Category Archives: Week 5: Civil Rights

When we think about the Civil Rights Movement, the story we often hear is one of the South—Jim Crow laws, segregationist politicians, and violent opposition to Black activism. The way history is usually told makes it seem like racism was a uniquely Southern problem, something that could be fixed by striking down laws and enforcingContinue reading “The Hidden Struggles of the Civil Rights Movement in the North”

The narrative of civil rights issues in the 60s puts major blame on the South. Regarding things like Jim Crow laws, segregation laws and other legal practices at the time. The narrative that is usually misinterpreted was the Northern cities role in segregation and anti-segregation movements. In Theoharris’ article he points out the fact thatContinue reading “What really happened in the North?”

In fifth grade, our class celebrated Black History Month by making poster presentations about a “key figure” in the Civil Rights Movement. My poster was about Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all-white school in the South. My classmates made posters about activists like MLK Jr, Rosa Parks, the Freedom Riders, andContinue reading “De jure vs. de facto segregation: The false de stinction”

The civil rights struggle in New York City and Boston schools challenge the perception that racial discrimination was solely a regional issue in the South. These examples highlight how efforts to desegregate were either disregarded or actively resisted in the North, revealing the broader scope of racial inequality across the United States. According to theContinue reading “Racism North of the Mason-Dixon Line”

The North is not normally the focus of Civil Rights history. Instead of a regional struggle in the South, the civil rights struggles in New York City and Boston challenge that view and show it was a national one. In New York City, the Brown v. Board of Education decision was celebrated, but schools didContinue reading “Northern Racism”

There is this idea that the Northern region of the United States is a safe haven, where all people aspire to go. On this side of the country, all problems of racism and segregation are solved, and in these states exist communities that live and work together, regardless of race and background. At least, thatContinue reading “The Northern Myth: How Racism Evolved Beyond the South and Shaped a New Jim Crow”

I think that the Civil Rights movements had so much impact in the South. They way that Civil rights movement frame the way we think or say when with one word that can cause a distrobens that can cause a protest or fight to use a way that people can see the problems so thatContinue reading “The Civil Rights Movement frame racial discrimination as uniquely problems in the South. “

The Civil Rights Movement, which began in 1954, was a social movement that aimed to eradicate racial segregation and discrimination. The narrative built around the Civil Rights Movement insinuates that the Civil Rights Movement was exclusive to the South. However, contrary to the well-prevalent belief that the Civil Rights Movement was restricted to only theContinue reading “Was the Civil Rights Movement restricted only to the South: An Eternal Debate”

When talking about the Civil Rights movement, traditional teachings tend to focus on the regional South where racism was pervasive and abundant. However, history, and the present, tends to omit the equally abundant and pervasive racism in the North. A history that persists today, as Northern cities continue to have the most segregated schools inContinue reading “The Tactical Racism of the North”