The life during the Civil Rights Movement was challenging for most. The Civil Right Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and made it illegal to discriminate jobs based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. However, it was towards jobs, life was mostly still segregated, like schools, churches, and even water fountains. Where Mildred Hatch and Jackie Clarke lived wasn't a significant amount of Civil Right Movement happening but, on TV they saw many marches and protests happening. Courtney Clark’s great grandma and grandma only saw a few times white people yelling at African Americans. There was a curfew in the 60’s the curfew was 10 p.m, it was for everyone even adults. Black children who played with white children …show more content…
She was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, the south being so against civil rights. She also said that she hasn’t seen a man that fought so hard for others right to vote and go places like the movies. Joyce Terrell, trying to get into an all-white school. She got in but later KKK came and shot her house. Bobby Kennedy told them to leave until school starts, being the first black women in a once all white school was miserable. The impact of the Civil Right Movement affected significant amount of people and is still happening today. School today for black kids (non-white) are more almost 4 time likely to get out-of-school suspension than whites and African American females are 6 times likely to get an out-of-school suspension. There is still a huge gap between white and non-whites groups at reading proficiency, high school graduation rate, and college completion rate. In Wisconsin, the public high school graduation rate is 92% white and 64% blacks. Nationwide the rates are 89% for whites, 69% for blacks and 73% for Hispanics. Today there are new groups that are getting their Civil Rights like people with disabilities and LGBT+, gay being able to openly join the