Imagine that you are an African American living in the south during the 1960’s. During this time segregation would have been a daily problem for you. Segregation is when people are separated based on things like gender‚ race‚ or skin color. In the United States‚ from the end of the Civil War until 1964‚ people were separated by race. For example‚ white and black people could not attend the same schools‚ go to the same pools‚ movie theaters‚ or restaurants together and they could not use the same
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Police departments across the country too often use excessive force‚ injuring people suspected of crimes or even creating crimes against Blacks like Jim Crow Laws and occasionally killing them like in Rodney King’s death. Members of minority groups and the poor are frequently the victims of police brutality‚ which law enforcement agencies try to cover up. Police departments must shed their cover-up culture and institute reforms‚ such as strengthening civilian oversight boards‚ which can investigate
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My topic for this project was Racial Relations in the 1960’s. Of course‚ as most of us know‚ the 1960’s was not the best time for African Americans. Young African American’s were getting frustrated by the long wait times for legal cases and were ready for justice. They were ready to stand up and make a change in the constant‚ broken justice system for their community. Starting in February of 1960‚ they organized sit-ins‚ and the idea spread all across the south. Along with sit-ins‚ people supporting
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sent out of the city‚ sent to workhouses‚ or transported out of the country” (Zinn 42). The majority of lower-class people were forced into serving those of a higher-class with no pay. Like the involuntary servants of the slave rebellion in the 1700’s‚ these people who had to suffer substandard treatment would not stand for it. Their uprising began with Bacon’s Rebellion‚ “joined by slaves
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the inequality they faced throughout the state. In the 1960s‚ the Watts Riots broke out sparking violence throughout the city of Los Angeles and Watts neighborhood. African Americans we fed up with the housing discrimination‚ deteriorating and crowded neighborhoods‚ serious unemployment‚ police harassment‚ limited opportunities made worse by an insufficient education system‚ and increased poverty (Textbook‚ 525). As California entered the 1960s‚ the Civil Rights movement was beginning to challenge
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who were born after the 1970’s take for granted how lucky we are as a country and nation to have overcome slavery and the steps against racism we have battled are way through. Slavery was ended when Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and was later ratified in December of 1865. Though this law ordered the end to slavery it did very little if nothing to stop the racism that was given towards blacks or any other minority. Until the late 1950’s not many presidents or Congressman
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After reading this article‚ I am mostly bothered by the Police Brutality and the Abortion Prosecution. However‚ I would also like to talk about the how frequently illegal immigrants’ rights are being violated. Illegal immigrants have become very frequent victims of racial profiling‚ and sadly this discriminations are often done by persons in powerful positions such as employers‚ government officials‚ and the law enforcement. They are often violated of their rights because they think that these immigrant
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Police Brutality Police brutality is a misbehavior that has been surfacing in the news for a few years. Many individuals are quite recently beginning to understand that these treacheries against the African American group truly happen‚ while others are mindful of this life harming circumstance. Besides‚ this shameful act towards African Americans primarily targets the young African American guys. A few insights demonstrate that since many African American men don’t have any fathers around to
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Rights movement of the 1960’s based their agenda primarily on the goals of equality for African-Americans. The call for better treatment of African-Americans rallied society together in the fight for increasing tolerance and further awareness of the injustices occurring in the seemingly tolerant United States. However‚ despite fruitful and positive intentions‚ the movement was unable to accomplish the idealistic goals they preached. Though the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s was able to create major
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in a Utah hospital‚ was assaulted and arrested by police offers on facetious charges. When the police asked her to draw blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant or probable cause‚ which is illegal‚ she refused. In response‚ the police dragged her out of the hospital‚ slammed her against a wall‚ handcuffed her‚ and attempted to charge her with obstruction of justice. This is just one of the many recent examples of police brutality in the media. Thanks to the progression of technology
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