The Civil Rights Movement

Weather you were around during the civil rights movement or not, there are lessons learned from this time. During this movement it showed that a non-violent approach on things can and will get you somewhere. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was to protest the segregation on public transit people refused to use the buses, this caused the bus segregation law to be declared unconstitutional. In the Freedom Rides of 1961 the Committee of Racial Equality organized several bus rides form the north to the south. These people were attacked and bombed, but kept going. This shows how some cant handle change, and how others will keep going for the idea of equality.

Race is not as much of an issue as it was 50 years ago, but problems still exist. People are still racist and teach others to be also. When there are still the groups like the KKK walking around there are still defiantly problems. There is also institutional racism, which would be like if a poor area was mostly filled with ethnic people instead of white people. Equality and equity are hard things to fully reach and the most we can do is just try to reach that goal of real equality.

today you can see some things related to the civil tights movement, weather it is discrimination or the way people protest. In the desegregated schools white kids would gang up on black kids, now it seems that kids who are gay see some of the same discrimination. The bullying of anyone just because they are different is just unacceptable and people need to learn to just leave people alone for something as stupid as that. The March on Washington is really the way people protest anything now. A non-violent way to get your point across so you can be heard is a good way to protest. Weather good or bad thing from the civil rights movement can still be relative or related to the present.