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| The red area is the southern states with segregation |
The fight for equality started back when Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. Since the African Americans been slaves they fought for their freedom in the civil war. After awhile African Americans didn't have that much of a good pay in jobs and they couldn't work in the army. But when July 26, 1948 came by Harry Truman ended segregation in the army with two executive orders. This was another stepping stone for African Americans at gaining equality. One thing that they had to end would be the Jim Crow laws which took most of their rights away. In the 1950s-1960s, they fought with noncombat actions which then later gained themselves some rights and then in 1968, the civil rights movement ended and African Americans then gained rights to make them equal with others. The Civil Rights movement was mostly in the southern states. The states included Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, and Florida. These were important states because its where most African Americans lived and its a hot spot for discrimination. The most Important place would be at Washington D.C because it was where MLK Jr. had his famous speech "I have a dream" and it also was the place where black and white citizens combined together in unity.