A white girl and an african american girl are talking while the rest of the students are watching. Columbia college.[source: columbia college]
Removal of Segregation
Rights and Responsibilities
Thesis
Students shout insults at Elizabeth Eckford, 16, as she calmly marches down to a line of National Guardsmen who blocked her from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. on Sept. 4, 1957. [Source: NBC News]
Segregation in the United States determined the rights of "different individuals". Authorized by leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson, the act of removing segregation contrived of significant struggles for African Americans. This fight aimed to dismantle a system of oppression that denied African Americans' fundamental rights and opportunities. This led to the landmark legislation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While this legislation granted African Americans legal rights, it also developed the responsibility of overcoming the legacy of discrimination, and actively participating in building a more equitable society.
[Source: Great Schools Scholarship]