How successful had the Civil Rights Movement been by the late 1960's?

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How successful had the Civil Rights Movement been by the late 1960’s?

It would be absurd to think that the Civil Rights Movement hadn’t progressed by the late 1960’s. Many outstanding people like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were successful in raising public interest for Civil Rights, not only in the US but on a global scale too, as a result of this, campaigners forwarded the movement and made the 60’s a grand era. Americans plea for a less discriminated south, and also legal cases such as Brown VS Board of Education began to go on the black community’s side therefore desegregation in schools came about. Not forgetting that in 1961, equal employment was set up to improve job opportunities for black Americans and alike with the rest, this was an immense success.

Although the treatment received by black Southern Americans had changed which made the CRM appear to be a success, there were still failures in the way that it had progressed. After 14 long and unethical years, desegregation in schools occurred. It took the American government that colossal amount of time to come to the final decision that schools should no longer be apart. Obviously the decision was prolonged due to anti- desegregation campaigners etc, however, the conclusion didn’t see equality in schooling up to at least 20 years ago.

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The two main catalysts to the movement were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, but due to the fact that they used diverse methods to get their rights, there was a division in the Civil Rights movement. Black power emerged in the 60’s because some people disagreed with Kings non violent approach to racism. There was an increasing amount of frustration with eventually lead to riots among the black community- much to the white peoples enjoyment. Malcolm X strongly criticized Martin Luther King’s methods. Instead, he advocated the use of weapons for self defence because he felt that non ...

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