Analyze the causes and possible effects of the modern Civil Rights Movement using the terms of causuality: remote, contributory, intermediate, and main, as an organizing vehicle. The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. Yet, prior to the execution of the Emancipation Proclamation, in 1863, African Americans were still enslaved. Even after the Civil War ended, they were still required to fight for educational, social, and political equality. …showed first 75 words of 1295 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1295 total…prior to the modern Civil Rights Movement. Without the audacious and unyielding efforts made by activists for African American civil rights, the pledge that the Declaration of Independence makes, "...all men are created equal...with certain unalienable rights...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", might still be blatantly denied to people of color today. The modern Civil Rights Movement was, without a doubt, the defining chapter of American civil rights, as we know them.