What Are Civil Rights?

Civil rights are the rights of individuals to be treated equally in education, housing, and employment. People were also judged on their gender, age, race, and religion. African Americans didn't have the same rights that white people had. They had to use different drinking facilities, restaurants, bathrooms, and they had to sit at the back of the bus behind a white line. They weren't treated the same as the white people were treated. They were the white people's slaves. The African American didn't get to vote for a long time too, but when they did they only got three votes for every five men that voted. At that time woman couldn't vote either so there wasn't a good chance they would get who they voted for. Civil rights are important. They made it so you could be treated equally no matter the color of your skin.