Civil Rights : A Promise Betrayed About the Civil Rights Movement and how rights promised to the blacks were never protected, such as the 15th Amendment and others. Lists specific examples.

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…of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were promises not enforced or supported by the general public; they only consisted of words. The denial of voting rights, education, proper public facilities, human dignity, and peacefulness emphasized and influenced the struggle for the betrayed rights. Specific events within each denied right further influenced the struggle. Blacks were treated as though the Civil War never occurred, but through toil and effort, they fought for their deserved rights.