American black civil rights The 1960's were a time of great turmoil in America and throughout the world. One of the main protest issues was black civil rights. The movement really got underway with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in the early 1960's. Students who wanted to jump on the equality and protest bandwagon quickly followed. Most of the students went to the southern states (Mississippi, Alabama and …showed first 75 words of 1216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1216 total…the 1960's is a large one with many different points of view. I think that Martin Luther King Jr had the right idea of integration and non-violent protest. Malcolm X's idea of keeping segregation was untenable. The text with the most relevance for me was 'The Ghosts of Mississippi' because it really showed how few rights black people really had, and the unnecessary cruelty and hatred against black people that had done nothing to them.