In this week\'s discussion, I want you to consider the progress or lack of progr

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In this week's discussion, I want you to consider the progress or lack of progress African Americans have made since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's to present. Your discussion must be connected to the materials within this module. You are required make an initial post and then respond to at least two other postings. Your first posting must be done by Wednesday.Consider the following points below in your response. Your initial posting must be between 250-300 words. . The progress made or lack of progress made. . Key individuals of the Civil Rights Era . Do we need to be actively involved in Civil Rights issues. . Based on current situations, is there a need to continue advocating for Civil Rights.

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Slow-paced Progress!

Progress is the largely suppressed story of race and race relations over the past half-century. And thus it’s news that more than 40 percent of African Americans now consider themselves members of the middle class. Forty-two percent own their own homes, a figure that rises to 75 percent if we look just at black married couples. Black two-parent families earn only 13 percent less than those who are white. Almost a third of the black population lives in suburbia.

Fifty four years after the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, majorities of blacks and whites think real progress has been made in getting rid of racial discrimination, but most say at least some discrimination still exists today. African-Americans are more likely than whites to see discrimination as widespread.

More than three in four Americans, including most whites and blacks, think the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a very important event in U.S. history; another 19 percent call it somewhat important. Just 5 percent do not consider it an important event.

Nearly eight in 10 Americans think there's been real progress since the 1960s in getting rid of racial discrimination; just 19 percent say there hasn't been much progress. The percentage that says progress has been made has remained fairly consistent in recent years, but it has increased nearly 30 points since 1992.

Few Key Figures From The Civil Rights Movement

6 oppositionists-

Richard Russell

George Wallace

Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor

Strom Thurmond

James O’Eastland

Ross Barnett

Activists:

AA Phillip Randolph

Rosa Parks

James Farmer

John Lewis

Roy Wilkins

Whitney Young

Fred Shuttlesworth

Martin Luther King Jr.

Yes , we do need to be involved in Civil Rights Issues and the reasons for continuing the advocacy for civil rights in present day scenario are as follows:

Racial equality's long fight

Poverty- The poverty rate for blacks is much higher than whites in America. In 2010, 27.4 percent of blacks met the poverty threshold, but only 9.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites did the same, according to the National Poverty Center. The number of children living in poverty is even higher. Only 12 percent of white children live in areas of concentrated poverty, compared with 45 percent of black children, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute.

Health- There are striking and apparent health disparities between African-Americans and whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These include life expectancy, death rates, infant mortality and lack of health insurance. Many blacks also face discrimination in the doctor's office. Studies show that doctors treat black patients differently than whites.

Voting rights- Criminal records remove access to voting rights and lead to job, education and housing discrimination. Across the country, 13 percent of black men have lost the right to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. And states are adding new restrictions, such as voter id laws, since the Supreme Court declared a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional in June 2013.

Jobs- oday, though the black middle class has grown to about 10 percent of all black households in the United States, the unemployment rate remains twice that of whites (12.6 percent vs. 6.6 percent in 2012, respectively). The wage gap persists for black men and women, who earned 74.5 percent and 69.6 percent, respectively, of a typical white man's wage in 2010 — a difference of 25 to 30 percent, according to 2011 report from Harvard researchers.

Education- almost 90 percent of segregated African-American and Latino schools experience concentrated poverty. The national college graduation rate is 57.3 percent, but 44.8 percent for black women and 33.1 percent for black men, the U.S. Department of Education reports.

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