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Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement is a continuous movement pursuing for the equal rights of various minorities in the world . In the United States it became more prominent in advancing the rights of the African American citizens . The Civil Rights Movements have its roots by the time the African Americans demanded to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities . As early as the 1870s small-scale protests were held to advocate the abolishment of slavery . One of the notable events in the civil rights movements was during the Reconstruction ' era

of the 1870s . This aimed at forging a national culture where social conformity was demanded towards the homogeneity of culture (McAfee , 1998 ,

. 5 and this conformity included the interaction with the black people such as removing the segregation in public schools

The early forms of civil rights movements during the 1950s to the 1960s were more focus on upholding cultural diversity without the discriminating confines of social conformity . aims of the 1870s protests , the 1960s roots of the civil rights movement wanted to attain the complete acceptance of diversity within America regardless of color and gender . Though blacks were permitted access to the same facilities such as riding a bus with whites , restrictions were still imposed against the blacks . Perhaps the most memorable event which led to the rigorous effort of the Civil Rights Movement was the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 . By the moment she was arrested because Parks did not...