Through the past weeks we have learned about the civil rights movement and how it was a constant struggle for most minority groups especially the African Americans to be treated equal like other Americans have. The blacks constantly  struggled to have their rights and go against the injust laws that were discriminating them. Some violent acts and non violent acts were committed to help them achieve their equal rights, to be heard from other people that they do matter. Great leaders rised above from this movement like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, etc. who are some inspiring leaders and activists in history. They led marches, protests, non violent movements, etc. They led the civil rights movements in order to gain their rights, peace, and wrongful discrimination that lasted for years.The lessons we should learn from this is to stand up for what you believe in even if you have to challenge the laws the government put.
  The civil rights movement has been an influence to society and minority groups but America still struggles today with equity and equality. We struggle to accept others as equal and acknowledge them from their true potential ,but instead people just judge you be the color of your skin or where your parents came from or your social class. Its a problem that we face and how some people have an advantage over others. Money is also a problem in our society and affects people in many ways like how the rich class can get health benefits and get paid more than the middle class or lower class gets.
  The civil rights movement influenced our society today and follow the same peaceful techniques they used from back then. We see protests like every month that are modeling the techniques from the civil rights. It teach people to take a stand on what you believe in. The Occupy Oakland movement shows how their knowledge from the civl rights movement applied to the present.The connection between the civil rights movement and the present is that people still struggle to get the equality especially in their education. If the civil rights movement never existed their will still be segregated schools and injust laws will still be in our society.