Yes, there has been progress since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It just doesn’t look like it today.
A Call for Submissions to talk about the changes that have occurred.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Good Men Project is a site that talks about the changing roles of men in the 21st century. The Civil Rights Movement was–and remains–one of the most powerful forces for change in the last 100 years.Civil Rights set the stage for the changing roles of men and it has made men’s lives better. Not just men of color, but all men. Because of the Civil Rights Movement, we also got the Feminist movement, and the LGBT movement.
We’d like to cover this from every aspect: various perspectives by many voices. What have we gained? What have we lost? How far have we come, and how far do we have to go? What happens next?
Call for submissions: Civil Rights at 50: 1964-2014
Please submit by August 31, 2014. We will start rolling out submissions as they come in.
To submit, email [email protected]. For our general submissions guidelines and/or to submit online, go to Good Men Project on Submittable, here.
“Over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who… Read more »