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    Civil Rights Diary

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    Civil Rights Diary of An African American Supporter and Political organizer For Robert Kennedy HIS/145 9/4/2014 Ryan Brooks Civil Rights Diary of An African American Supporter and Political organizer for Robert Kennedy February 8‚ 1968 I woke up this morning feeling like a liberated woman. Yes that’s right‚ A “Woman!” Today is my 18th Birthday!! I went out into the kitchen hoping my mother had made me a birthday breakfast as she usually did every year‚ only to find that she was watching

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    The Civil Rights Of 1953

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    The Civil Rights of 1953-964 was a social movement by African Americans to end segregation and discrimination in the United States. This social reform and movement primarily took place in the South because it was the most segregated place in the North America. The civil rights movements is such a critical time period in African-American history which leads to many significant figures and events. For example important figures such as: Ella Baker‚ James Farmer‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ John Lewis‚

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    Utopian communities[edit] New Harmony as envisioned by Owen Utopian socialism was the US’s first Socialist movement. Utopians attempted to develop model socialist societies to demonstrate the virtues of their brand of beliefs. Most Utopian socialist ideas originated in Europe‚ but the US was most often the site for the experiments themselves. Many Utopian experiments occurred in the 19th century as part of this movement‚ including Brook Farm‚ the New Harmony‚ the Shakers‚ the Amana Colonies

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    to African Americans’ plight. In the turbulent decade and a half that followed‚ civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change‚ and the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Many leaders from within the African American community and beyond rose to prominence during the Civil Rights era‚ including Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X‚ Andrew Goodman and

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    Civil Rights Movement

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    The Civil Rights Movement The most critical civil rights issue in the U.S. has concerned the status of its black minority. After the Civil War the former slaves’ status as free people entitled to the rights of citizenship was established by the 13th and 14th Amendments‚ ratified in 1865 and 1868‚ respectively. The 15th Amendment‚ ratified in 1870‚ prohibited race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude as grounds for denying or abridging the rights of citizens to vote. In addition to these constitutional

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    Civil Rights Movement

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    MP May 6‚ 2013 Civil Rights Movement.   Two events of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States that had great impact on African Americans Struggle for equality were the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.              The Brown v. Board of Education ruling was a beginning point of the Civil Rights Movement. The NAACP’s chief counsel and director Thurgood Marshall focused his attention on public education and access for African Americans. One case that

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    Civil rights context 14th Amendment: The 14th amendment in the constitution of the United States of America was adopted in 1868 after the civil war (1861-65). It was formed after the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. The 14th amendment was produced to give all citizens of America equal access to the law this was for black and white citizens. This amendment was used to displace the poor law enforcement of the post war south. This gave the covering of the rights of the constitution for all people

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    Civil Rights Essay

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    The Civil Rights Movement was a revolution that spanned between the early and mid 1900s. It was a worldwide political movement that was aimed to ensure legal equality for all people through a principle known as equality before the law. This principle made it so that all people were subject to due process (the same laws of justice) no matter whom they were‚ where they came from‚ their socio- economic status‚ their race‚ etc. To achieve this equality‚ many forms of civil resistance were necessary.

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    A free society dictates what they believe is morally right and wrong; the free society constructs a code of acceptable behavior formed around the beliefs of its members. Many people willingly choose to follow the societal rules mapped out before them simply because of their ability to classify right and wrong. Nevertheless‚ there are the few outliers that set aside the black-and-white good and bad distinction in a free society and pursue their own rules‚ frequently ending in jail time. Often times

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    The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. Slavery was a major issue that triggered the American Civil War. Slavery started out‚ as a few individual

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