Unity Amid Diversity
By: Amanda Brehm
The 1950's and 1960's was a dawning of a new age. Many changes were occurring within America's society. Segregation was prominent with the passing of Plessy vs. Ferguson, however, the Jim Crow laws of the south were being challenged. Negroes in the south wanted equality and justice. The nation was in need of an ethic of caring and a solid identity of what it meant to be an "American." With the war in Vietnam and the war for equality, people were fed up with all of the hate. The public cried, "Make love, not war (Tallulah)." During this time of hardship, the Civil Rights Movement introduced us to many influential Americans that helped make equality possible and also made everyone proud to be American. From the famous court case of Brown vs. Board of Education and the refusal of Rosa Parks to the ideas and actions of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Anne Moody, equality emerged in the United States and a positive, patriotic and respectful outlook was placed......
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