Short-Term Impacts

Shortly after all the speeches, marches, and protests, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 law was passed, ilegalizing the discrimination of race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. This included ending segregation in schools, bathrooms, bus stops, and everything else that was once separated. Martin Luther King, Jr. had done what he had set out to do. Even though not everyone had the same perspective on the topic, tons of people of all colors, could live peacefully, and equally among one another.

Devastatingly, on April 4th 1968 at 6:01PM, a few years after the Civil Rights Act was passed, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray. This was a tragic time. Memorials and statues were made to honor him. Most importantly, King's message of equality and peace lived on.