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    who founded this movement? - Criag Kielburger is the founder of Free the Children‚ the world’s leading youth driven charity. When and where was it founded? - He started the organization in 1995‚ when he was only 12 years of age in Canada. Why was it initiated? - On his way to school‚ a newspaper headline caught his attention “battled Child Labor‚ Boy‚ 12‚ Murdered”. No one knew that this short‚ but powerful headline would catch the eye of a 12 year old‚ one April Morning. Is it a

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    were a famous and revolutionary organization founded in California in the 1960’s‚ whose purpose was the protection and empowerment of the black race. Although most media attention focused around Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s‚ Black Power groups like the Black Panthers‚ who disagreed with MLK’s ideology‚ also exerted influence‚ especially in poor black communities. "Founded in October 1967 in Oakland‚ California‚ by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

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    overcome. Leaders and icons in African American civil rights movements like Rosa Parks‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and etc. would spark and inspire other blacks to step up and try to make a difference. Some would try to make a difference but some with different methods. The Black Panthers‚ an organization of African Americans‚ were founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966. Like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ they were fighting for African American rights in America but also those of other groups that

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    On 1955‚ Dec 1st‚ Rosa Parks‚ a garment maker‚ aged 42 and born on Feb 4th‚ 1913‚ boarded a bus in Alabama behind the last row of the “white” section. Three stops later‚ the “white” section became full and therefore the driver ordered Rosa Parks and three other black passengers to move back. All the black passengers aside from Rosa Parks moved. Rosa Parks moved over to the window seat. The driver threatened Rosa Parks that he would bring in the police. The law had aforementioned that any black person

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    because of prejudging‚ it doesn’t give anyone the chance to show true colors‚ what motivates them and just what they care about. It makes it even worst when someone doesn’t speak up for what’s right. Fear is a strong emotion that many can’t control. Fear is powerful enough to take over what one knows is right. For instance‚ with the Holocaust people were afraid to speak up to the Nazis or Hitler because of the fear of death. When it comes down to life or death that’s a hard decision to pick‚ especially

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    women’s movement who in their quest for equal rights of women that included the ownership to property and right to vote‚ the sort out to abolish slavery as well. Abolitionism garnered male supporters for the women’s movement like Frederick Douglass‚ Henry Blackwell and William Lloyd Garrison. 1 The First Wave of the Feminist Movement. The Women’s Suffrage Movement The Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States in the period 1848-1920‚ formed a significant of the “First Wave” of the Feminist Movement

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    Discrimination was a thing. And it was everywhere. African Americans were sick of it‚ and many Men‚ Women‚ and even Children rose to fight back‚ to make a change. To stop racism‚ Discrimination and Segregation. There were many causes of the Civil Rights Movement. And one of them is Violence. Bloody Sunday. A very violent day. Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday‚ March 7‚ and‚ led by John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC activists‚

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    Europeans. As the European powers rose‚ other regions fell in their power. However‚ nationalistic movements all over the world eventually occurred‚ in order to battle imperialism. In the 20th century‚ East Asia and Africa had similar causes for the rise of nationalistic movements and their political outcomes‚ but differed in the ideologies that accompanied these movements. Nationalistic movements arose in both East Asia and Africa because of the disillusionment of WWI‚ as European powers fought

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    with the thought of racism amongst African Americans. To name a few‚ African Americans experience racism through racial inequality‚ racial profiling‚ and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter Movement in particular brought the attention to police brutality in America. Known to be the new Civil Rights Movement‚ Black Lives Matter was created because of the injustice amongst people of color when it comes to police killings. According to the Guardian‚ blacks killed by police this year were more than

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    During the twentieth century‚ both the Civil Rights and the Women’s Rights movements had a comparable ambition in mind. They both wanted to gain the rights and opportunities that others had. In this research paper my goal is to compare and contrast both movements and how they went about chasing each of their goals‚ and at the same time express some of my viewpoints. The Black Civil Rights was a movement that began right when “Reconstruction” ended in the late 1870’s which granted all Americans

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