When you think of Civil Rights, what are the things that come to your mind?

The very first thing that comes to my mind is the courage of those who fought for equality during the 50's and 60's. Secondly, on a personal level, were the immediate changes I saw after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Black folks were now allowed to sit at the counter in the local Reads Drug Store and eat lunch. A black man walked down the beach at Ocean City, Md. surrounded by a platoon of body guards but there was no trouble. People accepted the righteousness of equality in that situation. My dentist hired a black Dental Hygienist and felt compelled to ask me if I had objections to a black lady working with me. Of course not. Thirdly, again on a personal level, my eyes were opened to the discrimination against people because of the color of their skin. I've known black people all my life but had never given thought to racial discrimination until the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 law spotlighted the unfair way people were treated in this country at the time. As a youngster in the 40's, 50's and 60's my world revolved around my family, my friends and school with little attention paid to other more worldly events until the Civil Rights movement began to successfuly highlight the problem of discrimination. Thank God for those people that fought so hard for equality.

Basically the right to be from from unequal treatment.