The Benefits Of The Civil Rights Movement

The reverend Meg Riley once said, “We are buried up to our necks in a history of violence and brutality against people of color. I refuse to be silent anymore.” Since the majority of African-Americans were brought to America, it has been inevitable for African-Americas to be harmed based on the color of their skin. Throughout the years black people have been fighting for simple human rights. There have been slave revolts, wars, riots, and marches all for the cause to protect black lives. One of the first movements to help better the lives of black people was the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement helped push a culture of people in America forward. “Black Lives Matter” is one of the newest movements in the fight toward showing
The civil rights movement helped change laws in the United States of America. Although the civil rights movements benefits mainly helped middle class African-Americans at the time like teachers, doctors, and lawyers; the black lives matter movement is helping all people of color.
Since the black lives matter movement started on social media, there is not a well-known spokes person for the movement like the civil rights movement had with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Since black lives matter does have the advantage of social media, the movement can reach their audience with information quicker and more effectively than the civil rights movement could.
The civil rights movement helped pave a way for the black lives matter movement to have a voice they both are an important piece to African-American history. Knowing the history of civil rights movement can help to improve how the black lives matter movement will contribute to enriching the lives of all people of color. One African proverb is “Until the lion writes his own story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” In my opinion, the black lives matter movement is helping voice the opinions and side of the hunted in a way that has not been yet told