UGB, the problem was not the Civil Rights movement.
The problem was the federal courts that decided they had the power to force their interpretation of racial balance among public schools.
It essentially came down to ethnic cleansing of cities....commonly known as "white flight" as if to make whites to blame. A city becomes a ghetto (in both the Jewish and Black senses of the word) when all others are encouraged to leave.

I think the rest of America benefited from the Civil Rights Act more than African-Americans did, Tor.,

Et Al, equal protection has become a hiding place for ideology, usually left wing.
Is any definition in a law a denial of equal protection? If you think of the left wing view, the law can not make a distinction for any citizen that does not include all citizens! It's absurd.

"Maybe Diablo but a new Civilian Conservation Corps would provide every able bodied young man with an improved chance of escaping poverty."

But the military and Peace Corps do that already. Ask Colin Powell.

Try the same logic this way, Et Al, and I am not being snarky:
A city was racially mixed once, then the courts came in and it was turned almost totally into a one-race city. (Detroit, Gary Indiana, Newark NJ ad infinity)
If it were a reverse of color, what would you call that? If a city were mixed racially one year and totally white the next due to court decisions, what would that be called if not ethnic cleansing and bigotry?
Again, with emphasis, it was not the Civil Rights Act or movement that caused this atrocity. It was courts assuming they had the power to legislate. The courts decided correctly the money spent and quality of education had to be equal withing a school district. They over reacted when they applied the same logic to racial 'balance' which is nothing more than court sanctioned segregation when applied.

'I don't know because I am not aware of 'the courts' turning any city into a one race city.'

I mentioned citations, Et Al, and add that the courts believed truly they were doing good: Newark, NJ, Gary, IN, Detroit and many others.
The federal courts decided that within a school district (meaning within a city in urban cases) racial balance among the schools was the only legal option. Hence they ordered students to be bussed among individual schools in any district to achieve the same racial balance in every school within a school district.
The whites moved out of cities in the 60's and 70's because of that. Suburban housing values skyrocketed because of "white flight" and guess where the judges lived? (Hint: not in the cities). They made a fortune enforcing 'rights.'
Just Google "white flight" and keep an open mind.

"Bussed" meaning bused.