MINDMUZIC - Civil Rights Movement REMIX (FREE Download)

MINDMUZIC presents...Civi Rights Movement REMIX! Listen closely as K-Bach recaps the struggle to end racial segregation and discrimination against African- Americans. The original song is part of our latest album, Black History Month. You can find this album along with over 150 songs of educational music at... Copy & Paste Link below! FREE DOWNLOAD! http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hs9wekk9bk anayy/Civil_Rights_Movement_REMIX_-__(FREE_Download).mp3 www.MINDMUZIC.com LYRICS: Civil Rights Movement Intro First blacks weren't equal to the whites (Repeat 4 Times) Verse 1 Let me tell you a story Of our once oppressed people Whose Supreme Court judge Called separate but equal Still they oppressed, by unnecessary evil And Jim Crow laws Made the whole thing legal The 20th century was filled with the plight Of blacks trying to gain Equal grounds with the whites
 It was something like a war People died in the fight So that you could take advantage Of your God-given rights Black people, or should I say Negroes Were treated so bad They started an upheaval Better yet a riot But they tried to make it peaceful But they were harassed By the Klan and police though A lot of people died but nobody really cared Instead they turned away Like the problem wasn’t there So Negroes boycotted They couldn’t be scared Cuz death was a possibility They had to be prepared Chorus First blacks weren’t equal to the whites And it wasn’t gonna change There was no ending in sight It was a long struggle Just to earn civil rights But there wasn’t nothing That was really civil 'bout the fight (Repeat) Verse 2 In 1954, the highest court in the nation Made a rule against in-school segregation Codenamed Brown Vs. Board of Education It forced black and white students into integration But Arkansas’ governor wasn’t gonna comply He stopped nine blacks from going to Little Rock High He called National Guard Their entrance he’d denied Eisenhower sent the Federal Guard Just to get 'em by One day Rosa Parks was sitting on the bus A white man needed a seat And she wouldn’t get up So she went to jail Everybody knew it wasn’t just So they boycotted the buses Because they had enough But it didn’t start with Rosa There were many people like her Like groups of blacks and whites They were called the Freedom Riders Taking buses through the south Igniting racists like a fire Nationwide attention Was the goal that they desired Repeat Chorus Verse 3 So after 'bout a year The segregation people used to know Finally, was declared unconstitutional This event was The beginning of our movement though It proved non-violence was effective but unusual Martin Luther King had a dream that the barriers That separated us would disappear from America He led peace marches through divided southern areas And his assassination caused worldwide hysteria But that was ‘68, let’s go back to ‘63 When he and thousand Negroes put all of their energy Into marching down to Birmingham, where they willingly Accepted beatings by police and dogs attacked them viciously It horrified a nation, in particular a Kennedy Who risked his own future to support us politically In November, he was shot and injured critically And Lyndon kept it going to the best of his ability Thus the Civil Right Act of 1964 Was passed on the Congressional and the Senate floor So you can’t discriminate race or gender anymore Any poll tax was finished by Amendment Twenty-Four Repeat Chorus