The African American Civil Rights Movement covers social movements in the United States between 1955 and 1968, whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans. The movement was characterized by large campaigns of resistance and civil disobedience, boycotts, and other nonviolent activities. During this period the Civil Rights Law was passed. (1964), which prohibited discrimination based on “race, color, religion, or national origin » at work, in schools and in all public places, as well as the Voting Rights Act (1965).
President Johnson and Martin L. King at the signing of the Act in 1964
Despite all these achievements, there was still a long way to go before integration would be complete on a day-to-day basis... especially in the South. As the policy of the Movement was non-violence, schools for Afro-Americans were created so as not to fall for the provocations of the whites who opposed integration...
