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    Integration is important because everyone should be treated equally no matter what color they are. There were so many people trying to stop all of this from happening during the Civil Rights Movement. Some were even assassinated for standing up for what they believed in. Many people took part in marches‚ bus boycotts to protest segregation. For example people took part in the bus boycotts because Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus Montgomery‚ Alabama. People got angry

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    the Civil Rights Act and required people to speak up about what they feel is wrong and right: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” —Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The Civil Rights Act ended many things such as segregation and discrimination on the basis of race‚ gender‚ religion‚ among other things. Furthermore‚ the a civil Rights Act was influenced by many in their own ways people such as: Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and even John F. Kennedy. The Civil Rights

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    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a part of civil right movement. It was a protest against the racial segregation policy in public transit system of Montgomery‚ Alabama. It was started on December 1‚ 1955. On that day‚ a large number of black people of Montgomery‚ Alabama were decided that they will boycott the public transport system until they get right to sit anywhere they want in transportation system In Montgomery there was a rule that in municipal buses there were separate coaches for white up

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    April 7‚ 2010 CIVIL RIGHTS DBQ (Document Based Question) Essay The Civil Rights Movement is understood as the collected efforts of many different groups and individuals struggling to achieve justice and equal treatment for all Americans. Several events shaped the time period‚ particularly those that either showed the extent of injustice and unfair or violent treatment‚ as well as took direct action against injustice. Additionally‚ significant events were those where Civil Rights leaders could

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    Civil rights Movement In the 1900’s segregation was a large problem throughout the U.S. As the nation started to progress‚ the people who lived there wanted equal. Though many white Americans did not want to give other races the same rights‚ seeing it has always been a certain way throughout history. Since then‚ many steps have been taken to make everyone equal‚ most of these steps were influenced by segregated people. Martin Luther King was one of these Americans who stood up for himself throughout

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    The Cold War influenced and encouraged many civil rights movements. It also shows started the fight for freedom against communism. Kennedy said that it is a necessary struggle in which we must come out on top of our enemies. He judges communism in his inaugural speech‚ and focused on being the main topic in his speech that something needs to be done. All men have god given natural rights‚ it is not the state that decides whether its people can have their freedoms‚ he said. The countries that are

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    struggle. One human right issue that is still going on is racism against African Americans is society. No matter the years that pass‚ there will always be an incident that occurs. In the 1800s the Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared that all people born in the United States were citizens‚ no matter of race‚ color‚ or being enslaved. The effectiveness and legality of the document was questioned so Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment a couple of years later to strengthen these rights. A lot happened

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    seen since. Woodstock‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ the Sexual Revolution‚ the Space Race‚ and the Vietnam War were all iconic moments in American history that grace the pages of children’s history books still today. With so many moving parts in the political and cultural atmosphere‚ it is hard to digest the impact of these movements in only a seven-hour lecture series. After reflection‚ it is evident that the most impactful events discussed in the series were the Civil Rights movement‚ the Great Society

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    been many social changes that have occurred and The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most significant‚ which give equality to all the people/race. African American didn’t have as many rights as White people. African Americans had to sit in the back of the buses on their specific place‚ drink from a different fountain and eat at a different place than white. African American people weren’t treated with the same respect and rights as white people. Few white didn’t like this discrimination

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    corpus. During the Civil War‚ under the leadership of President Lincoln‚ the government excessed great power. In order to keep Kentucky‚ one of the border states‚ Lincoln put it under Martial Law‚ which meant the state was ruled by military leaders under special situations; he proclaimed a blockade and then suspended the writ of habeas corpus. Without congress’ agreement‚ he spent money and imprisoned 18000 suspected Confederates without trials‚ which none of the former presidents had ever done at

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