Essay On Civil Rights Movement

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The Civil Rights Movements are a big part of U.S. history. It ”was a social, political, and economic revolution in which Africa Americans fought against racial segregation and discrimination rooted in the days of slavery.” (Riggs 2nd ed Vol. 1) It shows that Americans fight for what they believe in despite people’s opposing opinions. These movements include fighting for African American’s rights, women’s rights, the mentally ill, and prison reforms. Each of these reforms show the need for various changes in society. Leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothea Dix, Susan B. Anthony, etc., during this era are what made the reforms successful. The impact of various historical and contemporary civil rights and reform
The Civil Rights Movements have changed daily life for many African Americans, women, and people with mental illness. For African Americans, discrimination become very rare. The rights of women were extended, and they began to have the right to speak freely and to vote. Those with mental illnesses were respected more and began to be taken seriously. All of these people were effected by not only gaining more rights, but also by gaining respect in
or Dorothea Dix. The reforms have also shown how society will always have problems, but they are always capable of being fixed. For example, women didn’t have any rights before the reform. But because strong women fought for their strong beliefs, they were able to gain those rights, like voting. Another example of this is the Prison Reform. The cause of the reform was that people had “differing ideas about which crimes merit imprisonment, what length sentences should be, and how inmates should be treated.” (Brennan, et al. Almanac Vol. 2) Eventually, prisons began to operate differently and in a more sufficient