The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the United States by granting equality and rights to minority groups and moving the country toward greater diversity. The Civil Rights Acts banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. While the tactics of the 1960s such as protests and marches may not directly apply to today's issues, the ideals of equality, justice, and inclusion still resonate. The Civil Rights Movement had a lasting impact on promoting diversity in America by establishing laws that protect minority groups from discrimination.

1. The Civil Rights Movement and Diversity
Description Introduction In the 1960’s one event that touched nearly every American was
the Civil Rights Movement. The election of President Kennedy ushered the United States
into the 1960s with the New Frontier: a bold set of expectations, desires, and liberalism that
expanded highly under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and quickly dissolved as the United
States’ domestic environment fell into chaos and disarray. With the assassinations of Martin
Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, expanding drug culture and race riots
transformed the United States from a land of unparalleled possibilities in the early 1960s to
a nation facing numerous domestic challenges. This assignment will aid your understanding
of how America granted equality to all minority groups and slowly moved toward diversity.
Instructions Using the Internet, locate and read Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream”
speech given in Washington D.C., August 1963. Copy and paste the following keywords into
your Google search bar: “I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.” Feel free also to locate
and incorporate additional scholarly sources to respond to this case study, including
information on the Civil Rights Movement. Construct the case study by responding to the
following prompts: Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed
the nation? What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the continent on minority
groups? Do you think that the tactics and strategies that civil rights activists used in the
1960s would apply to today’s racial and ethnic conflicts? Why or why not? Do the ideas of
the 1960s still have relevance today? If so how? If not, why not? Analyze how the Civil
Rights Movement would impact diversity in America today? Include a documented example
of the primary source. Make sure to cite and reference sources. Make sure that the writing is
clear, well-developed, and free from spelling and grammatical errors. Writing Requirements
(APA format) Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page) 1-inch margins
Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title page References page (minimum of 1
primary source) Use in-text citations that correspond with your end reference