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    Significance of Civil Rights Dr. Joyce A. Baugh spoke about the significance of civil rights and connected each event to her own life story. She was born in Charleston‚ South Carolina when racism was a huge issue. Baugh started off by talking about how five years before she was born‚ Brown v. Board passed. She explained that the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Then in 1960‚ Baugh was just seven months old. Sit-ins

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    unfair. The philosophical term for this is Civil Disobedience. According to Dictionary.com ‚ Civil Disobedience is “the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy‚ characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting‚picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes.”. Civil Disobedience have been around for centuries and some of the most notable people participated in Civil Disobedience. Today‚ I will be discussing

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    Civil Rights Moments Diary Antonette Brown HIS/145 March 21st‚2012 Amy Champ February 21‚ 1965 Dear Diary‚ This afternoon I went to the Audubon Ballroom to hear the great Malcolm X speak. When I got to the ballroom things was different there was protesters or police. Any other time Malcolm X meeting in the heart of Harlem had police everywhere. As usual I was with my boyfriend who followed every step of Malcolm‚ he believed that things needed to change and Malcolm

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    Civil Rights or Civil Liberties Civil liberties are more important than civil rights for these reasons. First‚ our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere. Second‚ civil liberties protects us from our government from causing us harm and last civil liberties makes civil rights possible. Our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere because government shouldn’t get in the way of people’s daily lives‚ day after day. Let people be. We shouldn’t have to live with the mentally

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    The sixties were a time of revolution for the rights of individuals in America. There were many historical events that took place that made this country what it is now. From the marches‚ sit-ins‚ bus boycotts‚ the African Americans saw the opportunity to fight for equal rights at a time when the country was looking to change. Poverty was high‚ especially with African Americans‚ and all the tension from the Cold War and Vietnam building started movements of people. The public opinion was different

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    audience. This student‚ however‚ has been unable to read past the surface level of the text to develop claims of the text. We have spent previous lessons reading informational text about the Civil Rights’ Movement to understand the idea of equality during the time period.

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    How far has the importance of Martin Luther King’s role in the Civil Rights movement been exaggerated? In the 1950s and 60s‚ black Americans were victim to severe and brutal racist discrimination‚ particularly in the southern states‚ where segregation was “de Jure” ( by law)‚ the ‘Jim-Crow’ laws made sure that everyday facilities such as buses‚ parks and schools were segregated‚ with different services for black and white people and where black people were violently threatened to prevent them

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    Civil disobedience is a good thing‚ and indeed a necessary thing‚ until it is no longer civil. Such prominent civil disobedience advocates in our world’s history‚ such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ understood this principle; this belief in civility amidst disobedience for social justice guided their respected movements. However‚ the argument can be effectively put forth today that such principle is lacking in the modern employments of civil disobedience. Once the understanding of

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    Aboriginal Civil Rights Find out who Eddie Mabo‚ Vincent Lingiari and Albert Namatjra was. What was their contribution to civil rights‚ equality and indigenous welfare in Australia? Eddie Mabo Eddie Mabo was born Eddie Koiki Sambo but changed his name later on in life‚ he was born on Mer Island (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait in 1936. His mother died during infancy which left him to be raised by his uncle; Benny Mabo. After a teenage prank that ended badly‚ Eddie was exiled from his

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    freedom‚ much great American literature was created. The writings at the time of the civil rights movement provided perspective on what black Americans were going through at the time‚ and also helped educate the masses on what the leaders of this movement felt needed to be changed. One of these books was “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”. In it‚ one of the most influential‚ controversial‚ outspoken civil rights leaders opens up about his personal life‚ but also‚ his beliefs on the issue of race

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