Civil Rights Movement
Description of the historical event and its significance
The Civil Rights movements were the groups of protestors that were ignited by the African Americans communities who were trying to fight for their rights. It gets noted that the movement was fueled by a lack of equal rights that pushed the Africans to the corner to fight for their rights. The Civil rights movement was pioneered by the African Americans, Asians, and some Whites. Some of the few reasons why the equal rights movement was started were to provide for the equal representation in the government, enhance equal job opportunities, voting rights among primary human rights that the blacks felt that they were left out in. The significance of this historical event was that it finally led to equal job opportunities where African-Americans and other minority groups had equal job rights. Another thing that was brought about by this event was equal vote rights, and the number of Africans were represented in the federal government. The issue of democracy is highly on the rise due to the formation of equal rights movements.
Two secondary sources
Chase, M. (2019). Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement. International Feminist Journal of Politics.
The sources address the involvement of women in the equal rights movement. Women were the group of people who were severely affected by unequal rights in job areas, and even in the voting in leaders, leave alone being elected. For the women to be selected and be able to choose and have equal employment opportunities is due to the involvement of women in the fight for their rights. I, in this connection, find this source to be a credible one as it provides for various ways of involvement of women in the fighting for equal rights. When searching for this source, I had in mind the critical roles that women played in fighting for equal rights. The article was selected based on the topic that it was addressing, to be exact, feminism involvement in the civil movement.
Zick, T. (2016). The Dynamic Relationship between Freedom of Speech and Equality. Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol’y, 12, 13.
African Americans never had the opportunity to enjoy several freedoms that were enjoyed by the whites counterparts in that connection, there was an urgent necessity to handle these issues, thus leading to the formation of the movement. The article is essential since it addresses some of the gains of the equal rights movements which incorporate the right to vote, speech among various rights. When searching for these issues, I specifically thought of the importance, thus, brought the source. The criteria for selection were based on the content of the importance of equal rights movements.
Similarity and differences
One of the significant similarities between the sources is that they are all addressing the issue of equal rights movements among African Americans. The significant difference is the content, and one addresses the importance of the action while the other one discusses the role of women.
Primary sources
Source 1
Bill of Rights: Lewis, T., 2002. The Bill Of Rights [V. 1]. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press.
ü The bill of rights was ratified on 1791 which comprises of the first ten amendments to the United States constitutions.
ü The Bill of rights guide provides for the rights of all citizens regardless of one ethnic extraction.
Source 2
The Constitution of the United States of America.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate. (1994). The Constitution of the United States of America.
The constitution of the United States contains all the rights through which the operation takes place. It guides the behavior towards the humanitarians.
ü In relation to this topic, the constitution provides for equality which was a major concern for the civil rights movements.
How they relate to the secondary sources
ü Both sources highlight on the civil rights movement agendas.
ü The secondary sources addresses the methods used to achieve the human rights and the other one addresses the role of women in the fights. All these are covered in the primary sources.
What they add to my understanding on the events
These sources are great ones as they provide some of the best information that can help in the promotion of the event. For instance, it is important to understand that through the primary sources the rights of every American is established thus, they justify the reason for the event.
What make them appropriate?
The sources are appropriate because they help in deeper understanding of the events particularly the reasons behind the events.
Research question
Were the African Americans justified to form the Equal rights movements?
Thesis statement
There have been a lot of questions regarding the justifications of the formation of the civil rights movements. The paper therefore seeks to justify through the use of secondary and primary data sources the reasons for the formation of the movements.
Reference
Chase, M. (2019). Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement. International Feminist Journal of Politics.
Zick, T. (2016). The Dynamic Relationship between Freedom of Speech and Equality. Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol’y, 12, 13.
Primary sources
Lewis, T., 2002. The Bill Of Rights [V. 1]. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate. (1994). The Constitution of the United States of America.
REMARKS:
So few things: The Bill of Rights (I will call it BoR) is part of the Constitution. Are you saying the BoR is seperate? The Constitution is a primary source. Correct. Was it made in 1994? Instead of using someone else’s POV of the BoR/ Constitution, I want YOU to provide YOUR stance on the what these sources say. The Constitution is a living document which continues to be amended even in 2020. Now, the last amendment was made I believe in 94 or 97. But that does not mean it cannot be amended anymore. 4 In short- find specific amendments to the Constitution to support your essay.