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'''--Foreign Productions (talk) 21:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)'How did the Civil Rights Affect African Americans Education? Many African American children have dreamed of having an education without discrimination, but for some that was not possible. Most African Americans and other minorities were not allowed to attend school because of their race, nationality or religion. As African Americans were discriminated in employment, schools and public places, the Civil Rights have helped them start a new life without the fear of discrimination. The Civil Rights Act has freed African Americans and given them a better start in life. Before the 1964 Civil Rights Act, many African American protesters demanded there freedom but only received opposition. African Americans were not allowed to use many public facilities such as restrooms. Education in the southern United States has been harsh on many African Americans, as only about 4% of the 3,000,000 that lived there, attended school ("Major Features of the Civil"). Majority of African Americans were not able to read or write because they did not attend school to receive the required education. The Civil Rights helped end discrimination in schools and made education better for the African American students to expand their knowledge ("ED.gov"). As many other students, African Americans began being treated the same due to Civil Rights. In the past 30 years congress has worked together to pass many Civil Rights laws that prohibit discrimination against African Americans and other minorities in schools and other activites ("ED.gov"). Before Civil Rights were passed most of African Americans as well as any other minority group were discriminated on a daily basis. Congress had tried many times to enact the Civil Rights Act, but sadly they failed on numerous occasions. But that didn't stop Congress from doing what they thought was right and freeing the African Americans. Congress took a second step raised the issue of voting rights. ("Major Features of the Civil"). Voting rights were great for the African Americans because they were able to vote for ones they wanted. The Civil Rights Act is a law that gives minorities the right to vote, freedom, education and many other opportunities. The Civil Rights have helped many minorities to start living a normal life without being discrininated. ("Civil Rights: An Overview"). Every African Americans dream before 1964 was to have a normal life and his family that could live life without being discriminated. ("Major Features Of The Civil"). Civil Rights laws have helped minority groups by giving them freedom and equal rights. There have been many laws passed to end discrimination in schools. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has played an important role when it comes to education because they were very serious about ending discrimination and believed every person should be treated the same in the education system. ("Civil Rights: An Overview"). The Civil Rights is an important law because it ended discrimination against the blacks. And it made it possible for them to live a healthy life with a steady job and good education. The NAACP has worked with the Civil Rights Act and it accomplished many goals it had strived for. One of the last goals, that were protected through the Brown v. Board Of Education, is the banning of segregation in schools ("Our Documents - Civil"). Civil Rights ended segregation in education with the help of the NAACP. The Civil Rights Act is a law that makes discrimination against the race, color of a persons skin or religion illegal in the public ("Civil Rights: An Overview"). Since a law was passed in 1964 that made discimination illegal in public places, many more colored children were able to attend school. The Civil Rights Act was created mainly to end discrimination in schooling and jobs. ("Our Documents - Civil"). This law is an important law to many African Americans because it gives them the same opportunities as the rest to achieve their goals in life. July 2, 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. This made the life of many African Americans and other minorities much better since it ended discrimination in schools and helped many find better jobs without being discriminated. ("Our Documents - Civil"). Lyndon Johnson had a big impact in African American lives. He made it possible for them to have an equal education and a normal job without the worry of discrimination they would get on a daily basis. The Civil Rights Act helped African Americans to live a better life without being discriminated to the extent they had been for so long ("Major Features of the Civil"). Even though the Civil Rights Act did not solve the discrimination problems fully, it did help provide African Americans with more job opportunities, voting rights, and much more. The states have put in great effort to the Civil Rights Act to provide equal education to all students including minorities ("ED.gov"). This has a big effect on the minorities because it gives them a chance to have the same education as the rest. Federal Civil Rights has brought out many changes when it comes to African-American education in the United States ("ED.gov"). One major effect of the Civil Rights Act was that it created a life for everybody in the United States no matter their skin color, nationality or religion. The Civil Rights Act helped enable the Thirteenth Ammendment which freed African Americans from slavery and made slavery illegal in the United States ("Civil RIghts: An Overview"). The south wasn't happy with the decision of freeing African Americans, as they decided to keep on fighting to keep slavery in America. But as the numbers of the NAACP grew larger, the south was losing the battle to keep slavery. African Americans have been fighting for a long time for their freedom. But still to this day they get some discrimination in school, public places, and at their jobs. There have been numerous laws passed to end this, such as the Civil Rights Law ("NAACP: 100 Years"). There are many people that still believe their race is better than another. This is a big issue because racism is still going on throughout our country. As any other minority group, the blacks can be treated differently when it comes to education. Before 1964 the blacks did not have the same funding as the whites ("Blacks: Education Issues"). This is the result when the community did not believe that the blacks were as equal as the whites. If the community would appreciate the blacks and other minorities, the results in education would be dramatically visible. Racism has played a big role in blacks education because of their race, schooling, employment and social life. Even other activities were impacted. ("NAACP: 100 Years"). Being discriminated against is a big issue when it comes to education because a person is more likely to drop out of school when they are being judged for something they are and that they cannot change. Education is the road to success. Before the Civil Rights Act was passed, if a black child tried entering a school, there was plenty of violence to stop them. In today's society many children drop out of school because they take education for granted. Before Civil Rights were enrolled children would fight to at least learn the ability to read and write. It is important in the future that public schools employ more minority teachers. Students of color would feel more welcomed and would do better on their SAT's and other tests which would prepare them for college and put them on the right road for success ("Blacks: Education Issues"). As students get more comfortable with their teachers and classmates they tend to do better in school. Doing well in school is important for students and the school itself because the school gets higher rankings when it has well educated students. THe 1964 Civil Rights Act was an Act to help African-Americans improve their lifestyle. Even though the Civil Rights Act did not solve all the problems of the minorities, it did help the future of the African American community because it gave them voting rights and more job opportunities. ("Major Features of the Civil"). Racism is getting smaller among the majority of the United States communities. Because the Civil Rights Act makes it illegal for a person to be prejudice against another. Even though the African Americans were not given the same opportunity in education before 1964, there have many laws created to make sure that everybody receives equal educations and opportunities now. African Americans were treated differently before 1964, nevertheless, there has been a major law passed to ensure that everybody is treated the same and given the same opportunities as others. Even though everybody is pretty much getting the same opportunieies there is still some racism that is going on between African Americans and whites. African Americans are thankful for the education and opportunities that they are able to receive in today's society, most of which they were not able to get before the Civil Rights Act. Even though some rasism continues in today's education, the right still continues to end racism completely from society and public schooling. So next time you're in class with an African American do not judge that person. Treat your neighbor the way you would like to be treated.