The Civil Rights Movement In The 1970's

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The civil Rights Movement’s undeniable moral claims helped make protest more respectable and encouraged other groups with grievance. At the beginning of the 1960s, many Americans believed they were standing at the dawn of a golden age. (“The 1960s”) However, that golden age never materialized. On the contrary, by the end of the 1960s it seemed that the nation was falling apart. (“The 1960s”) At time from the sixties to the seventies many influenced movements began and protests filled the American streets. The 1970s were a tumultuous time. In other ways, however, the decade was a repudiation of the 1960s. Some of the groups that were influenced were Women’s Movement, Black Power Movement, Gay Rights Movement, and the Mexican American Civil Rights