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Danielle Keller 4/29/20 HIS 212 Milestone 1: U.S. Historical Movements 1. What movement did you select and what was happening in the US at the time that sparked this movement? I selected civil rights movement, civil rights movement created a big impact in the life of people. Different campaigns and other critical aspects influenced the civil rights movement in the United States since 1877, the blacks raised their rights for equal rights understand US laws. The Montgomery bus boycott was major influence for the civil rights movement, where blacks are not allowed to ride city buses in Montgomery (Gilmore 2016). 2. What were the goals of the movement? What did it aim to change? End segregation and ensure voting rights are the major goals of civil rights movement. Reducing the discrimination against the blacks in all the areas also can be called as main agenda of civil rights movement (Morris 2016). The blacks are not getting enough opportunities, the selection of the people for the job and for getting admission in to school was based on race, children and religion. The supporters of civil rights movement wants to stop all this practices, including religious discrimination and caste prejudice 3. Who was involved in the movement? Identify one influential person as well as the groups that were involved. African – Americans are involved in this movement, and they guided and led by Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and many others. The speech of Martin Luther King inspired people for fighting against for getting their rights and freedom. He gained attention, when he speaks about the arrest of Rosa Sparks who refused to give seat in the bus to a white man 4. Who opposed the movement and why? White supremacist and insurgent paramilitary groups opposed the civil rights movement, they are against the civil rights movement, because they stated that that it is violation of law established in the US. They also stated that selection of a person, should be based on the caste, religion and race, otherwise it will affect the quality of the services (Bernstein 2016). 5. What did the movement accomplish? Was there legislation passed? Did society change as a result? Do we still see the effects of the movement today? Movement reduced the disparities and discrimination against African-Americans. The legislation passed after the movement is civil rights act 1964, the act created different impacts in the society, it helped for ensuring the constitutional rights for blacks and other minorities (Manis 2019). Yes, today we can see the effects of movement, it helped for providing more support for the minorities, the best example, Barrack Obama elected was first African – American President of US in the year of 2009. 6. What role did education play in the movement? Was education affected in any way as a result of the movement? Was education used to advance ideas of the movement? The American communist party members understand that the schools in New York selecting the children based on their caste, religion and color. They focused on different campaigns and meeting for managing this issue in an effective way (Turk et al 2019). The education helped the leaders for providing more information to the people and it also helped for understanding the problems faced by the people. 7. If you were alive at the time of the movement you choose, would you participate? Why or why not? I participate, because in the world everyone has equal rights and opportunities and if we are categorizing the people based on the race, color and caste that is not permissible 8. Include and write about one primary source that sums up the essence of the movement. It can be a picture, a painting, a video, a poem, court records, a flyer, a passage, etc. The speech of Martin Luther King Jr, titled “I have a dream” in this he speaks for protecting the rights and freedom of African – Americans (Spears et al 2019). References Gilmore, G. (2016). “The Reddest of the Blacks”: History Across the Full Spectrum of Civil Rights Activism. American Communist History, 1-9. Morris, A. (2016). Civil Rights Movement. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Bernstein, D. (2016). Civil Rights and the Right to Work. Reason, 55-57. Teixeira, C. P., Spears, R., & Yzerbyt, V. Y. (2019). Is Martin Luther King or Malcom X the more acceptable face of protest? High-status groups’ reactions to low-status groups’ collective action. Journal of personality and social psychology. Turk, D. B., & Berman, S. B. (2018). Learning through doing: A project-based learning approach to the American civil rights movement. Social Education, 82(1), 35-39. Manis, A. M. (2019). Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement. Baptist History and Heritage, 54(1), 120.