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Capella University
HIS-FPX1150
Instructor’s Name
December 2024
Lesson From History
Slide 2: Hello everyone, I am ____. Historical events hold great significance in the formation of future policies for the particular problem. History provides information about the struggles, and movements of the past that play a crucial role in setting milestones regarding specific issues and helps in the improvement of current practices for the better response of the people. The history of the U.S. acts as a cornerstone in defining the importance of past events and why their analysis is crucial for the betterment of current strategies.HIS FPX 1150 Assessment 3 The research papers and other historical content help the researchers of today’s time to analyze, and interpret the information and gain insight into the practices that will be beneficial for the current world. This presentation is based on understanding the past of the civil rights movements and how these movements helped shape the future of today’s world (Gutterman, 2023). However, it will discuss the impact of the historical events and how these impacts can be related to the present organizational issues.
Overview of the Civil Rights Movement
Slide 3: The purpose of the civil rights movement is to ensure the availability of equal rights to all people around the world without any discrimination to keep the peace in the country. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 holds great significance in ensuring equal ethical and legal rights to all people through the development of laws and legal policies (Kelly & Topolewski, 2021). The Voting Rights Act of 1965 holds great importance in giving people the independence to choose their leaders without any pressure. Both movements increase awareness among the people regarding their rights and ethical and legal responsibilities of the societies and communities in ensuring equality at all levels without any discrimination. This increased the will of people to fight for their rights thus highlighting the importance of human rights for the peace of any nation. These movements are major milestones in history as they are effective in removing segregation, racism, and injustice at different levels including organizational and institutional. In the mid-20th century, a great movement was started in the U.S. for the rights of African Americans to ensure that they must be given equal rights at all levels and eliminate injustice for a peaceful environment. It addresses the problems of inequality and discrimination in housing, voting, and employment thus covering the whole range of health problems. However, some of the issues persist in the communities which need to be eliminated from the root by analyzing the historical practices.
Research Questions and Sub Questions
Slide 4: The main and basic research question is the identification of the effectiveness of the civil rights movement of the 20th century in shaping the laws and policies of the U.S. and how these movements impact today’s policies of justice and equality (Banaji et al., 2021). The question stated as “What are the impacts of the civil rights movements of the 20th century on today’s world?”. The basic sub-questions related to the civil rights movements are given below;
- What laws helped decrease discrimination during the civil rights movement?
- What was the role of known civil rights leaders in shaping the future and the past?
- What were the efforts taken to overcome the opposition against the movements?
- What are the major similarities between the civil rights efforts of the past and the current world?
- What is the impact of the civil rights movement on gender equality and economic fairness?
Credibility of the Sources
Slide 5: The identification of the credibility of the resources is necessary to ensure that the information collected is reliable and valid for use in further studies and policy formation processes (Pehlivanoglu et al., 2021). The civil rights movement was one of the major events of the past which is still playing a great role in improving the policies and laws for the provision of equal opportunities to all the people without any discrimination. Many scholars, researchers, and authors work on increasing awareness among the people regarding civil rights and provide them with sufficient knowledge and information about the historical perspectives, efforts, and struggles of the activists working for the spreading of civil rights awareness among people. A book by Juan Williams named Eyes on the Prize: Americans Civil Rights Years 1954-1965 is one of the most credible sources as it is written by a journalist who is well known for his knowledge and expertise in civil rights and it is published by well-known source known as Penguin Books. The letter from Martin Luther King is another most credible source as it is directly written by the king from jail representing the importance of civil rights for the betterment of the societies and the increased satisfaction of the people.
Non-Credible Sources Identification
Slide 6: The identification of sources’ credibility is necessary to ensure that the information gathered is not fake and lacks validity (Kington et al., 2021). The information gathering is the most important step in the analysis of any event or movement and interpretation of specific results from the collected information. The noncredible source lacks information about the author leading to an anonymous identity which will not be effective in ensuring the source’s credibility. Moreover, this anonymity highlights the invalidity and non-reliability of the content. The noncredible sources also contain biased information without any evidence and are mostly published on blog sites. Posts on social media like Instagram and Facebook are often noncredible as they lack credible citations for the claims reducing the transparency of the content. Moreover, some sources also allow editing which creates ambiguity in the validity of the information as anyone can add their opinions without authenticity.
Causes of Historical Events
Slide 7: The historical event of the mid-20th century in the U.S. regarding the integration of civil rights laws and policies in the system to ensure equality and justice stems from inequality and injustice at the systematic and societal levels. The major causes for the emergence of civil rights movements include the Jim Crow Laws and Segregation in which African Americans were brutally denied access to basic rights in schools, public places, and transportation which increased frustration among the people facing injustice and racial inequalities (Hswen et al., 2020). Moreover, the economic differences are also one of the major causes of initializing the movements for the protection of the civil rights of the citizens along with the minorities leading to improvement in the environment of the nation and the communities. The African Americans were not provided reasonable equal-to-work wages like other employees, they were not given the ownership of the homes which was affecting their professional careers as well as their well-being. They were excluded from voting rights by implementing the discriminating strategy of literacy tests according to which only 6% of the blacks were classified for voting. This was illegal as it snatched the freedom of the voter including some high-profile events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott became the cause of the civil rights movement.
Long-Term Impacts of Historical Events
Slide 8: The civil rights movement increased awareness among the people which led to long-term impacts on the nations. A few major impacts are given below;
- The Civil Rights Act removes any kind of discrimination in any sector based on race.
- The Voting Act allows and gives people the freedom to cast a vote for their leader without any test or disparity.
- The culture of African Americans was highlighted and recognized by the people.
- The peaceful protests were initiated for the rights of the LGBT+ showing the importance of the minorities.
- The black lives matter movement also became effective in the elimination of injustice and inequality based on color.
Relating Past Challenges and Strategies to Current Organizational Issues
Slide 9: The current organizational issues include diversity, inclusion, and inequality at different levels which seems similar to the inequalities people faced at the time of the civil rights movement (Sadeh & Mair, 2023). The strategies implemented at that time can help improve the environment of today’s organizations by ensuring the provision of equal rights to everyone. In the past people gathered local activists to collectively stand against injustice which is now implemented in today’s organizations as grassroots advocacy in which employees gather together to stand up against inequity and improve the systematic approach to the resolution of the employee’s issues without any discrimination. The use of data or information defining segregation and inequality has proved effective in strengthening the argument and increasing the response of the legal authorities for consideration. The development of the Civil Rights Acts and the Voting Rights Act highlights the importance of legal policies for the advocacy of change in the system. Most important is providing people with the necessary education and training regarding the civil rights movements to ensure that they are well aware of their rights and able to advocate effectively without any pressure.
HIS FPX 1150 Assessment 3 Conclusion
Slide 10: History plays a major role in increasing the knowledge and information of the people of today’s world for improved amendments in the legal laws and policies regarding the civil rights of citizens (Patterson, 2024). The civil rights movements of the past were the greatest movements of the mid-20th century in the U.S. to inform people about their rights and increase equality and justice on different grounds like educational, organizational, transportation, or other public places. The Civil Rights acts and the Voting Act holds great significance in highlighting the importance of individual identities at any level and pressuring the legal authorities to make laws and policies that are considerate of the rights of African Americans for the maintenance of peace in society and removal of imbalance of superiority. Many credible sources like the letter of Martin Luther King hold great significance in highlighting the importance of civil rights for the success of the nations. The past movements have had a great impact on today’s justice system leading to enhancement of the equality laws and policies in the future.
HIS FPX 1150 Assessment 3 References
Banaji, M. R., Fiske, S. T., & Massey, D. S. (2021). Systemic racism: Individuals and interactions, institutions and society. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00349-3
Gutterman, A. S. (2023). What are human rights? Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4320947
Hswen, Y., Qin, Q., Williams, D. R., Viswanath, K., Brownstein, J. S., & Subramanian, S. V. (2020). The relationship between Jim Crow laws and social capital from 1997–2014: A 3-level multilevel hierarchical analysis across time, county and state. Social Science & Medicine, 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113142
Sadeh, L. J., & Mair, J. (2023). Reinforcing political inequality through diversity initiatives: A field-level perspective. Journal of Management, 014920632311635. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231163579
Kelly, A. M., & Topolewski, C. N. (2021). Civil Rights Act of 1964. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 963–966. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_102523
Kington, R. S., Arnesen, S., Chou, W. S., Curry, S. J., Lazer, D., & Villarruel, A. M. (2021). Identifying credible sources of health information in social media: Principles and attributes. NAM Perspectives, 2021(1). https://doi.org/10.31478/202107a
Patterson, D. (2024). Human rights-based approaches and the right to health: A systematic Literature review. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huad063
Pehlivanoglu, D., Lin, T., Deceus, F., Heemskerk, A., Ebner, N. C., & Cahill, B. S. (2021). The role of analytical reasoning and source credibility on the evaluation of real and fake full-length news articles. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00292-3
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