Long Term Effects Of The Civil Rights Movement

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After World War Two there were many historical protests which had impacted, South Africa and the USA which has shaped the society we live in today as Australians. The civil rights movement which occured not long after the events of the second World War had long term effects, due to its racial inequality. Many protests were held in this era towards African- Americans fighting for civil rights. The protest movements obviously had multiple short term effects as the discrimination was huge during this era. The social protests affected people's lives and choices post World War Two as the racial discrimination was accentuated through everyone's everyday lives. The Civil rights movement led to some of the greatest individual protests in history