Imagine that you are in Alabama, it is a hot afternoon and you are sweating profusely. You go to board a train to go visit some relatives. You can imagine yourself feeling the cool air rush around you as you sit in the luxurious train car: But wait, because certain laws call for separate cars for passengers of different races you must board the rear train cars that are cramped, filled with sounds of crying babies, and the temperature in the train car seems to be higher than the temperature is outside. It does not sound so 'cozy' does it? That scenario happened many times a day for blacks during the fifties and sixties. Blacks everywhere got fed up with being treated as if they were inferior and slaves, and banded together to form a movement. Not just any kind of movement, but a movement that would see victories as well as violence and death. That movement was the Civil Rights Movement.
             The Civil Rights Movement had a major goal, and that goal was to end discrimination based on race, creed, color, and gender, and to put an end to segregation. Its' supporters aimed for equality of all people and for the integration of society. The previously mentioned goals were achieved by many different means. The movement had its share of leaders, events, and strategies that helped to reach its' goals. There was a fair share of success and failures that accompanied the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the rest of this paper all will be discussed thoroughly.
             The Civil Rights Movement had its' fair share of leaders, however Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were the two most prominent figures during the era. "Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood's had a powerful influence on the men and their speeches" (Clark 15). Malcolm X was raised in poverty and received little schooling. He was educated up until the eighth grade. Malcolm X was the victim of domestic violence as a child. His father beat him along with his mo...