Civil Rights: Are We Free? The struggle for equality for Americans of African descent continues despite the significant advances made during the 1950s and 1960s. the question arises as to whether the struggle for Civil Rights has actually benefited the descendants of the many who sacrificed jobs, properties reputations, and even their lives. Has the American Civil Rights movement become irrelevant? Since this nation's birth (European discovery of the New World), Blacks, with the exception …
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…the Civil Rights movement is going to have any success in the future, they are going to have to address such problems as teen pregnancy and education for Americas largest minority group. The government has not only failed to address these problems, but has been directly responsible for making them worse. As America did in the early 1960's its time for the Civil rights organizations and leaders to provide some moral leadership and righteous direction.