three most critical components of the civil rights movement in the United States since 1877

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Three Most Critical Components of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States since 1877
There are three significant elements in the civil right movement since 1877 that include the Supreme Court, religion, and legislation. The Supreme Court is a component in the civil right movement because this institution enforced major right Acts. Secondly, another element is religion. This is because popular activists like Malcolm x and King Jr. had links connecting to the churches (Romano and Leigh 61). Lastly, legislation that was a crucial aspect that made policies that either favored or discriminated African American. Therefore, these components contributed to the successful long civil right movement journey since 1877.
Consequently, the first component was based on the Supreme Court ideologies. In 1875, the Congress had adopted the Civil Right Act that offered African Americans to have freedom to enjoy public services like theaters, transportation, juries and restaurants (The Leadership Conference, 1). However, the law was overthrown in the Supreme Court arguing that the law was only protected African American from the government and discriminations experienced by public citizens were not accounted for in that policy. Furthermore, the election of President Rutherford B. Haves made the Supreme Court to order the withdrawal of the federal troops from the South (The Leadership Conference, 1). The remaining troops also did nothing to protect black individuals.

This movement of troops established the segregation and disenfranchisement of black people. This influenced the growth of the civil right movement like the NAACP and Urban League who were more learned, and they struggled to challenge the Supreme Court decisions in many occasion (Romano and Leigh, 145).
Contrarily, the component of religion also advanced civil right movement agenda in the late 19th century. This incorporates all religious elements like heads of various denominations that were actively organizing, planning and implementing many civil right demonstrations. In the late 1880s, black churches were actively incorporated in major demonstrations (Romano and Leigh, 156). Additionally, the churches were the official meeting place were various civil right activists could meet and enlighten themselves on critical freedom and right issues. These meetings were often lead by brave, eloquent speakers, and this facilitated other members to spot the suitable civil right leader like Martin King Jr (Romano and Leigh, 161). Furthermore, the church had musical instruments that were necessary for composing freedom songs. The church offered a perfect opportunity for their members to provide testimonies of segregation and also facilitated an avenue for their members to join the national mainstream civil leadership that was managed by large civil right groups like NAACP and the Urban Leagues.
In conclusion, the last component is legislation. After the civil war, the 13th Amendment was passed by Congress only ended slavery but it did not suggest the rights and citizenship of the African Americans individuals. The creation of the Reconstruction Act in 1865 assist many black people to participate in society leadership role like in the education sector and black people were also given voting right (The Leadership Conference, 1). However, in 1877, the compromise Act of 1877 ended the reconstruction policy and encouraged discrimination practices in the southern region, and this made many African American to migrate to the Northern regions (The Leadership Conference, 1). The legislation passed by Congress contributed to segregation issues, and this contributed to the rise of the civil right movement.
Work Cited
Romano, Renee Christine, and Leigh Raiford, eds. The civil rights movement in American memory. University of Georgia Press, 2006.The Leadership Conference. Civil Rights Chronology. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund Website, 2001. http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/chronology.html