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    The civil rights movement of the 1950s brought to light the atrocities and trials that the African Americans were put through on a daily basis. Malcolm X‚ an influential speaker and proponent of this movement‚ invigorates all people to stand up for justice and fight for proper civil rights. Through his rhetorical choices of sentence length‚ vivid imagery‚ symbolism and historical examples‚ X develops the three persuasive appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos. Malcolm X attacks the white man for the hardships

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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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    Voting rights • Employment • Public Opinion Education • The 1954 Brown case – established that a segregated education could never be an equal one. • Although there were other legal victories which attempted to speed up integration‚ progress towards desegregation was slow. • In 1957‚ 3 years after the Brown case which ruled that segregation was illegal in all schools‚ 97% of black students remained in segregated schools. • Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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    When students learn about the Civil Right Movement in history class‚ they know it as an event that took place in the 1950’s and 1960’s that involves Black people and their organizations pressuring the government for change with famous male leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. But what about women‚ where were they when of this happened? Were they non-existent and inactive? No‚ but history books fail to mention them and their roles in the fight for freedom as crucial to many aspects of the

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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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    How Does Islam Affect Activist in the Civil Rights Movement? Religion is a topic that many try to avoid because it is controversial. Many think that their religion is right while others think differently. Religion can affect the way someone lives‚ group of people‚ or a movement. One specific religion that brings up discontent is Islam. Islam does affect activists in the civil rights movement because so many people follow that religion that it’s hard to look at others point of view. An

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    everyone might have a different perspective or view of what is right and what necessities to change. That is how history works people decide what they would like to change and do everything they can so later generations are different. Change comes from individuals who believe something needs to be different. Individuals who want to make a difference will make it their “mission to do something.”

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    the 1960’s‚ African Americans rose up and fought for what was rightfully theirs during the civil rights movement. Living in the twenty first century we see that it inhumane to strip African Americans of their human rights. But‚ sadly‚ we have neglected to see that homosexuals are in a very similar position today. Homosexuals in the United States have been fighting for their rights for years‚ but the right to be legally married is the hardest fight of them all. Marriage is a rite of passage in the

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    to vote. In order to participate in the state Democratic Party‚ Fannie Lou Hamer helped start Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and was elected Vice-Chair of this party. By pursuing rights for black people‚ Hamer devoted her whole life‚ and she is remembered by the world. As an American voting rights activist‚ Fannie Lou Hamer is remarkable‚ and her goal‚ method‚ and obstacles in Student Nonviolent Coordinating

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    been directly recommended by the Chief Examiner of HIS2P. Therefore‚ it is important to make detailed notes and to be ready to note the relevant answers down while watching the clip. The video provides a great overview for the early years of the Civil Rights Movement‚ taking you from the Brown verdict of 1954 to the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ starting in 1956. Name 5 ways that blacks were discriminated against in the 1950s: * * * * * * How does the clip portray the

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