Evaluation:
Published: 14.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Equality for Africans', 1.
  • Essays 'Equality for Africans', 2.
Extract

The struggle for equality for Americans of African descent continues despite the significant advances made during the 1950's and 1960's. The question arises as to whether the struggle for Civil Rights has actually benefited the descendants of the many who sacrificed jobs, properties, reputations, and even their lives. Has the American civil rights movement become irrelevant?
Since this nation's birth, i.e., European discovery of the new world, Blacks, with exception to the native American Indians, have suffered disproportionately more than any other group. A cursory examination of world hi…

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