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Civil Rights & Integration

The tumultuous decade leading up to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act resulted in legislation whose aim was to secure equal rights for African Americans and minorities, paving the way for increased integration among the races in U.S. society. Initiated by President John F. Kennedy and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the passage of the Civil Rights Act was an outcome that took the influence of many Americans. This analysis will discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the efforts to integrate American society, including a conclusion that addresses whether or not integration has been successfully achieve.

The period leading up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and passage of legislation like Brown v. Board of Education, represents one of the most turbulent eras in American history. African American activists from Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr. helped pave the way for greater equality for Blacks in U.S. society. A number of African American protests and organizations, like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sit-ins, the NAACP and the Black Panther Party were involved in the struggle were greater equality and integration of the races in U.S. society. Like the conflict between Whites and Blacks during this era, there was also conflict within the African American community movements of the period.

As Lamb (p. 82) maintains, there were ôcovertö and ôovertö tensions between Blacks and Whites as well as between African American camps with different approaches about how to achieve greater equality for Blacks. On the one hand, older Blacks continued to participate in and support the activism led by groups like the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), headed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. On the other hand, a younger generation of angry and frustrated Blacks was turning to more militant leaders and organizations like Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and the Black P...

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