Europeans where extremely self righteous in there ways, so religion is out of the question because it would not have mattered, even when they were taken to America and practice Christianity Europeans still treated them like dirt. They saw Africans and noticed how little technology they had , such as gun powder, which was and an advantage The Europeans had . They saw themselves as superior .
When African Americans<span> fought in WWII they were treated by the French (and others as well) with respect and did not feel as though they were being segregated. Therefore when they came back to the states they was a rise in militancy from the African American veterans. Although during the 1940's the United States was occupied with the Cold War it was not until 1955 that the civil right movement had began, leading to African American's challenging the court with issues such as Brown vs. </span>Board of education<span> in 1954. The movement as whole involved non-violent protests. </span>
