“We know these truths to be self-evident, that all humans are created equal and their Creator has bestowed upon them certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Declaration of Independence of America.

The explanation of civil rights struggles in America encompasses a vast history, in which the difficulty of its progress is well demonstrated by the formation of groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by a notorious criminal. Almost all of the major activists for racial equality and peace in the 20th century have been killed by extremist nationalists or religious racists. In the following speech, I will attempt to briefly examine the process of achieving civil rights for African American citizens in the United States.

The American Civil Rights Movement was born out of the movement for racial equality in this country, which was followed by a series of social reforms. The Europeans who set foot on the unknown continent in the 16th century also brought their own culture and economy. One of the most profitable economic benefits for the conquerors of the New World was the slave trade and the use of slaves to cultivate tobacco and cotton on vast lands. After America’s independence in 1873, which followed the independence wars with England (who themselves were the conquerors of previous wars with France in the American colonies), the issue of slavery and the economy based on it became a matter of life and death for the agricultural-dependent southern states. The importance of free labor from slaves was so great that it caused great tension between the northern and southern states. Many African slaves who were forcibly brought to America from Africa under the worst conditions would escape to the North to flee from the oppression of their owners. The depth of the tragedy was such

This struggle, however, did not only lead to social equality in America, but it also resulted in a lack of legal equality due to the lack of necessary executive and moral support in the institutions of power. The nostalgia for free black labor in the southern states of America had not yet disappeared and blacks were still living in poverty and insecurity. The severe social conflicts even led to the formation of a group called the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century, which engaged in looting and killing of blacks in America and was supported by the hidden power in enforcing racial discrimination and defending the Anglo-Saxon-Protestant white supremacy. In addition, blacks still did not have the right to enter many public places throughout the United States, and their children were also educated separately from white children in schools. In fact, after the abolition of slavery in America and the shift towards industrial production and machinery, the acceptance of racial equality was still not possible for the white public opinion. The rapid growth of industries

Supreme Court of the United States of America.

In the name of “Brown v. Board of Education,” discrimination in education in the United States was put to an end and racial segregation in schools was legally abolished. It was during these years that Martin Luther King Jr., a minister influenced by Gandhi’s civil rights movements in India, strived to bring attention to the issue of racial discrimination and its negative social consequences as the most pressing social issue in America. The spark that ignited the civil rights movement in 1955 was the refusal of Rosa Parks, a black civil rights activist, to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, leading to her arrest. Five years later, in 1960, the Civil Rights Act was passed, emphasizing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and with the efforts of Luther King Jr. in his nonviolent struggle. In the same decade, during the presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, final legal changes were made to address the issue of racial discrimination in America. The social movement that