Protection Of Civil Rights In The 21st Century

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In my opinion there needs to be an ongoing conversation on racial prejudice and why it exists. Civil rights leaders in the past fought to abolish discrimination and called on local Government to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1957; at that time, it was to protect civil rights of African Americans; and later adopted voter’s rights. The enforcement of the laws depended on the cooperation of federal judges and as you can imagine many judges favored segregation and their strategy was to remove or circumvent the local Government. Needless to say we are right back in the same predicament in the 21st century. In my opinion until local and state government make a commitment to the cause of civil rights and “prosecute individuals” that deny people their

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