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    1950-1960’s where the times when people were fighting for their civil rights. This was in the past but their actions have shaped the future for a new generation were people of any color have the ability to do as they please. Sadly not everyone was moved by their actions and so racial profiling still lingers. How are the people of today fighting back? One of the big instances of racial profiling was towards couch Rodrick Rhodes. He’s played in Kentucky before‚ he represented them and played for

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    intellectual standpoint and is attained only through the drive to change the view of an entire global society on the roles of a class of citizens that still ranks second to the male patriarchy‚ which is exactly what feminism in the 1960s and 1970s was trying to prove. The 1960s and 1970s were a period of evolution for American society; the country was recovering from the turmoil of the war in Vietnam and was still combatting antiwar sentiments. This instability proved to be the ideal

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    During the 1950s and 1960s‚ many African Americans were treated with discrimination and racial segregation due to the “Jim Crow” Laws which segregated blacks from being at certain places with white people (Civil Rights Movement). This inequality angered many African Americans as they began to protest for their civil rights and equality‚ turning it into the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for freedom was a long and rough journey‚ but they were able to put an end to segregation in public places and

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    yourself as a teen in the 1960’s. John F. Kennedy has recently been assassinated and the country is devastated. You turn on some new music released by the Beatles and suddenly‚ you are lost in the music that is sweeping the nation. You almost forget the fact that the popular president has been assassinated. The Beatles’ and many other artists’ music is still listened to and replicated today. The Beatles were a group of four men that created very popular music in the 1960’s. The British invasion was

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    and their supporters would come together and sing old church songs that were revised and brought meaning to their movement.Music played a huge role during this time. It gave a voice to the people and added hope and bondage. One type of song in the 1960’s‚ would sustain Civil Rights Movements. It was called Jazz and Blues. It was also known as Triumphant Music‚ it brought hope to others in the movement. The Blues and Jazz would tell the roughest times and difficulties of life and put it into a song

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    In the history of the United States there have been many social changes. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s has been the most important for the equality of people. Since the end of slavery in 1863‚ there had been constant conflict between the races of the people who live in the United States. Rights have been violated just because of the of the person’s skin color. African Americans are denied access to housing and jobs and are refused service at restaurants and stores. But the voices of the

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    Project Title: The Development of the Irish Economy since 1960 Module: Economic and Social Policy Course: BAHBMD3 Date: 14 November 2012 Student: Kenneth Whelan Word count 2000 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Free Trade and EEC Membership 3 From Sterling to EMS 5 The Celtic Tiger 6 PART B

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    THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960s BY YVONNE M. CANNON February 26‚ 2015 HIS 114 (United States History II: 1865 to Present) Dr. Megan Sethi As I reflect on the history of the United States of America during the twentieth century and those accomplishments made‚ I am reminded that the Civil Rights Movement played the most significant role in social and political changes that continue to impact our society today. The goals of the Civil Rights Movement were to end racial segregation‚ to give

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    The welfare rights movement in the 1960s made basic income support available to more people than ever before. The decade prior to 1964 set the stage for the expansion of the pool of eligible individuals‚ but the explosion in magnitude of aid given during the movement itself allowed for substantial aid to reach those who were neediest. This substantive aid is what constitutes actual income support‚ rather than scant cash thrown at problem populations. Poor Blacks finally received the full aid they

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    In the 1960s women were seen as less in society and even in there own homes .Women where seen to work at home ‚marry in the early 20s‚ and start a family . In this time period women had no legal right to any money or property from there husbands except ’’proper support.’’ There husbands although would control there wives property and there earnings .And all this caused the women to rise up and try and get there rights .The Women’s Liberation Movement was a time when women wanted the right to vote

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