RIGHTS AND HISTORICAL DISTORTION

Following the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr., widened his concerns beyond African American Civil Rights; he went on to question the Vietnam War and advocate for those in. King’s departure from his original campaign caused many of his followers to question the goals and principles of the Civil Rights Movement. After reading your text, answer the following questions in your discussion post: What do you think the goals of the Civil Rights activists were? Why did the movement split in the mid-1960s? What do you believe are the most important successes of the Civil Rights Movement? What were the failures of the movement? Have modern Americans distorted either the understanding of the Civil Rights leaders or the movement itself? Fully explain your answers.

To receive full credit for this assignment your post must:

1. Address the questions asked in the paragraph above in at least a 300-word post and cite all outside sources appropriately
2. In your initial post, include at least one interesting question the readings raised for you.

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The goals of the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s were the struggle for freedom of the African American residents who lived in the USA. Civil rights activists like Martin Luther King Jnr fought for the privilege of African American from discrimination by the Native Americans as well as the American government. The movement also advocated for equal opportunity, housing, and education, equal access to public facilities, and right to vote…