and African Americans faced prejudices every day. The Civil Rights Movement was taking place during this time‚ which eventually lead to initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. In To Kill a Mockingbird and in The Help there are good people who don’t see the color of someone’s skin and will treat them like a person‚ such as Atticus Finch‚ and Skeeter‚ who try their very best to do what they think is right. Atticus Finch doesn’t succeed in his story‚ but the
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Material Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline and Synopsis Instructions Complete the following timeline with entries that demonstrate the development of civil liberties and rights over time. In part two‚ write a brief essay of at least 350 words which discusses specific social movements and how they relate to the development of civil liberties and rights. Part One: Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline Complete the second column with brief descriptions of key decisions on civil liberties. Include
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society. During the Civil Rights movement‚ Rosa Parks was a great example of someone who refused to accept the law and‚ because of it‚ laid a path to change. Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man‚ as required by segregation laws in Alabama. Her actions resulted in a court case against racial laws that went all the way up to the Supreme Court. When the Court ruled bus segregation was unconstitutional‚ it was a turning point in the Civil Rights movement. There was no violence
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The American Civil Liberties Union Two Sides of the Same Coin The American Civil Liberties Union‚ commonly known as the ACLU‚ was founded in 1920 by Roger Nash Baldwin in defense of the Bill of Rights. Over the years‚ the American Civil Liberties Union has been involved in so many controversial cases‚ such as the Scopes Monkey Trial and for their defense of the American Nazis’ in the Chicago suburb of Skokie‚ that many people view them as anti-religious. Considered a left wing organization by
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civilian eyewitness; it can result in incarceration and legal responsibility in a civil suit. Police officers have to frequently testify under oath in criminal court cases‚ and devote a great deal of time after their typical shift bringing to an end the necessary paperwork. There‚ of course‚ are other professions that consist of
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Civil Rights DBQ: Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960’s in the goals‚ strategies‚ and support of the movement for African American civil rights. Document A: Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) statement of purpose‚ April 1960 We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of nonviolence as the foundation of our purpose‚ the presupposition of our faith‚ and the manner of our action. Nonviolence as it grows from Judaic-Christian traditions seeks a social order
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In United States history‚ there were many movements to obtain social and political equalities. Many were seen to come but there were movements that couldn’t be predicted by the American public. The civil rights movement is the event that spearheaded the tumultuous decade of the 1960’s due to the unprecedented rising of blacks fighting for equality. The system of white racial supremacy covered economics‚ political and cultural problems. Blacks were judged as “not equals” or less than “man” so they
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The American Civil Liberties Union is an American non-profit institution that works to defend American rights and liberties provided by laws and the Constitution. They also use court cases and through documentation of verdicts and are a very important protector of liberties and rights of the American people. From its official start in 1920 from the former National Civil Liberties Bureau the ACLU has been focused on the secular rights not of one theme but of all groups‚ from Civil Rights‚ free speech
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Roxanne Pink Mr. Leech AP World History 01 January 2001 Civil Rights and Slavery: African Americans After the Civil War “This is a white man’s country; let white men rule!”(Bolden 19)‚ declared our fourteenth President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ after the Civil War. Slavery had existed legally‚ as a form of brutal labor on America ’s land since 1619‚ when slaves were first brought to the colony of Jamestown (“Slavery in America”). During the process of research‚ one may find
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year 1965 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to advocate for equal voting rights in Selma town. The film highlights the difficult moments they encountered as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. The march ended when the president signed the Voting rights Act of 1965. The film Selma highly relates to social work. It does not depend solely on experiences of the important leaders that led the Civil Rights Movement but also demonstrates the importance of the community. It shows that the power
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