A lthough focusing most closely after World War II on events in Alabama, this brief Summary of the American Civil Rights movement traces the roots of the Struggle back to the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.
These first African Americans may have had status somewhat similar to European indentured servants already in the colonies, but soon the Africans\' skin color and the hunger for cheap labor would consign them and their descendants to chattel.
A lthough focusing most closely after World War II on events in Alabama, this brief Summary of the American Civil Rights movement traces the roots of the Struggle back to the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619
