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    Songs and the Civil Rights Movement. Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_songs_and_the_civil_rights_movement/ Thepeoplehistory (2013). 1960 ’s Music played in the 60 ’s Bands groups singers memories from The People History

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    differences between the African American Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Civil Rights Movement. African American’s did not have many rights at all‚ they were a minority; they were black. However‚ with the Women’s Suffrage Movement‚ they were more likely white‚ middle or upper-class women fighting for the same rights that white‚ American men had. The Women’s Civil Rights Movement began with the suffrage movement‚ which was a movement for women to gain the right to vote‚ which happened in August of

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    blacks‚ the Civil Rights Movement was sparked. Many courageous and angered activists partook in acts of civil disobedience to help their voices be heard‚ like Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man‚ or Martin Luther King Jr. speaking of his opinion on racism in his “I Have a Dream” speech. Similarly

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    Before the Industrial Revolution‚ families were interdependent on the roles of each other to survive‚ and each family member worked together to ensure the happiness of the family as a whole. Most work occurred at home or on the land belonging to the family and there was very little distinction between the roles of women and men‚ or between work and home. As people moved to the cities‚ work began to be something that was performed away from

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    the concept of the gender roles of the men and women of the time. We must first understand how the men and women of that time were viewed. Throughout history there is a lot of ways men and women were different. But only a few were the biggest setback for women. Did the Renaissance women have the same life as the Renaissance men? Women of that time were often denounced as Devious‚ Domineering‚ and Demanding. The Renaissance women played several roles in their families. Those roles were based on their

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    The Civil Right Movement was a period of time from the mid 1860s and to the late 1960s where people fought for equal rights for African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement was inspired by many people such as Mahatma Gandhi‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King just to name a few. The Civil Rights Movement was a series of non-violent protests and boycotting for African Americans to show that they deserve equal rights as any other American. The Civil Rights Movement all started December 5th ‚

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    There were many factors as to why the Civil Rights Movement was such a struggle. There was a substantial amount of fear‚ fear of the whites and violence‚ fear of missing out on a better life‚ in African American population. There economic dependence issues‚ and the cultural norm of racism‚ which had to be fought against. The Civil Rights Movement was so difficult because‚ different generations were fighting with one another to change the way society functioned. There was considerable violence‚ and

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    Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement Segregation was an attempt by white Southerners to separate the races in every sphere of life and to achieve supremacy over blacks. Segregation was often called the Jim Crow system‚ after a minstrel show character from the 1830s who was an old‚ crippled‚ black slave who embodied negative stereotypes of blacks. Segregation became common in Southern states following the end of Reconstruction in 1877. During Reconstruction‚ which followed the Civil War (1861-1865)

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    for all. The Civil Rights Movement was a popular movement that help s African Americans equal access and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights as a U.S. citizen. The Movement can be traced back to the 19th century‚ and it’s ending was in the 1950s and 1960s. Also‚ The Civil Rights Movement also spurred the reemergence of the Supreme Court‚ in its role as protector of individual liberties against majority power. The three critical key events in the Civil Rights Movement from WW II until

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    The evolution of the United States includes the Depression era. During the Depression era stock markets crashed and companies went bankrupt leaving everyone without money or even jobs. FDR made a promise to Americans in order to try and end the Great Depression‚ called the New Deal. He input work relief programs‚ banking reform laws‚ emergency relief programs‚ agricultural programs‚he added the Social Security Act and Union protection programs. Now to discuss the Cold War. The 2nd world war was

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