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The Declining Role Of The Modern Civil Rights Movement

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This article by Dr. Terriel Byrd looks at the current state of the Civil RIghts Movement in the U.S. Dr. Byrd is a noted speaker, author, and consultant in the many areas including racial reconciliation. This paper is published by http://www.t-byrd.com. It is available for reprint with author's credit.

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  1. Slide 1: The Declining Role of the Modern Civil Rights Movement: New Challenges for the 21st Century Over the past several decades, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s has nearly disappeared in national focus and significance. Its main purpose of fighting for and ensuring that civil and human rights for all are preserved in America, is now history. But were it not for the strong demands and presence of leading civil rights organizations, life for African American citizens and all minorities in America would be quite different than it is today. The narrow structure of America’s pre-civil rights society, intended to benefit only one segment of its population would still be in place. The struggle for civil rights began with and became the bailiwick of those Africans who first arrived to the shores of America in about 1619. They soon learned the difference between slavery and freedom, and their struggle for liberty was a continuous thread of soci