Civil Rights Movement: History for kids: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 - Paperback

by Dinobibi Publishing (Author)

The beginning of the Civil Rights Movement can be traced back to slavery and the Civil War.
The Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution gave African Americans freedom by abolishing slavery, but racism was still rampant in the country. People lived in oppression for a century before the tide began to change, due to people raising their voices, speaking out, writing important pieces of literature, and creating change in America. The American Civil Rights Movement was a fight against centuries of oppression that covered the economic, cultural, and political realms of society.