Civil Rights Blog

During the civil rights unit I learned a lot. I learned that they were always struggles to get our rights. Also just to get our voices heard. Some of the lessons learned were that sometimes you have to do things such as break the law, to get the governments attention. Also that even way back then until now we still struggle to get equality. I learned that peaceful protesting is a very powerful way to fight back. Civil disobedience is also a strong way to get your voice heard.

America today struggles with actions such as racism, poverty, and steroetypes. Racism still goes on to this day. And poverty has to do with it. Because if your lower than someone because of money, then your automautically under them. Not the "same". Things like Sterotype also occurs, when you are judge just by the color of your skin. Or what you wear, or just the way you look. Luckily, equality and equity is what we have now. Where a black male or latino can go to college and have the same oppurtunity as a rich caucasian.

Well thanks to the acts that were done we have equal rights for everyone now. Such as Rosa Parks for refusing to give her seat to a white person and causing a boycott. Or with MLK and March on Washington and his peaceful disobedience With Malcom X and his fight back. We wouldnt be the way we are today without them. The boycotts, sit-ins, marches, protests. That stopped segregation from going even further than it had gone. Although that we still have some racism and sterotyping, never again will any race be discriminated because the color of their skin.