Civil Rights Movement Reflection

I’ve always pictured the Civil Rights Movement as African Americans fighting for the same equality as whites. It never occurred to me that not only did African Americans search for equality, but all kinds of people fought for equal rights, whether it was because of their gender, race, sexual orientation or disability differences. I learned that the African American Civil Rights movement sparked and encouraged other minorities and other groups who shared differences to fight for their equality as well. Something important I learned from this unit was, people won’t stop fighting for what they believe is right. Many of the Civil Rights Movements hold evidence that people won’t give up on their rights for equality. Without the great leadership of our activist and Civil Rights Movement leaders. I don’t believe it would have be easy for people with differences to get their points and main ideas across about their freedom and equality.

America today, still struggles with acceptance. Sure the laws have altered and changed, but I believe people are just the same as they’ve always been. For example, stereotypes have become an implanted or natural thought in our people’s minds. We were raised to think that certain minorities or people that have differences from us should act or behave a certain way.

People everyday are still getting discriminated against in America. Women are still getting paid far less then men are. Gays are still fighting for their rights to marry who they love. There are many examples of unequality in America and we are far from reaching equality in society. I believe our first steps should be acceptance.