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    Have you ever actually thought about the Civil Rights movement? Sure‚ you know the basics like people gaining their civil rights‚ but do you know all of the effects? There were many different effects of the Civil Rights Movement. One such effect was the gaining of Civil Rights for some. There was even an impact on education. This was not an easy task‚ many people died for the cause. Not everyone gained their rights. All civil rights did was take the focus off of one group‚ and put it on another

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    struggle for human rights. This group of people have been forced to fight for freedom from slavery‚ freedom of the right to vote and freedom to exist as equals with white Americans. African-Americans struggled for human rights in the USA from 1945-1970 and were forced to fight for equality using two main strategies‚ of which the most successful was non-violent non-cooperation. Nevertheless‚ despite the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964 and acts accomplished by 1970‚ there were still rights to be tended

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    The dreamers in Nicholls’ book The Dreamers are “undocumented” immigrant youth/students activists who came to the US as children and have lived and schooled there and so‚ they identify as American citizens. In the year 2000‚ many undocumented youths from California‚ Massachusetts‚ New York‚ Texas‚ and Florida came together to fight for equal rights in America by advocating for the Dream Act. The “dreamers” were born after the Dream Act (Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors Act) bill

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    Erasmus student CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ESSAY: Montgomery bus boycott Loughborough University May‚ 2011 In 1865‚ slavery was abolished throughout the United States‚ with the vote of the Thirteenth Amendment ("Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly recognized convicted‚ shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction") and the fourteenth (this ensures the right of suffrage to all citizens

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    Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ segregation in the United States was commonly practiced in many of the Southern and Border States. This segregation while supposed to be separate but equal‚ was hardly that. Blacks in the South were discriminated against repeatedly while laws did nothing to protect their individual rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ridded the nation of this legal segregation and cleared a path towards equality and integration. The passage of this Act‚ while forever altering

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    How far do you agree that opposition to the civil rights movement did more to help the movement than to hinder it? Overall‚ opposition to the civil rights movement hindered more than helped the movement between the years 1955-1968. Firstly‚ the FBI used their power to undermine the civil rights movement on many occasions in the 50s and 60s. J. Edgar Hoover‚ who was a dedicated anti-communist set up COINTELPRO (the counter intelligence program) which investigated radical groups. He did this because

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    is the view that the civil rights movement was very successful in the period 1957-1965? The period of 1957 – 1965 was both a lively‚ and a stagnant time for the civil rights movement‚ with many protests coming to action like the Greensboro Sit Ins‚ which made large progress to desegregation and equality for black people. Success from these protests‚ however‚ came later in this period as momentum in the civil rights groups was being built. Yet‚ this time for the civil rights movement was not all

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    everyone might have a different perspective or view of what is right and what necessities to change. That is how history works people decide what they would like to change and do everything they can so later generations are different. Change comes from individuals who believe something needs to be different. Individuals who want to make a difference will make it their “mission to do something.”

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    How significant was Dwight D Eisenhower in improving civil rights for African Americans during his presidency (1953-1961)? Eisenhower was both partially significant and not‚ regarding improving civil rights during his presidency. Reason being‚ Ike was criticized for a variety of decisions he made. Arthur Larson emphasised that he had a “failure to speak out”. However‚ David Greenberg believed Eisenhower was significant and stated that it “was his judicial nominees who made the revolution possible”

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    to support the Civil and Post-Civil Rights Movements. She dosent in fact recieves as much reconization as she deserves but hey shes Oprahs. In times of nationwide distress everyone turns for Oprahs response so when a civil rights contrversy breaks over the nation Oprah is the first one on it. She gives her opinion she supports it with fact and reasonings. She honors the legends and she encourages the rookies. She fights for equality. Oprah Winfrey received the National Civil Rights Museum’s prestigious

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