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How Was The Civil Rights Movement Successful

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I believe the civil rights movement was very successful. The main goal of the civil rights movement was to end segregation and it did. In specific the supreme court's ruling in the case of Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 is a prime example of a turning point. As well as the implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1954 and following that the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These substantial legal changes not only allowed many more opportunities for African Americans but also for women and other minorities as well. In response to the above CNN article, I believe racism is an opinion and therefore will always exist on some level. Until people learn to formulate opinions without associating a color to it, there will always be a tug of
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