The civil rights movement started in the end of the 1950s and through various protests broke the pattern of racially segregated public facilities in the South and achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation for blacks since the Reconstruction period (1865-77). The Struggle for Black Equality by Harvard Sitkoff offered an extremely detailed overview of the movement and went through every phase of the struggle. The book made it clear that the black struggle …showed first 75 words of 1625 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1625 total…in 1968, and even though there’s still some racism - in most cities, blacks are treated the same way as whites. It is obvious to see that times have definitely gotten better, but it is important for people to be aware of the past and to realize that all people should be treated equally no matter their color, race, religion, etc. BIBLIOGRAPHY · Sitkoff, Harvard. The Struggle for Black Equality 1954-1992. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993