Causes and Effects of the Civil Rights MovementBy: Christal McwhorterThe Civil Rights Movement has changed all of American’s lives for ever. The Civil Rights Movement is a big event and according to Eyes on the Prize. “The March on Washington on August 28, 1963.” The reason why was because the African Americans were tired of being oppressed and being treated differently. One cause is segregation and this is where people are divided or split up. One more cause is violence/abuse is where people are treated badly like being punched or even being bullied basically or it is where someone is getting hurt in a certain process. One after effect is integration, and it is where people are being put together so being combined. Integration is an after effect of the Civil Rights Movement and it made things fair for African Americans because this gave them a chance to interact better with the Americans and they got better jobs and they were put as equals finally because of integration.To begin with there was segregation, separation, and just being divided up from each other. African Americans were separated by schools even stores and just normal shops, and they were separated even by public bathrooms. Also an example of segregation and according to the autobiography Leon’s Story. “We had to sit up in the balcony. The whites sat at the …show more content…
Integration is an effect of the Civil Rights Movement. This is a good thing for the African Americans because they did not have to go with anything bad like schools that did not have the proper items needed. Another effect of integration is African Americans were able to vote. Also they were able to get the same jobs so better paying jobs or a better salary. This was a great thing because no one was unequal anymore. Something else about integration is, ever since the big oppression against African Americans stopped people have been much