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Civil Rights Movement: Achievements vs Remaining Problems

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⚖️ Civil Rights Movement: Achievements vs Remaining Problems

DimensionWhat Was Achieved (by 1973)What Remained Unchanged
Legal rightsAll segregation laws abolished; three landmark federal laws (1964, 1965, 1968)Enforcement was inconsistent; Supreme Court limited scope of laws in later decades
VotingMississippi registration 7% → 67%; 1,500+ Black officials electedGerrymandering and voter suppression continued in new forms
EducationBrown v Board overturned school segregation; enrolment doubledMany schools remained segregated in practice; funding inequality persisted
Economic equalityEmployment discrimination illegal; some affirmative actionBlack income = 58% of white; unemployment double the white rate
HousingFair Housing Act (1968) banned discriminationDe facto segregation continued; "white flight" to suburbs
Culture"Black is beautiful"; Black studies in universities; cultural prideMedia representation remained limited; stereotyping continued
PolicingCOINTELPRO exposed and ended (1971)Police brutality continued; no systemic reform

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Source Analysis: The Kerner Commission Report (1968)Key TermsThe Night America BurnedThe Assassinations of 1968

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What did the Fair Housing Act of April 1968 do?

  • A. It banned racial discrimination in housing sales and rentals
  • B. It abolished literacy tests in the South
  • C. It required all Southern schools to desegregate immediately
  • D. It created the Black Panther Party
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Where was Martin Luther King Jr when he was assassinated on 4 April 1968?

  • A. At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC
  • B. At the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
  • C. At the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery
  • D. At the University of Mississippi
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What was 'white flight'?
The movement of white families from cities to suburbs after desegregation. Left inner cities with declining tax revenue, fewer services, and concentrated poverty. One of the main reasons why legal desegregation did not produce actual integration in housing and schools.
What was the Fair Housing Act (1968)?
The last major civil rights law — banned racial discrimination in housing sales and rentals. Passed April 11, 1968, one week after King's assassination. Difficult to enforce because housing discrimination is hard to prove. De facto segregation continued despite the law.

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