Civil Rights Movement Archives

SCOTUS: How Interracial Marriage Was Legalized (Loving v. Virginia)

Believe it or not, as late as 1967, interracial marriage (marriage between a Black and a White) was illegal in much of the South. Interracial marriage bans were only ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the very fittingly-named case Loving v. Virginia of 1967. We will take a closer look at this case in today’s post.

Remembering John Lewis

Today, as John Lewis (1940-2020) body is laid to rest in Georgia, we commemorate the sacrifices he made to the United States in demanding equal civil rights to all Americans regardless of skin color. He was an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, led the Selma to Montgomery marches (later known as Bloody Sunday), and was one of the original Freedom Riders back in 1961. He was later elected to Congress in 1986, where he has remained a representative of Georgia’s 5th District until his death on July 17. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

Racism Uncovered (Part 5): The Civil Rights Movement, Part II

Part 5: Civil Rights Movement, Part II

In this series, Racism in America, I aim to discuss the history of the United States with a focus on the topic of racism, both systemic and individual racism. Through this series, I hope to play a part in fighting the issue of racism that still persists in our society today. This series was inspired by the Black Lives Matter protest movement.

Last time in this series, we discussed the Civil Rights Movement up until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Today, we will look at all the events of the Civil Rights Movement after the act was passed, and discuss some implications of how the movement reshaped the issue of race in the United States.

SCOTUS: Desegregation of Public Schools (Brown v. Board of Education)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a major, landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954. The ruling declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional and was the first major victory for civil rights activists during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Here’s how the case unfolded.

Racism Uncovered (Part 4): The Civil Rights Movement, Part I

Part 4: Civil Rights Movement, Part I

Continuing on from the previous post in this series, today we will be taking a closer look at the Civil Rights Movement. The movement was a fight by Black Americans to gain equal treatment under the law and desegregate the country. Having endured segregation and harsh Jim Crow laws for many years, an uprising occurred during the 1950s and ’60s, beginning a fight for equality and eventually ending in victory.

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SCOTUS: The Time When SCOTUS Legalized Segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson)

In a previous post about the Jim Crow laws era, I briefly mentioned the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case, which was where the Supreme Court legalized racial segregation. In today’s post, I would like to go into more detail about the case.

Racism Uncovered (Part 3): Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Laws Era

Part 3: Reconstruction

In the previous post in this series, we talked about the Civil War and also briefly Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. However, despite efforts to reintegrate former slaves (and Black people) back into society after abolition via the aforementioned amendments, it was way easier said than done.