For many of our readers, the gains from this struggle are just black and white pictures with little relevance to their daily lives. Jr. well put it, is from exclusion to inclusion. There is no question that black Americans have made enormous strides - or rather than Americans altogether have made enormous strides in respect for individuals and minorities. This does not mean we have reached a state of perfect harmony. We have not.
People still have prejudices and minorities can experience discrimination.
But it is no longer an injustice tolerated by the law and society at large. Behaviour has been improved. On women, it is interesting that we gave the Japanese, in their postwar constitution, the equivalent of the Equal Rights Amendment that failed to pass here. There is far too much sexism in the reporting of women and there is still something of a glass ceiling. She continued her civil rights work in Detroit, starting her own charitable foundation and working for 20 years on the staff of Congressman John Conyers.