The Civil Rights Movement: Some Progress Is Better Then No Progress

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many years the issue of civil rights for African Americans was
left unanswered. Until slowly African Americans and abolitionists of
slavery banded together in order to resurrect the human rights of African
Americans. At the same time a small women's movement started to arise as
many women became politically active in trying not only to abolish slavery,
but also further their own social status in society. However because of the
vast networks of tobacco, and the reliance of slavery to support the
economy, this was not an easy task. As famous historian Howard Zinn said, "
It would take either a full-scale slave rebellion or a full-scale war to
end such a deeply entrenched system." (Zinn pg. 167) This hypothesis proved
true as the underlining issue of slavery in the United States split the
country in half. The result of this internal dispersion of the country
resulted in the Civil War.
After the Civil War the question of slavery was officially resolved
with the creation of ...

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