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    Civil Rights Activists

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    worked super hard to solve the problems around them. Everyone of them influence people all around the world. Alex Lin helped pass an e-waste law in Rhode Island. Malala continues to fight for girls’ education. Martin Luther King jr. helped pass the civil rights movement. All of these activist has been influenced by problems around them. Alex Lin has helped the earth since 5th grade. He is an environmental Activist. He read an article that huge E-Waste flood to come. He was influenced by this problem

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    Southern Christian Leadership Conference Civil Rights Revolution Overview The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president‚ Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. History On January 10‚ 1957‚ following the Montgomery Bus Boycott victory and consultations with Bayard Rustin‚ Ella Baker‚ and others

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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 diary

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    Dear journal: Today‚ May 4th 1961‚ we are leaving Washington D.C. in protest of or civil rights to desegregate bus rides. We are heading out to New Orleans where our protest is just the beginning of what we are striving for in order to bring equality to the human race. Not only do I feel nervous and scared‚ I feel proud for I am standing up to what I believe is right and so one day my children will be able to have a white friend and not be judged by the color of their skin. I feel scared for if

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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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    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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    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 home

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    The terms‚ civil liberties and civil rights‚ might be closely related to one another‚ but have often been inadvertently misused. Civil rights are actions within the law that the United States government uses (meaning that they have the right to intervene/enforce) to establish conditions that are equal for all human beings. For instance‚ citizens of the United States‚ with the proper qualifications‚ have the right to vote‚ meaning that right can be enforced through government intervention. Another

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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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    Civil Rights and Civil Liberties have some similarities‚ but they are different in their own ways. Civil Rights protects the rights of people from discrimination‚ while civil liberties protects people from undue government interference. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Something created to limit the power of the federal government and protect citizens from infringement. For example‚ freedom of speech in the U.S. is a civil liberty because it restrains the

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