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    seats but they still continued doing sit-ins. Many were beaten and threatened‚ but they remained peaceful and did not retaliate. This helped with the desegregation in restaurants. Voting Rights Act of 1965- Based on the 15th Amendment‚ it stopped the discrimination in voting. People could no longer be denied the right to vote if they were African American. It got rid of literacy tests and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials. Little Rock

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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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    Rights and Bytes: The Technology of Civil Rights When speaking of race‚ it has been a popular factor in our society for centuries. In Steve Olson’s essay‚ “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples”‚ he discusses human race and its genetic future. He also discusses how Hawaii has a lot of intermixed races and cultures. When dealing with race and what people consider themselves as you can refer it to covering. Kenji Yoshino discusses covering in his essay‚ “The New Civil Rights”. He states

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    Civil Rights and Responsibilities HIS/301 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution shortly after its ratification. These amendments guarantee certain political‚ procedural‚ and property rights against infringement by the national government (Patterson‚ 2009). “A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth‚ general or particular‚ and what no just government should refuse‚ or rest on influence (Thomas Jefferson). The First Amendment provides

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    Civil Rights In The 1960s

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    of the white Americans as the main reason the civil rights in the 1960s did not progress. He claims that as the cause started shifting from civil rights to race‚ the white Americans began to become more fearful and therefore began to oppose the measures being taken. The loss of support is evident as in February 1964‚ the Gallup poll showed that 61% of the public favoured the passage of the civil rights bill . But‚ by 1966‚ 90% opposed new civil rights legislations with 88% of white Americans calling

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    Civil Rights Diary of An African American Supporter and Political organizer For Robert Kennedy HIS/145 9/4/2014 Ryan Brooks Civil Rights Diary of An African American Supporter and Political organizer for Robert Kennedy February 8‚ 1968 I woke up this morning feeling like a liberated woman. Yes that’s right‚ A “Woman!” Today is my 18th Birthday!! I went out into the kitchen hoping my mother had made me a birthday breakfast as she usually did every year‚ only to find that she was watching

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    Explain why conceptions civil rights or liberties (choose only one) which are supposed to be granted to all under the constitution‚ changed so greatly in the second half of the twentieth century. Make sure to discuss the court’s role in this shift. A civil right is a right or privilege that represents protections by government power or things government must secure on behalf of its citizens. Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech‚ press‚ and assembly; the right to vote; freedom from involuntary

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    The Civil Rights Movement

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    The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a period of time when blacks attempted to gain their constitutional rights of which they were being deprived. The movement has occurred from the 1950’s to the present‚ with programs like Affirmative Action. Many were upset with the way the civil rights movement was being carried out in the 1960’s. As a result‚ someone assassinated the leader of the movement‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many blacks were infuriated at this death so there were

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    The Civil Rights Of 1953

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    The Civil Rights of 1953-964 was a social movement by African Americans to end segregation and discrimination in the United States. This social reform and movement primarily took place in the South because it was the most segregated place in the North America. The civil rights movements is such a critical time period in African-American history which leads to many significant figures and events. For example important figures such as: Ella Baker‚ James Farmer‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ John Lewis‚

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    to African Americans’ plight. In the turbulent decade and a half that followed‚ civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change‚ and the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Many leaders from within the African American community and beyond rose to prominence during the Civil Rights era‚ including Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X‚ Andrew Goodman and

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