How is today's civil rights movement different from how it was in the past ? How is it similar ?

because civil rights are about fairness and equal treatment, and people ideas in the past about what is fair and who deserves equal treatment were very different from what they today. ... viewed as unequal, and were not entitled to the right to participate in gov't or enjoy its freedoms.

the constitution of the united states gave congress the absolute authority over immigration laws

pan-africanism or pan-africanism is a political, philosophical, cultural and social movement that promotes african twinning, the defense of the rights of african people and the unity of africa under a single sovereign state, for all africans, both africa as of the african diasporas.