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    African veterans returned home from war‚ eagerly hoping to experience the freedom and democracy they had fought for overseas. To their surprise‚ they encountered persistent racism and segregation‚ both socially and politically‚ particularly in the South. This angerful frustration and sense of betrayal invoked an emotional reaction sparking the early stages of the movement‚ marked by an upsurge in activism and the formation of groups fighting for equality and civil rights. As the movement progressed

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    "Explain how freedoms for African Americans were socially‚ politically‚ and economically limited from 1865 to 1900?" Although the Thirteenth Amendment had outlawed slavery‚ it was clear that the Black codes were stilled a problem to many freedmen. The Black codes‚ which passed soon after the Civil War ended‚ helped maintain a cheap source of farm labor and sustained the social hierarchy. These codes made it illegal for African Americans to carry weapons or vote. They could not serve on juries

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    what extent was policy of the federal government the most important factor inhibiting the progress of Native Americans in achieving their civil rights between 1865 and 1992? In this essay I am going to analyse whether it was the policy of the federal government which caused the progress of Native Americans to deter in achieving their civil rights between 1865 and 1992 or whether other factors like the lack of unity‚ discrimination and charitable organisation played a part in inhibiting their

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    At the start of the 20th century‚ Jim Crow laws still crippled the rights of the African American community and segregation was at an all-time high. Even occupations such as Federal employment were degraded through segregation. Consequently‚ small protests began; insignificant in the short term‚ but it truly laid the foundation for the civil rights movement to have a major impact throughout America. Despite the limits and obstacles in their path‚ men and women rose to new heights‚ disregarding the

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    Marriott‚ respect the Civil Rights Act which first passed in 1964. the. Marriott adheres in prohibiting the discrimination act on the basis of race‚ national origin‚ color‚ gender‚ or religion. In 1991‚ the act was amended again and now provides solutions for the complaining party to recover punitive

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    Introduction On May 17‚ 1954‚ the United States Supreme Court declared that the state laws‚ which established separate public schools for African-Americans‚ denied them equal educational opportunities. With this unanimous vote‚ de jure or state sanctioned racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. The catalyst for this change was a third grade‚ Topeka‚ Kansas student named Linda Brown‚ whose desire was to attend a school

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    The U.S. Civil Rights and South African anti-apartheid movements both played major roles in beginning to dismantle the institutional racism that continued to plague most of the world throughout the 20th century. In the United States‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) worked to combat the segregation and discrimination imposed by the Jim Crow laws‚ that created “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. Similarly‚ in South Africa‚ Nelson Mandela

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    The Civil Rights Movement began 54 years ago‚ but today the movement remains a clear symbol of social freedom and equality. The movement gave power to African Americans to end suffering and have the chance for equal rights. Activists staged marches‚ boycotts‚ speeches‚ and sit ins. The1960s sit-ins in Greensboro‚ North Carolina became the acceleration of The Civil Rights movement in the U.S. The sit-in was a non-violent tactic used in during The Civil Rights Movement because it promoted non-violence

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    bitter complaint. On January 5‚ 1865‚ there were 8‚784 Negro troops and 338 Negro officers. The President promised to remove them as soon as possible. Sharkey (the governor) declared that they encouraged the belief among Negroes that lands were going to be distributed among them. By the 20th of May‚ 1866‚ all Black troops had been mustered out and removed from Mississippi.” “Systematic effort was made during the whole period of Reconstruction to prevent Negroes from bearing arms. First there was

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    After slavery had been abolished in the United States‚ African Americans still had to face severe discrimination and Jim Crow laws from the white people. But two famous black nationalists stood up to fight for what was right. W.E.B. Dubois and Marcus Garvey created their own associations which later became the voice of black people to demand their rights‚ liberty‚ and respect as human beings equally. Their main aim was to help their fellow African-Americans for justice and liberty but‚ the people who

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