Part one of term paper
The quest for equality by black Americans played a central role in the struggle for civil rights in the 1960s. Stemming from an effort dating back to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the black movement had gained more momentum by the mid-twentieth century. African Americans continued to press forward for more equality through peaceful demon ...

Part two of term paper
... of the need to combat racial discrimination grew. Support bubbled up from different social groups. Young people in particular, most of them students, enlisted in the effort to change restricted patterns deeply rooted in American life. The movement in the 1950's and 60's was a political, legal and social struggle of the black americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. In 1962, the civil rights movement accelerated. James Meredith, a black air force veteran ...