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    Civil Rights research Paper Between the centuries of the 15 and 18 hundreds‚ 1‚2000‚000 slaves were brought to North America from Africa to provide free and plentiful labor required by the plantation system‚ the foundation of the economy of a new united states. During the civil war Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation which freed slaves but granted him his death by assassination. During the years of 1865 through 1870‚ the thirteenth (nation agreed to no slavery)‚ fourteenth (gave

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    Before his presidency‚ Johnson was a guy who lived in a town where everyone thought that segregation was right. He thought the opposite. L.B.J was teaching to Mexican American children who were poor in a town called Cotulla. From the beginning Johnson thought that it was right if everyone was equal. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because he thought that it was the right thing to do. If principle decisions are based on strongly-held beliefs‚ then Cotulla Teaching(Doc A)‚ Ignoring

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    history and affected how we live today. During each period of history‚ there are those few great leaders who charted our history and were crucial to the success of our country as a whole. The civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an important time in American history. Within the civil rights movement three of the most prominent African American men were prompted to attempt to solve the problem of racial inequality. Booker T. Washington‚ Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois‚ all

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    would you have felt if you were born back in time during discrimination and the civil rights movement? Many people’s rights were diminished throughout history. However‚ people such as the civil rights activist fought for their and future generations rights. Civil rights activist had a sole method throughout their fight against discrimination‚ and that is the use of nonviolence. Furthermore‚ in order for civil rights activist to achieve their goal‚ they used certain paths such as the purpose of nonviolence

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    All throughout history people have faced issues with civil rights. Of the most common factors skin color plays a large role in these injustices‚ but people even suffer discrimination from their own race. This proves to be evident in today’s society more than ever before with issues of homosexuality‚ political debates‚ wealth. As humans we tend be to for the betterment of ourselves and having civil rights for everyone seems to be constantly in the way. In general people always want their opinion to

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    1964 was the year the civil rights act passed‚ it was just the beginning for African Americans. The civil rights act made amazing breakthroughs aiding the prevention of discrimination of people because of their race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin basically giving equal access to everything despite certain character traits. These rights were being enforced by the early 1970’s. But just because a law is enforced‚ does not make it the problem solver for an issue as big as racism. No law can

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    What were the aims and methods of the Civil Rights Movement and how successful were they in achieving their aims by 1964? The civil rights movement was a political‚ legal and social struggle by Black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. After the eminent speech by Martin Luther King (in the early 1950’s) African American men and women‚ along with the whites‚ organised and led the movement at national and local levels. They organised events such as non-violent

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    The movement was not started by blacks alone‚ but also by whites who wanted to end the generation after generation of violence amongst the races. In order to bring the two races closer together the Civil Rights Movement held non violent protest first to promote nonviolence among the races. This idea was first introduced through one of the movements’ most famous leaders Dr. Martin Luther King and the teaching he received from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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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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    and discriminated for being themselves. While many people ignored these problems it was in the 1950s that they stood up for themselves and proved they were more than what they were seen as. These conflicts led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in order to point out these conflicts that were faced by these people throughout their lives which resulted in a compromise of the ending of discrimination‚ oppression

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