Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the nation.

The Civil Rights Movement

Using the Internet, locate and read Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech given in Washington D.C., August 1963.

Construct the case study by responding to the following prompts:

• Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the nation.

• What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the continent on minority groups?

• Do you think that the tactics and strategies that civil rights activists used in the 1960s would apply to today’s racial and ethnic conflicts? Why or why not?

• Do the ideas of the 1960s still have relevance today? If so how? If not, why not?

• Analyze how the Civil Rights Movement would impact diversity in America today.

 

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