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    | | | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IMPACTED THE CIVIL RIGHTS [pic] How did Martin Luther King Jr. impact the civil rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr. impacted the civil rights movement thru trying his is early life‚ his adult life‚ and his death and Legacy. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929. He was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia

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    1964 was the year the civil rights act passed‚ it was just the beginning for African Americans. The civil rights act made amazing breakthroughs aiding the prevention of discrimination of people because of their race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin basically giving equal access to everything despite certain character traits. These rights were being enforced by the early 1970’s. But just because a law is enforced‚ does not make it the problem solver for an issue as big as racism. No law can

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    led to many of them being beat and or killed. In retaliation there was also many black on white vigilante crimes and in turn the two races began to hate one another. Many of these actions led too many blacks and whites who didn’t take part in these acts of vigilante to begin to fear one another and this sense of fear began to pass along from generation to generation‚ due to the fact that most children would fear what their parents fear. If this form of generational fear continued to occur then there

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    Civil Rights Movement: “What If…?” Forty-four years ago‚ on April 4‚ 1968‚ Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Prior to his death‚ he was the most well-known Civil Rights Leader who had an epic effect on the Civil Rights Movement. African-Americans had achieved so much because of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at the March On Washington‚ but what if the speech‚ specifically the “I have a dream” verse‚ was never told? How would the Civil Rights Movement be different? If Martin Luther King Jr

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    during‚ and after the Civil Rights Movement . A lot of people had to make sacrifices in their lives to be a part of the Movement. People became unemployed‚ were abused countless times by the police‚ southerners‚ and people who disagree with segregation. They also sacrificed their education‚ children (teenagers and college students)‚ and their right to defend themselves. Using sources‚ this essay will show the numerous sacrifices and challenges that were made by Civil Rights activists‚ and the successes

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    divided on civil rights issues because of the weight of consideration given to all who can voice their opinions. This gives rise to many topics of strong debate‚ delaying progressive action due to liberties granted by the Bill of Rights‚ and implications of impeding civil rights discrepancies. Currently there is a major debate in the white house‚ concerning the legal rights of gay people‚ mainly their right to have a marital status recognized by all levels of government. In 1996‚ there was an act‚ Defence

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    How did the civil right movement impact on American society There are many good things happenings in America that civil right movement impact on. The civil right movement to bring about racial equality. “When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955‚ it wasn’t the first time she’d clashed with driver James Blake. Parks stepped onto his very crowded bus on a chilly day 12 years earlier‚ paid her fare at the front‚ then resisted the rule in place for blacks to disembark and re-enter through

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    Civil Rights Movement in America Discrimination in America has never been condemned like today‚ but how did the country change from a place where discrimination was a part of every day’s life to a place where discrimination is not encouraged by many. Unfortunately‚ African Americans have been the ones who have suffered the most from discrimination mainly because of the type of their skin. The Civil Rights is the moment when African Americans could finally achieve what their forefathers had been

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    Civil Rights Amendment The 13th amendment means to except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted‚ shall exist within the United States. No one should be imprisoned like slavery unless they committed a crime. It got rid of slavery. The 13th amendment is important because slavery is not ok.Slavery is when people is own as there property.The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for

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    Important Civil Rights‚ Concepts‚ Events‚ and People African American Rights: 1.     Executive Order 9981 (Truman) – July 1948 – established the equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces 2.     Brown v The Board of Education of Topeka – 1954 – series of cases involving racial segregation in public schools; Supreme Court decision:  unconstitutional 3.     Southern Christian Leadership Conference – 1957-present – originally led by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ this organization was

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