The assignment is to explore the ciivil rights movement and the black freedom struggle and look for connections between the historical movement and compare it to today's social movement (Black Lives Matter)
The goal of the paper is to answer the following questions:
What social problem did the civil rights and black freedom struggles confront, and what did this movement do to try to solve the problem.
What impact did the movement have on American society and how did this movement create social change?
How is the movement related to black lives matter today?