During the second half of the 20th century Western societies introduced legislation that tried to remove discrimination on the basis of race, gender or disability, starting with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This declaration, which affirmed the democratic principles first enshrined in the American Declaration of Independence bolstered the ongoing activities of nations and groups whose civil rights were being denied, either de jure or de facto. In their later years, some of the movements fractured and certain factions took a sharp turn to the radical left, and then lost popularity. The struggles of these movements took place during a postwar period of increasing worldwide civil unrest and popular rebellion, and they coincided with the struggle against colonialism in colonies in Africa and Asia, which resulted in decolonization, and with political opposition by emerging student movements.

If you need more info try this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_right...

I hope it helps!

Answer 5

Guides to the collections

The American Civil Rights Movement: a Guide to Materials in the British Library

Jean Kemble

The Eccles Centre for American Studies in the British Library was established in 1991 both to promote the Library's North American collections through bibliographical guides and exhibitions and to respond to enquiries from students, academics and the general public concerning all aspects of American history, literature and culture.

During the last six years the civil rights movement of the 1950-60s has proved to be one of the most popular areas of research, particularly among undergraduates and sixth-form students. The enquiries have covered many different aspects of the movement: school desegregation, bus boycotts, sit-ins, marches, the involvement of white northern college students, the actions of individuals such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the reactions of white southerners and the federal government.

This guide will facilitate research on these topics and many others. It includes not only books and periodical articles which are housed in the Library's humanities collections at St Pancras and the Document Supply service at Boston Spa, but also newspaper and news magazine articles which are located at the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale. The shelf-marks for the former appear in parentheses at the end of each entry while the latter may be identified by the notation BLNL.

The American Civil Rights Movement (PDF format), 662KB