African Americans have been struggling for equality for many decades. It only seems that during the 1960’s is when there were actual significant advances made. This was about the same time that civil rights came into the political scene. Throughout the South, Blacks were still in the majority, but had no political power what so ever. The Civil Rights Movement gave African Americans a voice and a chance to make a difference. The 1960’s helped …showed first 75 words of 3318 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3318 total…relationships), and antiinstitutionalism (distrust of conventional institutional roles and careers). Flacks was a previous leader of SDS (Chalmers 74). The sixties were filled with civil rights movements and great leaders guided people through this time. Before the sixties blacks may have been free persons in the United States, but they weren’t looked upon as the same as everyone else. Blacks had almost no rights and couldn’t vote. The sixties granted them their well-deserved rights