After the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 by Kennedy discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and national origin was all outlawed. It ended unequal voting applications as well as segregation in schools, as well as public work places getting rid of the commissioner of safety, Bull Connor. Discrimination is a hard force to abolish. Today there is still discrimination all around us due to different values of some people. The Klan, though smaller, still exists showing that discrimination is a hard force to fight. People raised by family members who were brought up knowing segregation and still discriminating are likely to have the same views as their parent. One way that can reduce discrimination is to make the people around us more aware that we are all human and the same on the inside and maybe get rid of the Klan entirely if possible.
On this field trip I am looking forward to seeing Birmingham and the church at which everything took place as well as imagining what the actual march looked like with thousands of people. I also hope to have a guide that actually was part of the march and can give some first hand knowledge of what it was like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
