The African American Civil Rights Movement was a long journey for African Americans nationwide. The success involved many people, difficulties and time in order to advance the African American community in America. The aim of the movement was to assert their rights, to end discrimination and racial segregation. At the beginning of the African American civil rights movement, African Americans still faced Jim Crow laws that separated them from whites. Under Jim Crow laws, African Americans had different schools, restrooms, trains, buses, and many other things that were segregated from the white population. The case Plessy v. Ferguson went to the United States Supreme Court and was found to be a “separate but equal” legal policy (A Brief History of Jim Crow). African Americans later developed the African American Movement to fight for their equality. The Fourteenth Amendment helped them fight for equal rights by proving that they were not being treated equally, which was unconstitutional. The Fourteenth Amendment provides equal protection of the law for all citizens born in the United States (Kelly). The African American civil rights movement fought to end discrimination, segregation, and equal rights for all African Americans. In 1954, the case Brown v. Board of Education found that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. The court ruled that the schools were separate but not equal (Black History Timeline). This case also proved that other places of segregation were also unconstitutional under the law. That being said, pro Jim Crow laws were affected. The school's conclusions being unfair and unequal, it was difficult to apply it, especially in the middle of paper......l. The hardships and courageous African Americans who fought for civil rights for African Americans will forever be remembered as powerful heroes who helped change the future of African Americans. Works Cited “A Brief History of Jim Crow.” » - Constitutional Rights Foundation. Np, 2014. Web. April 28, 2014. “Black History Timeline.” History.com, nd Web, April 28, 2014. Kelly, Martin. "Summary of the 14th Amendment". Np, 2014. Web. April 28, 2014. < http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/a/14th-Amendment-Summary.htm> Taylor, Quintard. “Chapter 5”. Readings in African American History. Boston, MA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. N. pag..