The Black Civil Rights Movement

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Black civil rights changed considerably for the better for the black population by the 1970s. For example more black people were elected to governmental positions and black people had managed to desegregate across the entire United States.

In terms of politics, the black American population had split into three separate groups the first being the traditional integrationists who fought for civil rights through peace. They were represented by Roy Wilkins and the NAACP. This group contained many of the people who had participated in the 1960s campaigns. They had changed their strategy to attacking in courts by filing lawsuits against the federal government and congress. The second being the black nationalists. They were represented

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