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Civil rights issues have had a dynamic change over the past years. Martin Luther King. Jr

epitomizes civil rights movement, and accounts as one of the greatest figures of change in

modern America. However, at the time of King, the main issue the civil rights movement pushed

was an end to racial segregation. However, modern day civil rights issues have changed.

Currently, civil rights issues range from women rights, gay rights, health care services rights and

others. However, what is the greatest major civil rights issue in current contemporary America?

In our discussion, we look at access to quality education and equal opportunities brought by

education across all racial lines as the major issue in modern civil rights movements.

Among the various issues in modern day, education is a key highlight. African

Americans and the Hispanic are among the various minority groups that more often have access

to poor education and opportunities brought by education. The issues are mainly between the

elementary and middle school levels of education. While there are some efforts made, for

instance, the voucher programs instituted in various urban areas to cater for the minority and

poor families, it has not been effective (Orfield). The program cannot reach out to all students

who really need the service. Moreover, the program scope is too small to accommodate the large

number of poor students that require the assistance.

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While there is no denying that there has been significant growth in access to education

among the minority, we can agree that there is critical disparity in education opportunities

between students of poor backgrounds. In particular, taking the recent data on criminals in

prison, and their backgrounds the highest percentage of inmates are African Americans from

poor backgrounds. While their offenses range from petty crimes to violent crimes, most

individuals have, either not completed their education or simply did not manage to get any

opportunities after they completed their education. It is different however, to their white

counterparts; most are there for other issues and few for similar issues to those of African

Americans (Spring).

In another interesting fact is how many students are able to access college and

universities from the poor backgrounds (Orfield). It is sad to note that not many individuals have

managed to access scholarships for higher educations. Not all individuals are talented in

particular sports, and therefore have not been so lucky to access education up to the highest level

possible. Financial constraints are a major factor since not many families form the poor

backgrounds can afford to pay.

How relevant is education as a major civil rights issue in contemporary America? We

look back to Dr. Luther King message on economic inequality. Education is a critical component

of an individual that enables economic freedom. Ideally, education is an integral factor in

eradicating some of the various issues in the society. Current America accounts for about 15.1%

of population living below poverty line (Darling-Hammond). Moreover, minority accounts for

the greatest statistics of individual involved in various issues such as crime, and illegal

businesses such as drugs. If every child were able to access equal education, such statistics

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Name 1 Name: University: Tutor: Course: Date: Civil rights issues have had a dynamic change over the past years. Martin Luther King. Jr epitomizes civil rights movement, and accounts as one of the greatest figures of change in modern America. However, at the time of King, the main issue the civil rights movement pushed was an end to racial segregation. However, modern day civil rights issues have changed. Currently, civil rights issues range from women rights, gay rights, health care services rights and others. However, what is the greatest major civil rights issue in current contemporary America? In our discussion, we look at access to quality education and equal opportunities brought by education across all racial lines as the major issue in modern civil rights movements. Among the various issues in modern day, education is a key highlight. African Americans and the Hispanic are among the various minority groups that more often have access to poor education and opportunities brought by education. The issues are mainly between the elementary and middle school levels of education. While there are some efforts made, for instance, the voucher programs instituted in various urban ar ...
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