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The Civil Rights Movement changed that. Similarly, laws forbidding sex and marriage between people of different races were ended. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act warranted African American suffrage and for the first time in American history, Blacks were able to register to vote without legal contention. The Movement also brought about important non-legislative impact on the American people. It brought to the surface the amount of racism that existed in the country and initiated change from the heart of the people, not just politicians. Prior to the Movement, most Americans were oblivious to the problem of racism and prejudice. By exposing racial injustice and inequalities to the mass populace, civil rights leaders achieved what could perhaps not have been accomplished a few decades earlier: recognition. Furthermore, the Civil Rights Movement brought about the opportunity for African American advances in employment and education and the creation of a new Black middle class. .
             When examining the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement, one very important aspect of change is missing. The Movement failed to eliminate social, physiological, and economic discrimination against African Americans. Though legal discrimination was virtually abolished with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, overt, direct racism was replaced by a more covert racism which continues to affect the way members of different races think, act, and feel towards one another to this day. Covert racism has always existed in American society, although it did not become so prominent until after the civil rights moment. It is simply a more subtle, hidden, and denied form of discrimination. Although it occurs more often than overt racism, covert discrimination is hard to detect and is usually ignored by politicians and important political and social leaders. Like overt racism, it can occur individually, institutionally, and culturally.