Since the African American race was brought to the United States, it has been mistreated. Upon their arrival, the Americans immediately enslaved them and used them for labor, without even considering them people. With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865, slavery was finally outlawed; however, “colored” people were still treated unequally due to segregation. Segregation was legalized by the Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. But, in 1952, Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by stating that “the separate but equal doctrine was unconstitutional. The result was nationwide integration. Everything from schools to businesses, restaurants to bathrooms, has been integrated. Unfortunately, not all states have welcomed this integration. Many did everything they could to prevent African Americans from mixing with whites. The southernmost states were particularly cruel towards this segregation, going so far as to bomb to quell the hopes of African Americans. But one city was determined to fight segregation. Birmingham, Alabama was home to one of the most important parts of the civil rights movement and despite a decade later Brown v. Board of Education, Birmingham refused to integrate. The Birmingham Campaign was one of the most influential movements of the civil rights movement and was the turning point in the war against segregation. The violence and cruelty inflicted on African Americans not only united the people of the city, but also united the people of the nation. The African American Civil Rights Movement aimed to outlaw the discrimination that many African Americans faced in the 1950s and 1960s. In the... middle of the paper... trying to accomplish. By looking more closely at the Birmingham campaign, people will not only realize the effect it had on the civil rights movement, but also the model by which they could live their lives today and work for a better tomorrow. Works Cited Alabama Governor Wallace Administrative file. (1963). Telegram from George Andrews, 13/05/63. (SG12655, folder 3)“Bombing” (1963, September 16). 20th Bombardment here against the blacks. BirminghamPost-Herald.Huntley H., & Montgomery, D. (2004). Black workers fight for equality in Birmingham. University of Illinois Press, 2b, 2d Jonathon, B. S. (2007). Letter from Birmingham Prison. In the Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation and Auburn University.M. King, personal communication, May 5, 1963. “Six Dead” (1963, September 16). Six dead after the church attack. The Washington Post.