In the civil rights movement there were a lot of great people, but the one I'm talking about is John F. Kennedy. He was a big part in the civil rights movement, he was one of the reasons African Americans we're treated equally. He helped by giving African Americans federal jobs and ended home discrimination by allowing African Americans to buy better houses in the 1960s.
He also helped end bus discrimination by saying that African Americans could sit where they want. He enforced laws against voter discrimination by motivating African Americans to register to vote and making proposals for African Americans that lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
He also helped end education discrimination by enforcing the law of putting whites and African Americans in the same school. He also helped end racial discrimination and thought all people should be equally treated.
A lot of African Americans didn't have as much power as other people, but because of John F. Kennedy every person today has rights. When I went to a history center I learned a lot of African American history like how a lot of blacks helped fight in the civil war and how there was a lot of people who helped in the civil rights movement.
He also made proposals that lead to something called the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His civil rights proposals became law under the act and one of them was saying that all people should have equal access to public places.
Bye that's the end of my blog.
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