Civil Right Reflection

What I've learn this semester about civil rights is that there is plenty events that occurred in the process of fight for your rights. Some important people who help get the equal treatment in the society like, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks. They used similar methods, MLK used non-violent protest, marching in the street & making speeches. Malcolm X used violent protest, fighting back and going for what they should deserve. Rosa Parks, did a sit in. She didn't give up her seat to a white man because she felt that just because she was colored she had to get up. Which I strongly agree with. You shouldn't have to give up your rights because of your race, orientation, and the color of your skin.

Civil Rights Movement relates to events today with the protest going on like Occupy Oakland. People again fighting for what they believe in, and try to change the society because it's not a very nice society. Many of those who protest also were beat by high authority, or assaulted by those who were against what they were trying to fight for. Just like the Civil Rights Movement when the colored were beat down and houses were destroyed/trashed by those against what they were fighting for.

I think America still struggles to accept people for who they are. From race, to color, to sexual orientation, to religion, and age. No matter how hard it'll be to fight for what they think is right, some how they get the word out there and a big group of people form. Therefore, the more people are heard than just one, is sometimes better in some cases. It changes perspectives of those who thought opposite of it. Although there is also a negative side to these groups gathering together to help get what the people are fighting for. It all leads to actions that took place in the Civil Rights Moments. You could already guess what actions were taken, and I think society needs to start realizing that not only to the government and other branches have say, but so do we citizens who live in it have say too. It doesn't hurt to hear us out and give us a chance to make a change.