Community Mobilization: What Is It and How Does It Work?

Running Head: COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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American Civil rights movement also known as Civil rights movement is a social and
political movement in the 19th century. It was a decade long struggle in the United States of
America by the African-American community to end the issue of racial discrimination being
legal. According to the estimation more than 200,000 people were involved including Martin
Luther King Junior, Bayard Rustin and Philip Randolph. The objective of the movement was to
end the racial segregation on the basic of skin colour and ethnicity because the African
Americans used to face inequities after the American civil war (Andrews, Beyerlein & Tucker
Farnum, 2016). Around 4 million blacks were turned into slaves and were disallowed to vote
unlike the whites.
This movement was the reason for changes in the American constitution and was taken as
a historical accomplishment. The civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination and
segregation on the basis of skin colour, religion, gender, and ethnicity in workplaces, schools,
public places and other areas (Epstein, 2014). It was a profound awakening in the field of racial
injustices and turned out to be an improvement in political convictions, social standing, and
education or profession. The issue was resolved appropriately because discrimination was made
illegal in the United States of America (Bader & Warkentien, 2016).
The supporting rationale for resolutions is the fact that discrimination should not be
tolerated on the basis of any criteria. People deserve their rights when they are living in a social
system. Future efforts should be to improve the social standing of vulnerable groups with the
help of democracy and giving equal opportunities to people.

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Bader, M. D., & Warkentien, S. (2016). The fragmented evolution of racial integration since the
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Epstein, R.A., 2014. Public Accommodations under Civil Rights Act of 1964: Why Freedom of
Association Counts as a Human Right. Stan. L. Rev., 66, p.1241.