a world in pictures

The picture above shows three African Americans who were peacefully protesting in the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s. In Birmingham, Alabama, these three teenagers are being hosed down for protesting. These are high powered hoses, as you can see it penetrating the guy on the right's back, obviously not meant to be used on humans. Blacks in America were tired of being treated unequally, and stood up against the "separate but equal" policy. As you can see, they tried to suppress the protest by any means necessary, like hosing innocent people down, but this only fueled the spark of the protest, as more and more people joined in on the cause until there was equality and justice for all African Americans. These people had an incredible amount of courage and bravery, and paved the way for the future of social equality, so that people are to be judged by the content of their character, rather than the color of their skin.