Civil Rights Movements

After the end of the Second World War, witnessed a rise in the number of civil rights movements. These movements aimed at championing for the equality rights that were enjoyed by the majority groups. Eventually, the civil rights movement gathered momentum, thus triggering the rise of global movements.  In the United States, the movements included the African-American movement and protests, female gender rights movement and those for other marginalized groups of minorities. The mutual goal for these civil right movements was to ensure that there are constitutional amendments that will further lead to equal protection of all citizens by the law, regardless of their physical, socio-economic background.

Whereas the movements were mainly based on protests without violence, there were reported cases of armed rebellion and also civil unrest. The subsequent boycotts by the Black Americans significantly affected economic activities in the United States. This success by the protesters attracted the government attention, thus ushering a gradual legislative amendment activities that sought to abolish the racial discrimination directed towards African-Americans and other disadvantaged minority groups. The entire process was in the year 1954-1968. This reconstructive constitution provided radical solution to problems that the first reconstruction of the year 1863 – 1877, championed by President Lincoln. Notably, the cowardly act of assassination of African-American rights movement leader is widely viewed as a reaction to the success that his leadership of the movement achieved.

Elsewhere on the globe, people followed the America’s lead in fighting for equality rights. In Canada, there was a mute equality war during 1960s that successfully brought social and political changes in the Quebec provincial region. The homophile rights movement rose during 1940s through to 1960s and sought to ensure the rights of LGBT.