Throughout American history and even to this day, African Americans have always struggled for their rights. ... The desire for equality in these aspects was the springing of political movement building that brought about important organizations and events, and eventually the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... Yet, by 1961, most of the goals of these earlier protests still had not been realized. High levels of black unemployment, work that offered most African Americans only minimal wages and poor job mobility, systematic disenfranchisement of many African Americans, and the persisten...

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The movement was sought out to mainly address these three areas of discrimination which were social divide, education, and most importantly voting rights. ... The NAACP was an important organization during the movement as they nationally and locally established several branches within their communities to combat discrimination(Austin, 2003). ... After the little rock event, America began to become aware of the struggle faced in the south.in 1955, the black population in Montgomery organised a boycott that lasted for 381 days. ... The boycott was finally over after the Supreme Court announced t...

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