* When the Civil Rights Movement is mentioned, assume it refers to the Black Civil Rights Movement The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement 1940-1965 The History of the African American Civil Rights Movement can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans onto our soil. Somewhere in our country, there has always been someone who fought for freedom and equality for these oppressed people. However, starting in 1940, and picking up steam after WWII, …showed first 75 words of 1027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1027 total…so many tumultuous shifts in demographics, economics, and ideologies that it was impossible to discount the call for Black equality. Our actions were not noble, for they were long overdue, nor were our leaders strong enough in preventing such horrible injustice to subsist, yet we should be thankful that as our world and country was being transformed, we were able to open our eyes and finally begin to truly be the land of the free.