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e. To sum up, the Civil Rights Movement dues to the specific social background—the awakeness of the African American, the organization and the tactics they taken, the unit inside blacks, and the most important one is the widely support coming from all aspects of society. B. The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on African American. The Civil Rights Movement had a strong effect on African American people’s life. It not only stimulated the adjustment of the American legislation, but also improved the blacks’ living condition indirectly. 1. The Adjustment of the American Legislation and de Jure Discrimination The idea that all governments derive their power from the people can be found in the Declaration of Independence, and it has been rooted in American people’s mind. In the early days, most representatives of various states refused to sign the Constitution because there were no words guaranteeing the freedoms or the basic rights and privileges of citizens. So the Bill of Rights, another basic foundation, was added to the Constitution in 1791. From then on, protecting individual’s rights became a good tradition in America. But the African Americans were treated in the Constitution more like property than like people. Though the Fourteenth Amendment passed in 1868 guaranteed the citizenship of all freed slaves, the slaves did not get equal civil rights. The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act passed in the Civil Rights Movement ensured to blacks a political equality in social affairs, can be considered a complement of the Bill of Rights. They eliminated the de jure discrimination and enriched American democracy. The Civil Rights Act was passed by congress and signed into law by President Johnson in the year of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act was passed in the following year. These laws ended the de jure discrimination, offered legal protection to blacks and brought new atmosphere to American society, especially in the aspect of education, employment and politics. It can be considered a great progress in the building of American legal system. 2. The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the Other Fields The segregation was used to exist in every aspect of life in America, even in school. This policy deprived the blacks’ education rights to a certain degree. In the history, the Brown case served as a catalyst for change in education area. Seven-year-old Linda Brown lived close to a good public school, but her race precluded her attendance there. “When the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) sought plaintiffs to change this discrimination, Linda’s father, a local minister, offered Linda as one of several students plaintiffs named in the NAACP’s case. Hers name first alphabetically, hence the case name.” (Connor, 191) This case was happened in 1954. After years of struggle, the Supreme Court demanded that all de jure discrimination or discrimination by law referring to school must be eliminated. This judgment offered legal support to African American children in the South attending integrated schools. It is a great progress. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for a variety of reasons, including race and national origin. Thus, African American could find much more jobs. Besides, the Voting Rights Act transformed the politics in the Southern states. A great many of blacks register and voted by blacks’ own will. More and m