There have always been conflict between races. This paper will dive into the history about civil rights and what benefits they had, but also how there is still animus towards it today. Martin Luther King Jr. led the civil rights movement in the 1960s and ultimately lost his life fighting for what he thought what was right. In the end African Americans got the rights they deserved because of his actions. These rights led to higher test scores and higher graduation rates for Africans. But, people have not accepted the fact that they have gotten their rights because of the underlying racism that is in all of us. From hate crimes to the silent segregation, whites still not have accepted the fact that Africans have their rights as well.
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Even their leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot when he was giving a speech. Now there always have and always will be people against the civil rights movement. But, on a poll taken by CBS some interesting statistics were shown. “8 in 10 Americans think the act has had a positive effect on the country and only 1% thinking it has been negative. Additionally, the poll also found that 60% of whites and 55% of blacks think that the state of race relations in America is good” (CBS, 2014, para. 2). During the 1960s there was a lot of non-approving-ness over the civil rights movement, for example there were numerous sit ins, protests, and riots in the deep South where it most affected people (CBS, 2014). Gallup took a poll in 1963 to see if whites would leave their homes if African Americans came into their neighborhood and, not so shockingly, 78% said they would leave (CBS, 2014). Whites were disgusted about having African Americans gaining rights, but the Africans were happy and grateful that they were being
The Effects of Civil Rights on People Throughout Time …show more content…
Even their leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot when he was giving a speech. Now there always have and always will be people against the civil rights movement. But, on a poll taken by CBS some interesting statistics were shown. “8 in 10 Americans think the act has had a positive effect on the country and only 1% thinking it has been negative. Additionally, the poll also found that 60% of whites and 55% of blacks think that the state of race relations in America is good” (CBS, 2014, para. 2). During the 1960s there was a lot of non-approving-ness over the civil rights movement, for example there were numerous sit ins, protests, and riots in the deep South where it most affected people (CBS, 2014). Gallup took a poll in 1963 to see if whites would leave their homes if African Americans came into their neighborhood and, not so shockingly, 78% said they would leave (CBS, 2014). Whites were disgusted about having African Americans gaining rights, but the Africans were happy and grateful that they were being