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    Civil liberties: - Negative rights - Limits the government that infringe on an individual’s rights--ensuring your freedom - Anti-Federalists - Bill of Rights: make up the heart and basis of the civil liberties - Protect are there to protect individuals from arbitrary acts of government Civil rights: - Positive rights - Laws to empower the individual Texas v. Johnson 1988: - Patriotism/symbolism - Not just burning a piece of cloth--the American flag is very symbolic Shank

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    Cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act When faced with pointing out the cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ one may feel there aren’t many if any. Or maybe that it’s a justified contradiction to the first amendment‚ which from the U.S. Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a

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    usual‚ I have a surplus of questions and fewer answers. For example‚ I know President Obama didn’t commute his sentence‚ but I want to know why. Is it just my perception‚ or has the fight for Civil Rights among the‚ African American population been more successful? Are the fights for equality and civil rights among the two groups even comparable? When will society learn that prison is not a replacement for education? By my count‚ Mr. Peltier had a ninth grade education and he moved around quite a

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    The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 applies to the Indian tribes of the United States and makes many‚ but not all‚ of the guarantees of the Bill of Rights applicable within the tribes. “No Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall - 1. make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion‚ or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press‚ or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances; 2. violate the right of the people

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964 By the summer of 1963‚ after a series of violent demonstrations in the South‚ particularly in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ President Kennedy pushed for a very strong civil rights bill through Congress. The first of its kind since the Civil War‚ this bill drastically called for the end of all segregation in all public places. In the eyes of the civil rights movement leaders‚ this bill was long over due. Kennedy began by sending the United States Congress a "Special Message

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    mentally‚ and emotionally for what they believed in. During the Civil Rights movement Septima Poinsette Clark‚ Modjeska Simkins and other activist fought for racial equality between 1954 and 1968 also before the time period all over the United States but mainly in the southern parts ( North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Alabama‚ Kansas‚ Georgia).The Civil Rights movement started because of Blacks not having the same authority and rights as

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    The Civil Rights Act was proposed in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and was passed in 1964 by his successor‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson. Before the law was passed‚ discrimination and mistreatment ran rampant throughout the country‚ especially in the South. However‚ the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing made mistreatment clear in the eyes of many Americans and they wanted a change. Thus‚ the proposal and ratification of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped to end segregation and forward the

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    didn’t have the equal rights they have today? People who lived in the 18 and 1900s do. Back then‚ people were discriminated based on their race‚ color‚ religion‚ and gender. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed all of this. However‚ most things don’t happen on their own. There were several events that led to the making of these laws‚ including Central High Integration‚ Rosa Parks‚ March on Washington‚ and the Freedom Riders. Below are the major reasons why we have the equal rights we have today. What

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    C to The Freedom Rides‚ every voice in the civil rights movement counted. If it was not for one very important voice‚ many of the civil rights demonstrations would have never been organized. That voice was Fred Shuttlesworth. Fred Shuttlesworth’s involvement was instrumental to the 1963 Birmingham Campaign. He helped to organize The Freedom Rides‚ Project C‚ and many youth protests‚ which were incredibly important to the progression of the civil rights movements. Through these efforts he helped change

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    Mark Mazza Junior Seminar New York Times Article January 28‚ 2009 Civil Rights Movement Effects American Families The New York Times Article‚ "Proposal to bus Negroes into Scarsdale Schools Splits Village‚" was written on December 3rd‚ 1969. The article addresses the most prominent issue of the era; Civil Rights. In the article‚ the reader learns of a plan to bus 60 Negro children from Mount Vernon into the predominantly white Scarsdale public school system. The Scarsdale School Board‚ which

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