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<\/a>Kendria Haley\n<\/strong>Staff Writer\/Practicum<\/em><\/p>\n
It has been over 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation was signed freeing more than 3 million slaves. However, many African-Americans, as well as other minority groups, believe that inequality among the races still exists. The Civil Rights Movement (CRM) and Black Live Matter (BLM) spawned from these beliefs.<\/p>\n
Minorities over the years have spoken out against these acts with peaceful protests, as well as forms of civil disobedience. But the question is, how do these two movements differ?<\/p>\n
Robert Luckett, associate history professor and director of the Margaret Walker Center, explained his take on the similarities and differences of both historical movements.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not Civil Rights Movement vs. Black Lives Matter Movement. It\u2019s an evolution. They are the same historical trajectory,\u201d said Luckett.<\/p>\n
During the interview, Luckett explained that although the Black Lives Matter movement and the Civil Rights Movement were during different times, they were one in the same. Believing that the Black Lives Matter movement started from police sanctioned violence, an ongoing issue shared with the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Black Lives Matter movement is a modern-day version of the same movement,\u201d Luckett said.<\/p>\n
Opinions on the topic vary greatly on campus.<\/p>\n
LeKeyla Norris, a graduate student majoring in reading education from Jackson, Miss., said, \u201cI think the Civil Rights Movements and Black Lives Matter Movement have similarities. They both are movements that are focused on equal rights for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some students think that the movements have similarities but feel that the Civil Rights Movement, benefit minorities more.<\/p>\n
Ashlee McGaw, a senior special education major from Clinton, Miss., said, \u201cI think the movements have similarities and both ultimately strive for the same outcome but the Black Lives Matter movement hasn\u2019t been as successful as the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n
McGaw believes that the major differences in the movements are involvement and effectiveness.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne big difference is the fact that the CRM involved everyone. Everyone was effected by the fact that they couldn\u2019t vote, sit at lunch counters, or do anything that they wanted to do. There were no rights. Now, BLM is only mentioned when something happens. It isn\u2019t a constant movement. It doesn\u2019t affect anyone but black lives. As soon as the next big thing happens, the movement is over until another unarmed black male is killed,\u201d McGaw stated.<\/p>\n
Although there are some differences in the movements, it is safe to say they both have the same outcome in mind, change. Through fear and determination people of all walks stand together for one common goal. Luckett stated that students should be the change they want to see in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that we glorify the Civil Rights Movement. There were not millions of people, only a select few that stuck their neck out. So, when you notice there may not be that big of a turnout at protests, this is typical. People were scared then, and they are scared now,\u201d Luckett said.<\/p>\n
Luckett added: \u201cThe fact that we can have this discussion without being afraid is evidence that things have changed in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the debate on the effectiveness of both movements will continue to be discussed, most agree that the fact that the discussion is still necessary is why the Black Lives Matter movement is ongoing.<\/p>\n
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As we celebrate Black History Month, turning points that led to both movements can be found below:<\/em><\/p>\n 1619:<\/strong> A year before the Mayflower, the first 20 African slaves<\/span><\/a> are sold to settlers in Virginia as “indentured servants.”<\/p>\n 1789:<\/strong> Constitution<\/span><\/a> adopted; slaves counted as three-fifths of a person for means of representation.<\/p>\n 1831:<\/strong> Nat Turner<\/span><\/a> leads slave revolt in Virginia.<\/p>\n 1857:<\/strong> The Dred Scott<\/span><\/a> decision: The Supreme Court rules against him, saying African-American people are regarded as “so far inferior…that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”<\/p>\n 1861:<\/strong> The Civil War<\/span><\/a> begins.<\/p>\n 1863:<\/strong> January 1, Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n 1865:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1868:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1870:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1896:<\/strong> The Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, <\/span><\/a>rules that state laws requiring separation of the races are within the bounds of the Constitution as long as equal accommodations are made for African-Americans.<\/p>\n 1910:<\/strong> The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<\/span><\/a> (NAACP) is founded by W.E.B Du Bois, Jane Addams, John Dewey and others.<\/p>\n 1954:<\/strong> In Brown v. Board of Education<\/span><\/a>, the Supreme Court rules deliberate public school segregation illegal, effectively overturning “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n 1955:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1956:<\/strong> Montgomery bus boycott<\/span><\/a> ends in victory.<\/p>\n 1957:<\/strong> Efforts to integrate Little Rock, Ark., Central High School<\/span><\/a> meet with legal resistance and violence. On Sept. 24, federal troops mobilize to protect the nine African American students at the high school from white mobs trying to block the school’s integration.<\/p>\n 1960:<\/strong> Feb. 1, Lunch counter sit-in<\/span><\/a> by four college students in Greensboro, N.C. begins and spreads through the South. On April 17, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee<\/span><\/a> (SNCC) is founded.<\/p>\n 1963: <\/strong><\/p>\n 1965: <\/strong><\/p>\n 1968:<\/strong> The Supreme Court, in Green v. County School Board of New Kent County<\/span><\/em><\/a> <\/em>(Virginia), rules that “actual desegregation” of schools in the South is required.<\/p>\n 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2013:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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