civil rights

A second reason.
             why the civil rights movement was politically more of a success than a.
             failure is due to the fact that blacks are better off in the courts than.
             they were. Now, blacks are allowed to serve on juries, and they are hardly.
             ever discriminated in court as opposed to when the boy was over-sentenced.
             for stealing an ice cream. For example, O.J. Simpson, who was accused of.
             killing his wife, received a fair trial and was let off not-guilty. In the.
             60's in the south, he would have been found guilty very quickly. In the.
             economic sense, the Kerner report has some truth today, but overall the.
             civil rights movement was a huge success in this area because blacks are.
             much better off today than they were before the movement. Before the civil.
             rights movement, almost every black was very poor and they weren't able to.
             get good jobs because of their skin color. There was no middle class for.
             blacks, just a lower class. They didn't have equal opportunity. An.
             economic failure of the movement is the amount of poor blacks that still.
             exist. The children which are products of this particular type of.
             segregation live in a poor neighborhood, go to a poor school, receive an.
             inadequate education or drop-out so they then can only receive a bad job.
             or no job at all. These people have children and the process starts all.
             over again. This is a failure because it prevents blacks from advancing.
             themselves in society. However, the civil rights movement in this area is.
             more of a success than a failure because of what can be achieved by.
             blacks, their ability to obtain much more money than before the movement.
             and not all blacks are in the cycle of poverty. For example, there is now.
             a middle class of blacks which is a huge success because it shows that.
             blacks are able to achieve the same things as whites, it sets a goal for.
             poorer blacks and eventually more will grow into this class. Another.
             example of an economic success is Affirmative Action.