The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most influential periods of all time. Because it influenced so much, we learned many lessons from it and it affects the way life is lived in present day America. The People of the United States learned many things from the Civil Rights Era; equality, and the power of non-violent protest. WE learned that all men are created equal, and that all citizens deserve equal rights, no matter what. We also learned the power of peaceful protest; the style of protest displayed during the era inspired decades after them and is still taught with great honor and respect today. The participants in the Civil Rights Era were pioneers of many of today's most common ideologies.
Though the Movement was mostly a success, America is not a perfect nation. Racism still exists all around the country and institutional racism even more. There are entire websites dedicated to peoples ignorant racism and people honestly believe that whites are better than other races. Also there are many subconscious racist occurences in our everyday life that some people don't even notice. For example things like white flight, the achievement gap, and subconscious stereotypes affect many peoples lives everyday. Hopefully this problem will be soon fixed, and maybe our nation will be entirely colorblind in a utopic future.
Some things that were passed on to our current generation by the Civil Rights Movement are peaceful protests, the "colorblind" mentality, and the inspirational speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. still change lives. The peaceful protests that were held during the era were indescribably effective. They changed the way people protested permanently. The "colorblind" mentality is the state of mind in which one judges a person by their character not their "color". The main issue the people of the movement were fighting would not have existed without judgment and stereotypes. The Movement changed everything and hopefully future generations will continue to change.
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