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    Advancement of African Civil Rights1865-1918. The Federal Government can be defined as a system of government in which powers and responsibilities are divided into national levels to address national and regional needs. The Federal Government can be split into three branches; President‚ Congress and Supreme Court and each section had a major role to place in the advancement of African American Civil Rights. However‚ one believes that the Federal Government weren’t the only factor to advance African American

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    Assess the impact Malcolm X had on the Civil Rights Movement Malcolm X‚ a civil rights activist‚ had a significant impact on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Malcolm X challenged conservative Americans by the Civil Rights Movement exposing discriminatory practices which led to significant changes in what the legal system declared unlawful. Although Malcolm X had a different approach to Martin Luther and produced different results‚ their end aim was the same. His impact socially

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    within the span of a month to get Birmingham desegregated‚ it is easy to see why the Birmingham Campaign is considered one of the most influential campaigns of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement‚ however‚ this is not the only reason for such. A little over a year after the end of the campaign‚ in July 2nd of 1964‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964- the prohibition of discrimination based on age‚ gender‚ race‚ religion‚ or national origin- was signed into law by the 35th President of the United States‚ Lyondon

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    as a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. For this investigation‚ it will be important to mention other leaders‚ such as Malcolm X or Rosa Parks‚ that gave King this leader image that he himself could not portray alone during the non violent protests‚ as well as how they set the “step stool” towards King’s rise to power during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Source 1 Source 1‚

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    Taylor Brinkley Black Power- Defined as‚ “a call for black people to begin to define their own goals.” It was made to try to get African Americans to try their best to obtain freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. disliked what they were doing because he said it would cause violence. Sit-Ins- A group of students went to eat at a white lunch counter. They refused to leave until they were served. It sparked many other cases of people doing this. Store owners raised prices and removed counter seats but they

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    Rosa Parks A very inspirational civil rights activist once said‚ “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free ... so other people would be also free.” This civil rights activist is sometimes recognized as the "Mother of the U.S. civil rights movement" (Encyclopædia Britannica) . Her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the most influential women in the last century. Parks was a seamstress‚ secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored

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    colored people. If Mrs. Parks hadn’t stood up against segregation‚ then who knows where we would be right now regarding civil rights.     My partner and I conducted our research by watching videos‚ and reading articles on the internet about Rosa and how she stood up for black equality. The civil rights movement was started when Rosa decided not to give up her seat to a white passenger on December 1‚ 1955. Because of her actions she was soon arrested and fined. After this happened a bus boycott began

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    Yamila Amari Social Studies 804 Exit Project Civil Rights Movement Yamila Amari Social Studies 804

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    Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to many great leaders‚ and produced many social changes that were the results of organized civil rights events that were staged throughout the South by organizations devoted to eliminating segregation‚ and giving the African American people the ability to pursue the American dream. The most important civil rights leader during the time was Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and the most important event that took place during the movement was the fight

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    One of the most powerful leaders of the civil rights movement was the African American Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin King Jr was born into a family that was big on Christianity. The date May 1936 was the date of when he got baptized‚ but this event had a very little effect on him. But one big event that had a big impact on his life was the death of his grandmother on May 1941 when Martin Luther King was only twelve years old. King Jr. had blamed himself for his grandmother’s death as he was out

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