The Civil Rights Movements made society realize that inspiration and the will to fight are enough to cause change. Many of the movements that occured had the involvement of great numbers of people, coming together and standing up for what they believe in. An example of this is the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King Jr. and other important figures on August 28, 1963. This march led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be passed. Once these acts were passed, many people in society began to slowly adapt to change in diversity. Also, those who were stubborn to change failed to spread their hate throughout the nation. The main lesson that many can pick up from these movements is to never let underestimation overpower your will to stand up for what is right.
Even with the victories that the Civil Rights Movements had achieved, America still struggles with equality and equity today. A very obvious example of this is the difference of education received by children from low class areas than those from urban areas. The amount of children that drop out of school in low class areas are more than the amount from urban areas. These children know that living in these low class areas, so they are likely to end up doing whatever they can to survive. They tend to look into the idea of joining a gang or commiting crime. These neighborhoods containing these children lack housing for many families and protection from voilence occuring frequently.
There are other problems in society besides the ones that people in low class areas experience such as sexuality issues and bullying. These two problems sometimes come hand in hand and lead to serious consenquences to many people. To stop these consenquences from increasing in society, people build groups that are for anti-bullying. Like the Civil Rights activists that were for anti-integration, they did sit-ins to protest segreation in a non-violent way. Groups that are against sexuality issues and bullying help inspire the Day of Silence for homosexuals and days to wear purple for anti-bullying. These special days make people aware of sexuality issues and bullying in a non-violent way.
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"The main lesson that many can pick up from these movements is to never let underestimation overpower your will to stand up for what is right." What you said here is totally a remarkable statement. Now only these days are most of us humans living in the conditions of underestimation or in the fall of sarcasm but those who worked their ways into battling for whats right, their will to support, their will with dignity,should be treated equally with the respect from the results. Not everyone achieve the goals, yes its true, but however, we americans soon realize that not everyone makes their path to chase their dreams successfully. Those who believe whats right should fight along with a group who support the cause, to recieve a virtual amount of credit for dedication. I, therefore, do support those who fight for an end in bullying. These problems do happen still in school, although, it isnt as critical as bullying others for the accomodation of race, sexual assult, etc.
However, as civilians, we will stop america from overturning civilization into savergy, and we will fight along with teams who support causes for future references.
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