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    | | | MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IMPACTED THE CIVIL RIGHTS [pic] How did Martin Luther King Jr. impact the civil rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr. impacted the civil rights movement thru trying his is early life‚ his adult life‚ and his death and Legacy. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929. He was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia

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    president candidates knew is they openly supported Civil Rights during their campaign; they would not get the white vote‚ which they would most heavily need to win the election‚ so they shied away from the topic. Numerous white people feared African Americans all over the United States. They did not want them living near them and using the same facilities as them. On September 9th‚ 1957 the current President‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ signed the Civil Rights Act into law. This did not do very much as soon

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    The civil rights movement had been one of the largest‚ ongoing battles in America over equality of black civilians. Not everything had changed with the 1964 civil rights act and there is still inequality today. In 1960 there were still several problems such as the police force. The police forces were still racist and black citizens were not given the same amount of care as the white citizens were given. Also a number of the police force was members of the KKK‚ which means that towns and states were

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    The history of Civil Rights is a very important component in the development of our nation. There is a large abundance of resources that inform us of this struggle and allow us to imagine being in the shoes of many of these leaders. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcom X‚ Thurgood Marshall‚ and Booker T. Washington are all well-known civil rights activists of the last 150 years. This is an issue that goes back even before Frederick Douglass‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and the bloodshed of the Civil War. Rosa Parks

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    The Civil Rights Movement was an enormous issue between the 1950s and the 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing cause. African Americans were trying to achieve the same equal rights that the whites had. Every progression that they achieved‚ they saw as a victory. Was that the only reason why they were being persecuted for many years‚ or was is because they were actually making progress? For instance‚ Civil rights is the protection of historically underprivileged groups from the violation

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    for simple human rights. There have been slave revolts‚ wars‚ riots‚ and marches all for the cause to protect black lives. One of the first movements to help better the lives of black people was the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement helped push a culture of people in America forward. “Black Lives Matter” is one of the newest movements in the fight toward showing

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    In 1960‚ the black Americans made up 10.5% of the total population and 55% of them were living in poverty (http://www.shmoop.com/‚ 2015). This is just one example of how a century of oppression can affect a whole demographic. The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included

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    Important Civil Rights‚ Concepts‚ Events‚ and People African American Rights: 1.     Executive Order 9981 (Truman) – July 1948 – established the equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces 2.     Brown v The Board of Education of Topeka – 1954 – series of cases involving racial segregation in public schools; Supreme Court decision:  unconstitutional 3.     Southern Christian Leadership Conference – 1957-present – originally led by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ this organization was

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    THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT NOTE TAKING THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II • Black American soldiers had fought against Fascism during WWII • Increased their desire for freedom‚ especially the south african american. • While resistance took the form of beatings‚ shootings‚ refusal of credit and jobs. • The Committee of Civil Rights was set up by President Truman inn 1947 and a program of reforms was devised. THE 1950s • Black Americans moved to the cities and towns from agricultural. • Children

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    The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most memorable movements in American history. The Civil Rights Movement is taught in classrooms all over the United States every single day. Typically‚ when one thinks of this movement they think of the late 1950’s and the 1960’s; however‚ the fight began several decades before then and in some ways still exists today. The reason this movement existed and progressed is because of the local‚ grassroots pressures and the pressures from nations around the world

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