[[Introduction]]
Hello and welcome to my Civil Rights Movement webpage.
Please keep in mind that constructing a website takes numerous amounts of time and effort. If you would like to use any of the content on my webpage for projects, it would be greatly appreciated if asked for permission first.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions or comments.
[[Website Overview: Synopsis]]
Although African Americans were no longer slaves, and they had rightfully gained
their freedom, it was evident that whites still felt that blacks were inferior.
In the 1950’s and especially in the South, blacks were mistreated and look down
upon, simply because of their skin color. Although attempts were made to
bridge the gap between the races, such as the famous Brown versus Board of
Education of Topeka, Kansas, many whites still resisted the efforts at
integration and refused to associate with the blacks. The severity of
hatred that whites had toward blacks does not simply end with a dissatisfaction
of one’s skin color. Many blacks, such as Emmett Till and Martin Luther
King Jr., met their untimely deaths at the hands of white oppressors.
However, the blacks kept fighting for their equality, and were somewhat
victorious when Rosa Parks refused to get up from her bus seat in
Montgomery, Alabama. The movement sparked a boycott of public
transportation until legislation was forced to declare the segregation
unconstitutional. Through many other trials and unsuccessful attempts at
equalizing the nation, blacks struggled for countless years hoping that one day,
the system would finally offer them the same opportunities as whites.
Today, the nation has undoubtedly come a long way in terms of racism, but it is
still apparent in our society today.
This website will include brief, yet concise and precise information about the following events:
Brown versus Board of Education of
Topeka Kansas, The murder of
Emmett Till, I
ntegration of
Central High & the 'Little Rock Nine,'
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery bus boycott, and
the Birmingham church bombing.
Since I did not create webpages to accommodate for every event that occurred between 1953-1963, there will be a page which consists of links that will provide information about the events I did not cover. Specifically, I did not include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers because there are numerous websites which recap the biographies of these men in a thorough and honorable fashion.
[[About the Webmaster]]
My name is Betty Lee, and I am a sophomore at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. I am also concurrently enrolled at Parkland College, a community college located in Champaign, Illinois. Although I am planning to major in the field of business, I have also elected to take a U.S. History course dating from 1865-present, which is the main purpose for my enrollment at Parkland. The course is web-based, meaning students complete projects, quizzes, and exams online. For our course project, I chose to design a webpage which highlights specific events in the Civil Rights Movement era. I find that this period in history, although well-known, can be sometimes overwhelming because of the numerous events that occurred. My vision for the website is to be concise, yet precise, and contain information that can be enjoyable as well as educational. I have no doubt in my mind that racism is deadly, and in order to avoid repeating history, we must first be informed of what happened.
Site created: 09.30.02
Updated: 10.05.02
