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    Integration is important because everyone should be treated equally no matter what color they are. There were so many people trying to stop all of this from happening during the Civil Rights Movement. Some were even assassinated for standing up for what they believed in. Many people took part in marches‚ bus boycotts to protest segregation. For example people took part in the bus boycotts because Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus Montgomery‚ Alabama. People got angry

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    Civil Rights In many parts of the South‚ blacks and whites are coming together to attempt to fulfill the agreements made in the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendment. These amendments give equal rights and chances to African-Americans. Despite these innovations‚ segregation is still very much alive. Many people started opposing segregation because of the Jim Crow Laws and how it supported segregation and restricted African-Americans to do certain things. One of the vital factors that

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    New York‚ Texas‚ and Florida came together to fight for equal rights in America by advocating for the Dream Act. The “dreamers” were born after the Dream Act (Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors Act) bill was brought to Congress to grant a legal status to undocumented immigrants. The Dreamers had big expectations and dreams about their future in the United States. Therefore‚ they came together with other civil rights advocates to fight their way to

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    The introduction of the Civil Rights Movement originated with the Brown v Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas in 1954. This monumental case was taken to court by well known‚ distinguished lawyer Thurgood Marshall who worked closely with National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) after an incident was reported of a African American elementary school aged student‚ Linda Brown‚ was denied admission to an all-white elementary school (Tompkins). At the time‚ Kansas’ state legislation

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    original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made‚ through disobedience‚ and through rebellion”. Although one may disagree with such an opinion‚ keeping in mind that society is taught at a very young age of what is wrong and what is right‚ sometimes obedience and disobedience fall under the same category. Like obedience‚ disobedience can also be seen as a virtue. The human race is taught to follow certain rules‚ obey authority‚ and to live their life the way the government sees fit

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    The 1950’s were quite radical in fact‚ this is the decade that began rock n’ roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living‚ advances in technology‚ Fashion‚ medical research‚ other wonderful things this country was not used to seeing or hearing. The 1950’s were looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in American history. Everything was peaceful now‚ which looking back on the two world wars and the great depression this country was not

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    The Speech How are we going to protect our rights ? Discrimination is huge these days; it is calmer‚ but it was huge back then. In the past‚ African-Americans were only allowed to use specific water fountains and on the bus whites had to sit in the front and blacks in the back . The theme in the interview and the speech is that their needs to be a fight to make a change. In the past‚ white people were very powerful and had privileges that African-American people did not. This made African-American

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    Civil Rights and Internet Monitoring What is internet monitoring? It consists of computer programs that are used to detect the internet activity of computers it located to. Many a places have been suppressed by governments not giving the people a right to view what they want on the internet. Some say the internet is a human right. Others say it is a privilege and should be watched over and scrutinized by the government and businesses for people at work. Many respected internet monitoring software

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    Latino Civil Rights in Schools One area in American society in which racial groups were separated was in school. Segregation of races and schools were common through the late 1940’s‚ until a Puerto-Rican Mexican family took action. Through this area the common race that known during this time where you were both classified as white or black and therefore left Hispanics unclassified. Depending where you lived according to McCormick‚ J. and Ayala‚ C. (2007) describes Felicita Mendez a Puerto Rican

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    It was 8th period and I was working on my Civil Rights project with my group. I was going to my first basketball game. My mom never lets me go anywhere‚ so I was excited to go to my schools basketball game. We were all packing up when my friend Citlaly asked‚ “ Are you going to the basketball game after school?” “Yes‚ I am. Are you going ?”‚ I replied. “Yes‚ but first I’m going to meet Dezerie in the quad.” As soon as I was going to reply the bell rang and I started walking towards my best friend

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