Every civil rights problem begins with the victim. In the 60s it was the blacks whose problem was, “…the Negro is still not free.”(King 1) This is 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation where slavery was abolished with the hopes of equality. Yet 100 years later, the major push would be made and desegregation would be crushed. The modern victim is the gays, whose problem is, “We need to create the urgency and critical mass to stop the injustice towards our community.”(Conant 1) This shows how the gays need to find a place of protest and what they are protesting. While the blacks were segregated, the gays are bullied. These actions from all of us create two different types of problems. Once there is a victim you …show more content…
Th Civil Rights movement of the 60s was outlined with, “…our creative protest…meeting physical force with soul force.” Meaning that they were a group that was led very peacefully but was attacked with police brutality while the modern civil rights movement is made up with groups such as, “…GetEQUAL” This group was formed during a workshop on civil rights. This group is now working to solve the puzzle that is raising awareness and organizing the protest against the civil rights problem that is gay rights. Through these people’s actions, there are different solutions made to each and every problem and there is a way to go and protest for every reason. Once one knows how to protest, one has to form a solution to their