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    First of all‚ King was important to history because he helped give blacks and whites equal rights for all. His rally was one of the biggest rallies of all time—and some people were upset and thought it was too quick—but the larger audience was very excited about the changes. Furthermore‚ he helped with the bus boycott that Rosa Parks had started and only used peaceful protesting actions. Martin protested in sit-ins and got arrested a lot of times because of it BUT‚ he still protested peacefully.

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    fiercely fighting for their rights as equal citizens even before the Civil Rights Movement. Despite how long they have been asking for proper treatment‚ they were not always successful. The path to progress was not easy. Events dating to Reconstruction have greatly impacted the Civil Rights Movement by paving the way toward progress through trial-and-error‚ and the event itself presented a path toward the end of segregation and better rights for blacks. Because the Civil War theoretically uprooted

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    The Civil Rights Movement was a revolution that spanned between the early and mid 1900s. It was a worldwide political movement that was aimed to ensure legal equality for all people through a principle known as equality before the law. This principle made it so that all people were subject to due process (the same laws of justice) no matter whom they were‚ where they came from‚ their socio- economic status‚ their race‚ etc. To achieve this equality‚ many forms of civil resistance were necessary.

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    (Jones) Malcolm X was an important figure in the struggle for black rights. Originally‚ he followed the principles set out by Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam and preached their views without questioning them‚ but eventually he developed his own unique opinions and methods for working towards the overall goal of African American rights. He sparked a powerful but short-lived movement that did indeed have an impact on rights for the black populations around the world and he made his views known

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    Civil Rights and Civil Liberties have some similarities‚ but they are different in their own ways. Civil Rights protects the rights of people from discrimination‚ while civil liberties protects people from undue government interference. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Something created to limit the power of the federal government and protect citizens from infringement. For example‚ freedom of speech in the U.S. is a civil liberty because it restrains the

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    with Civil liberties and Civil Rights (or given when they become a citizen) They are very important and are a fundamental part of the constitution. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights are both almost the same except civil liberties protect individuals from the government and civil rights are rights every US citizen has.. Civil rights are rights that are given to US citizens they are rights to political and social freedom and equality. They include the first ten amendments of the bill of rights these

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    Civil Rights or Civil Liberties Civil liberties are more important than civil rights for these reasons. First‚ our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere. Second‚ civil liberties protects us from our government from causing us harm and last civil liberties makes civil rights possible. Our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere because government shouldn’t get in the way of people’s daily lives‚ day after day. Let people be. We shouldn’t have to live with the mentally

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    conversions of non-believers. In addition to a religious movement‚ other reform movements such as temperance‚ abolition‚ and women’s rights also grew in antebellum America. The temperance movement encouraged people to abstain from consuming alcoholic drinks in order to preserve family order. The abolition movement fought to abolish slavery in the United States. The women’s rights movement grew from female abolitionists who realized

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    Not all historical figures want to be an icon‚ such as Rosa Parks. Unlike a few other Civil Rights Movement members‚ Parks didn’t like the spotlight‚ but‚ that didn’t stop her from making a stand. School segregation was a major problem that African Americans had to face growing up. Segregation is the act of separating races‚ genders‚ or ethnic groups by designating various public spaces-such as schools or buses-for the use of one race‚ ethnicity‚ or gender group alone(Education Staff). When segregation

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    nonviolence to combat oppression. In the United States during the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 to 1968‚ nonviolent protest gained popularity as a means to end discrimination and racial segregation against African Americans while positively impacting society by changing national views and laws. Nonviolence successfully protested racial discrimination‚ causing positive change by focusing national attention on pressing civil rights issues. Throughout the

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