The 1950s decade was full of a lot of change, and a lot of change regarding civil rights also occurred. African Americans were not treated fairly during the 1950s because the Jim Crows Laws made segregation legal; African Americans had to go to only black schools, restaurants, parks, and even hospitals. Many African Americans worked to make life equal between the whites and the blacks; an example of one of these groups is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, led by Thurgood Marshall; Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer who fought for the civil rights of African Americans. Thurgood Marshall played an important role in the winning of the Brown vs. Board of Education; he argued that segregation was against the Fourteenth Amendment, and on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation went against the Constitution. Another African American who fought to have equal rights was Rosa Parks; while on the bus one day, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat to a white man and was arrested, this angered many African Americans and they decided to boycott by not taking the bus anymore; their actions made an impact, and in 1956 the Supreme Court made bus segregation against the law. Segregation also appeared in communities; some communities neglected black residents and did not treat them neighborly. By the end of the 1950s, many changes had been made to the rights of African Americans.
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Another African American who fought to have equal rights was Rosa Parks; while on the bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat to a white man and was arrested, this angered many African Americans and they decided to boycott by not taking the bus anymore; their actions made an impact, and in 1956 the Supreme Court made bus segregation against the law. Segregation also appeared in communities; some communities neglected black residents and did not treat them neighborly. By the end of the 1950s, many changes had been made to the rights of African Americans.
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Culture of the 1950s
