Social Impacts And Social Effects Of The Civil Rights Movement

“Things can change. There is still hope for America.” When examining the Civil Rights Movement and the social effects it had on the American society, many different views might question whether it was successful. Angela Baker, Fred Moore, Craig Plummer, and Greg Gribble all have a few things to say on this matter. The social effects of the Civil Rights movement has made it so that on both sides, issues have continued due to parental influence, and discrimination in school life, and in the workplace. “It starts at home. The minute you start this in your home, saying things like, ‘you don’t need to be around this person or that person’, that’s when the race starts causing problems.” says Moore. Parents influence on their child’s beliefs has a great …show more content…
Fear drives people in many scary ways that can result in people getting mentally and physically hurt, and there is nothing you can say to truly justify these actions taken by certain individuals who just do not want to get over this fear driving them. Many people today accuse white people as being racist but Gribble 's view is “Both sides had very racist parents and the fact that the people say that whites are always the racist is absolutely, obnoxiously, ridiculous because there are many, many black racist,” as that story Plummer had portrayed. However not all people are racist or try to segregate Plummer said “ I never segregated” and Baker says “I don 't think my parents would have said you’re going to this school, and hanging around this group of people”. To this day there are many people still driven by the fear they endured during the civil rights movement on both sides and that is why parents try to instill in their children the facts that they know about history. As Moore says, “I know a lot of parents do tell their kids about the differences from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, to the