SNCC, Core, and the Sclc Thesis

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Beginning with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Kansas Board of Education and culminating with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this decade saw the eradication of many Jim Crow laws. Though the Act only marked the beginning of achieving legal equality, with many court battles still to be fought, it was a major and quite necessary step in the Civil Rights movement.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the formation of the SCLC and SNCC, the many sit ins at segregated lunch counters, libraries, parks, and pools that are remembered as milestones in the Civil Rights movement all occurred in the years between 1954 and 1964. These actions led to direct changes in policy and law, with changes in sentiment to follow -- slower, to be sure, but following nonetheless.
The sit ins and freedom Rides, in addition to changing policy, also brought international attention to the level of racial inequality that was senselessly practiced in the United States prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The nonviolent nature of the majority of these protests made it very easy to discern a right and wrong side of the situation, which made the political pressure for change that much greater.

It is true that racial equality still does not really exist in this country, but that does not mean the most prominent decade in Civil Rights history was not successful, It provided a clear step forward where none had existed….....

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