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    fighting to get the equality they knew they deserved. Movements‚ rebellions‚ and revolutions resulted‚ all in an attempt to gain back these rights. Would these actions taken have any effect on the future? Today‚ racism is still evident in society‚ but it is not the same as

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    The Civil Right Movement was a period of time from the mid 1860s and to the late 1960s where people fought for equal rights for African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement was inspired by many people such as Mahatma Gandhi‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King just to name a few. The Civil Rights Movement was a series of non-violent protests and boycotting for African Americans to show that they deserve equal rights as any other American. The Civil Rights Movement all started December 5th ‚

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    failed‚ therefore the Civil Rights Movement began with the goal of endeavoring the equality that was widely coveted. Peaking between 1954 and 1968‚ the Civil Rights Movement worked towards racial equality. This included working toward the end of segregation‚ attaining African American voting rights‚ and ending overall racial discrimination. Through peaceful protests‚ lawsuits‚ boycotts‚ sit-ins‚ and other impactful actions‚ the Civil Rights Movement successfully attained more rights and equalities for

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    The Civil Rights Movement: [Subtitle] After the Civil War‚ there were numerous amendments that were passed in order to promote freedom of African Americans. Those include the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments. These amendments granted freedom from slavery‚ the right to vote‚ and citizenship to African Americans. Unfortunately‚ when the dust settled‚ African Americans started to see that these freedoms that they were promised‚ were not actually held up. Many African Americans struggled to see the effects

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    prejudice. An example of social justice with African American’s is the black lives matter movement. In the summer of 2013‚ three community organizers Alicia Garza‚ a domestic worker rights organizer in Oakland‚ California; Patrisse Cullors‚ an anti-police violence organizer in Los Angeles‚ California; and Opal Tometi‚ an immigration rights organizer in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ founded the Black Lives Matter movement in cyberspace as a sociopolitical media forum‚ giving it the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The

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    there was a movement in the making‚ a strategic plan of a nonviolent assaults on segregation. The Montgomery bus boycott was phase one of the civil rights movement. Being familiar with the story of Rosa Parks‚ she refused to give up her bus seat to a white male. Thus African Americans refused to ride the bus for 381 days until Supreme court ruled segregation of transportation to be unconstitutional. This boycott launched the nonviolent crusade to end segregation‚ the Civil Rights Movement. In 1960

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    the federal government to intervene in the civil rights movement? What were the major pieces of legislation enacted‚ and how did they dismantle legalized segregation? “The Jim Crow regime was a major characteristic of American society in 1950s and had been so for over seven decades. Following slavery‚ it had become the new form of white domination‚ which insured that blacks would remain oppressed well into the twentieth century.” (Morris) Civil rights and segregation were the two main issues during

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    Civil Rights Movement Throughout the 1900’s‚ African Americans faced many unfair challenges like discrimination and racism. Colored citizens did not have the same political and social freedom as white citizens. Although there is still racism today towards African Americans‚ the Civil Rights Movement won more legal rights for black citizens and they were given the same rights as White Americans This helped create a less racist society. The civil rights movement was a very well-known movement that

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    The hippie movement began after JFK’s assassination‚ the hippies were people against the war and limitations they just wanted peace ‚Harmony and happiness. They happened to use drugs ex:LSD‚heroin‚ they had sexual orgies‚were promiscuous and had their own kind music‚ they were constantly arrested for their peaceful protests. It because of them drugs of almost all sorts are banned ‚as well as discrimination against people based on Ethnicity etc. The Civil Rights Movement ‚was because blacks

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    Society During the Civil Rights Movement America during the 1960s was on the verge of change for the equal rights of the colored community. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 the former slaves and colored community continued to be discriminated against and unfairly treated for nearly one hundred years. This was soon to change with the Civil Rights Movement bringing America the change it drastically needed. Kathryn Stockett plays into several themes of the Civil Rights Era in order to use

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