The issue that was faced during the movement was caused by the Jim Crow laws, segregation, and unequal rights. Since African Americans fought in the wars it seemed like segregation had ended. But when they came home from World War 2, they faced a lot of discrimination in the south. The African American veterans basically fought for the country in which they are being discriminated. Therefore it brought the NAACP to fight with nonviolent actions to achieve civil justice. It all changed the way everyone looked at the United States. The first major action the African American civil rights leaders took was when Rosa Parks did not give up her seat to a white citizen in the front of the bus.
When she got arrested it caused African American citizens to have a boycott that then became to be known as the Montgomery Bus boycott. It was lead by a preacher by the name of Martin Luther King JR. that later became to be known as a important civil rights leader in history. He was then accomplished by two African American leaders by the name of Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X. Thurgood Marshall was a key figure in history because of his win in the Brown V. Board of Education, which stated that " Separate but equal" is illegal. Malcolm X preached the nonviolent and violent ways of the movement. He preached that the black panthers party was a good thing in the movement and preached the statement "black power". He also convinced people to join the movement which was a good thing. The most devastating event that happened in the movement was the Children's movement. It was devastating because a governor by the name of Bull Conner ordered firefighters to spray the protesters with hoses that was to powerful for them to even control it. This event shocked the whole nation and it showed how brutal the officers were when they used dogs and clubs to beat and control the protesters. It made people realize how hard the Civil Rights leaders and protesters were fighting hard for equality. The civil rights leaders achieved their goals from the most successful march and speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at the Washington Memorial in Washington D.C.
