Discuss The Successes And Failures Of The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement had a major impact on American society from 1954-1970s and even to this present day. The Selma to Montgomery Walk helped a great deal in leading African Americans to gain their voting rights. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed later that year after the march. It was a major turning point in the movement. In present day, this helps leads to African Americans having a say in society. We now have a black president and that would not have happened if we did not have the Civil Rights Movement. When President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops into the South to enforce Black American’s rights he opened up a big opportunity for African Americans.The National Guard arrived in September 1957 to escort black students in Little Rock Arkansas to the all white high school they were to attend. This was the next step towards their rights. When the Brown v. Board decision was in the African Americans favor to end segregation in public education, the African Americans had succeeded. This impacts present day because now we are all together and there is no separation between

The Civil Rights Movement lead to the desegregation of schools and to African Americans getting their right to vote. It also lead to African Americans getting all of their rights in general when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. Today African Americans are just as equal as whites although not all of the population agrees. One failure of the Movement included Bloody Sunday, when tear gas was shot and their eyes and they were waded at by officers. Also the 16th Baptist Church bombing when four members of the Klu Klux Klan planted 15 sticks of dynamite beneath the steps of the church and killed four young girls. The Detroit Race riot did not turn out into the African American’s favor neither. Although the Movement did witness failure it was a major turning point in all of