The Federal Government Empowers Youth Activists to Slay Jim Crow and End Segregation
The youth of America had a significant impact on reforming and later eliminating Jim Crow segregation laws. Through the support of judgements finalized by the Supreme Court in several cases, the youth, mainly the African American youth, were able to carry out protests against segregation with federal support that could override the jurisdiction of racist states in the South. Martin Luther King Jr., and other Civil Rights Activists to come, used children as a symbol for the future of America. Youth represented the idea of a remodeled tomorrow where all men are created equal and are granted the opportunity to prove themselves based on the content of their character instead of their racial backgrounds.
After gaining support from the Supreme Court in the Jim Brown decision, the Little Rock Nine were able to defy Jim Crow by piggy backing on the Supreme Court's rulings by then gaining additional federal support when they faced social adversity from discriminatory whites. The fact of the matter was that if segregation had no place in education, it had no place in any other facet of American life. Young African Americans in the South had now been granted the legal and moral opportunity to fight for their own future and determine their own fate.
Following the end of a battle over educational equality, both the sit-in groups and freedom riders conducted their protests in similar fashions as the Little Rock Nine, with refined characteristics, to which challenged the existence of separate but equal facilities. Through Supreme Court judgements, such as Smith vs. Alwright, which challenged white political parties from not allowing blacks to run for office, and Boynton vs. Virginia, which declared segregated waiting rooms in Virginia unconstitutional, the youth of America was able to stand up for their own rights as well as the rights that others so earnestly deserved to be entitled to. In this way African Americans would toe the line with justice and eventually create a chain reaction that would begin to bring an end to Jim Crow in the South both legally and most importantly, socially.
The true dream behind any movement can't be legislated or truly characterized by a single law. Dreams are only meant to be interpreted by those who create, strive, and live the dream on a daily basis. Dreams are so powerful that they can defy the dark immorality that could plague a nation as great as our for over 400 years. The movement behind any dream is often prolonged. Once a dream is shared it becomes more powerful than any other emotion known to the human soul, which is where the truth always seems to manifest itself.
After gaining support from the Supreme Court in the Jim Brown decision, the Little Rock Nine were able to defy Jim Crow by piggy backing on the Supreme Court's rulings by then gaining additional federal support when they faced social adversity from discriminatory whites. The fact of the matter was that if segregation had no place in education, it had no place in any other facet of American life. Young African Americans in the South had now been granted the legal and moral opportunity to fight for their own future and determine their own fate.
Following the end of a battle over educational equality, both the sit-in groups and freedom riders conducted their protests in similar fashions as the Little Rock Nine, with refined characteristics, to which challenged the existence of separate but equal facilities. Through Supreme Court judgements, such as Smith vs. Alwright, which challenged white political parties from not allowing blacks to run for office, and Boynton vs. Virginia, which declared segregated waiting rooms in Virginia unconstitutional, the youth of America was able to stand up for their own rights as well as the rights that others so earnestly deserved to be entitled to. In this way African Americans would toe the line with justice and eventually create a chain reaction that would begin to bring an end to Jim Crow in the South both legally and most importantly, socially.
The true dream behind any movement can't be legislated or truly characterized by a single law. Dreams are only meant to be interpreted by those who create, strive, and live the dream on a daily basis. Dreams are so powerful that they can defy the dark immorality that could plague a nation as great as our for over 400 years. The movement behind any dream is often prolonged. Once a dream is shared it becomes more powerful than any other emotion known to the human soul, which is where the truth always seems to manifest itself.