Compare And Contrast The Civil Rights Movement And The Black Lives Matter Movement

It has been nearly 50 years between the end of the Civil Rights Movement and the beginning of the Black Lives Matter Movement. New technology, new laws, and new leadership have been put in place in between the two movements. Despite the advancements, there are things that still remain constant, such as the continuous racial discrimination and injustices inflicted upon Black Americans that drove both movements.

The biggest lesson that the BLM movement borrowed from the CRM was the importance and efficacy of peaceful protest. Methods such as sit-ins and rallies were utilized during both eras in order to bring light to the injustices that Black people faced in America as a result of an unfair political system. The reasoning behind this method of protest, Morris states, is that large scale, peaceful movements have the potential to “disrupt the society and economy,” which in turn could lead to a chance for civic leaders to “bargain for change” (Morris, 2021). The protests for racial violence from the Black Lives Matter Movement were similar to those from the Civil Rights Movement in that both were

Much like African Americans, people with disabilities were often ostracized and marginalized by society. Influenced by the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement, advocates for those with disabilities demanded equality for disabled people. Similar measures of activism from the CRM era were employed during this social movement, such as sit-ins and lobbying for measures that support people with disabilities. Unlike the Poor People’s Campaign, the Disability Rights Movement proved to be more fruitful. Laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) and the ADA Amendments Act (2008) were signed into place. Both acts were a set of laws put in place in order to “prohibit discrimination of people with disabilities in many aspects of public life” (National Parks