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| Kids from the Children's March reading a newspaper in jail. |
In my opinion, people today still discriminate against others in a bad way. Especially in the south or with older people who may have old-fashioned backgrounds. Some of the people who were alive during the time of segregation or who were raised on those beliefs by someone who was alive then, are still racist or sexist and discriminate against others. It's not so much large scale discrimination by a group of people, but more individual people who discriminate.
Nothing can really be done about those who still discriminate that isn't being done already. Because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is now illegal to discriminate because of someone's sex or race when it comes to things such as hiring a person. I don't think there's much else that we can do.
I liked the movie and hearing about the march from the perspectives of the people who participated in it. I also thought it was cool how the makers of the film used an old-fashioned camera to reenact some of the scenes, and then added them in with some of the original film.
I'm excited to go to Birmingham and see where the march took place. I think it'll be interesting to actually visit Birmingham instead of just driving past it on the way to Florida or a volleyball tournament. I've passed Birmingham several times, but I don't remember ever actually being in Birmingham and visiting.
Source:
National Archive - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Children of the Civil Rights Movement - The Children's Crusades
