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    In the history of the American civil rights movement‚ two seminal figures emerge: that of the peaceful and nonviolent Martin Luther King‚ Jr‚ and the revolutionary and radical Malcolm X. From these two contrasting images‚ America did not know how exactly to classify the movement. On one hand‚ Malcolm X preached independence and a "by any means necessary" approach to achieving equality in The United States and on the other‚ King preached a nonviolent‚ disobedient philosophy similar to that of Gandhi

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    agree that opposition to the civil rights movement did more to help the movement than to hinder it? Overall‚ opposition to the civil rights movement hindered more than helped the movement between the years 1955-1968. Firstly‚ the FBI used their power to undermine the civil rights movement on many occasions in the 50s and 60s. J. Edgar Hoover‚ who was a dedicated anti-communist set up COINTELPRO (the counter intelligence program) which investigated radical groups. He did this because he thought that

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    The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s did effectively change the nation. The Civil Rights Movement effectively changed the nation because it banned discrimination and segregation on the basis of race‚ religion‚ national origin‚ and sex. Discrimination and segregation were no longer allowed at workplaces‚ schools‚ and public places‚ such as restaurants. According to Ofari-Hutchinson‚ the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed Americans‚ and other nationalities around the world‚ to see the

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    non-violent protests and legitimate legal actions were the best way to achieve equal rights for all Americans. Throughout the Civil Rights Movements‚ the NAACP took a strictly passive-aggressive approach. They actively supported Martin Luther King (MLK)

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    Challenging Civil Rights

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    Challenging Human Rights John F. Kennedy once said‚¨ The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” If it came to notice that the rights of every man are being tested‚ not just by the law‚ but society‚ there could be positive steps taken to protect basic human rights‚ thus resulting in desirable conditions to defend the rights of everyone. Society defying the law and rights has been a constant struggle for years‚ and will continue to go on if our rights are not upheld

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    Truman can be viewed the most important President for improving civil rights for African Americans because he started the the main process of desegregation and development of rights in the 20th Century. Truman realised that for the good of America‚ they needed to improve racial equality to be in line with other Western countries. One of his first legislations was To Secure These Rights‚ passed in 1947. This law ensured anti-lynching regulations‚ voting rights‚ eradication of poll tax‚ and an end to

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    Racism and Civil Rights

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    understood‚ and this is partly due to the ever changing nature of racism and race relations. The word race itself has evolved in meaning over time‚ from being a simple denotation of origin‚ to a stronger more elaborate meaning after the birth of the civil rights movement‚ who related race‚ and more specifically the term racism‚ to mean racial prejudice and discrimination‚ as opposed to a simple differentiation of origin or doctrine. Racism also varies across the globe‚ been dealt with differently and also

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    Democracy and Civil Rights

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    Democracy as a Universal Value Amartya Sen Copyright © 1999 National Endowment for Democracy and the Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. Journal of Democracy 10.3 (1999) 3-17 In the summer of 1997‚ I was asked by a leading Japanese newspaper what I thought was the most important thing that had happened in the twentieth century. I found this to be an unusually thought-provoking question‚ since so many things of gravity have happened over the last hundred years. The European empires

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    civil rights diary

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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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    Civil Rights Analysis

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    Compare the activities of two civil rights activists‚ one from Australia and one from the US? The two civil rights activists‚ Martin Luther King from America and Pearl Gibbs from Australia‚ both hoped to achieve the same thing; racial equality. Martin Luther King and Pearl Gibbs both had similar experiences that motivated them to fight for what is right. They each took action to achieve their goals. Both Martin Luther King and Pearl Gibbs were recognised for how well they changed society and stopped

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