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    and video games‚ etc. Other experts say that the world would be so different without all the technology that we have so far. The internet and T.V are probably the two biggest technologies that are affecting people now. Also many of the video games today are very violent and it would be bad for the kids who play. But youth can’t imagine their life without video games. When the T.V came out people didn’t know what they would do with it and now people can’t even live without it. Holly Cefrey said that

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    Independence Movement‚ civil disobedience has been among us for so long‚ and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ and the effect of it was widespread.In fact‚ while in jail‚ Mahatma Gandhi picked up a copy of Thoreau’s essay and was able to utilize the tactics discussed by Thoreau to successfully challenge Britain’s control over India.That movement created a template itself as the Civil Rights movement of

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    The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most memorable movements in American history. The Civil Rights Movement is taught in classrooms all over the United States every single day. Typically‚ when one thinks of this movement they think of the late 1950’s and the 1960’s; however‚ the fight began several decades before then and in some ways still exists today. The reason this movement existed and progressed is because of the local‚ grassroots pressures and the pressures from nations around the world

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    Civil Rights have been intertwined throughout history ever since the birth of America. Consequently‚ opposition to certain groups progressing has also been present. When gains are attempted to be made‚ there are always obstacles to making significant efforts. In present day America‚ there is still bigotry and inequality. Despite the fights countless individuals have participated in to change this‚ development is no easy feat. The tendency of society to harbor stereotypes and justify hate makes this

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    CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT 1960 Introduction Discrimination is one kind of inequality case example among humanity. One case that still happen until today is black people discrimination. The biggest movement to raise the black people’s right happen around 1950’s - 1960’s. Civil Right Movement 1960s was a movement created toward inequality in African-Americans in politics and social. The purpose of this movement is to efface the discrimination of African-Americans and restore the legal rights

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    and the Effects in Yesterday’s‚ Today’s and Tomorrow’s Society Racism‚ especially over the past few years‚ has become something that is being expressed in more subtle and understated ways than ever before‚ and this may be because of the fact that today‚ more and more ’whites’ are disowning the concepts of racism‚ and are at the same time proclaiming that theirs is an ’egalitarian’ society‚ where all men are born equal. Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles

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    The US Supreme Court encouraged Racism by striking down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 Morrison Waite‚ Samuel Miller‚ Stephen Field‚ Joseph Bradley‚ Stanley Matthews‚ Horace Gray‚ Samuel Blatchford‚ and William Woods‚ do these names mean anything to you? If they don’t then allow me to introduce them to you‚ this is the US Supreme Court Justices that unilaterally struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and encouraged racism in the United States of America. I have purposely left out one of the Justices

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    lead many doors open for us because of their legacies and lessons they have left behind for us. Its 40 mile aqueducts‚ and its 50‚000 miles of road has left us to new ideas that we use today because of the romans. We think a lot like the romans‚ such as their religions they have started that we to continued‚ or branch off of. Without modern day technology we have‚ they had to form their own way of technology‚ like building a bridge in 10 days‚ a feat we couldn’t even do today. There are much more

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    of the United States you are gifted with civil rights. These rights are what protect your social and political freedoms as well as keep equality up in the mist; although it will never be achieved. Many people organize protest and other means to get the attention of the public; to let them know we are being cheated out of our rights. Some examples of these are the voting rights‚ women’s rights‚ black rights‚ and immigration reform acts. The voting rights act is the act which legalized African-American

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    people it’s something we all tend to do. When we see someone‚ who looks strange to us we tend to make a quick judgment on that person. Like if we are walking down the sidewalk and you ignore everything around because you see it every day and suddenly a guy with a superhero costume comes running passed you‚ you’re going to make a generalization based on his physical traits. In which you conclude he isn’t all right in the mind and doesn’t realize what he is doing. Almost on a daily basis I find myself

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