How did Civil Rights Movement of 1960 impact America?
The Civil Rights movement was a very successful era during the Vietnam War. It was especially influential in discovering significant historical figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Malcom X, etc. Forms of protests consisted of sit-ins, bus boycotts, and marches that lasted for days at a time. Specifically, in Mobile, Alabama, Nine educated black students attended a white school nearby their neighborhoods, guarded by a few coast guard officials, to ease their way into segregated schools.