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    TIMELINE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND NEW LEFT MOVEMENTS OF THE 1960’s SS310-07Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach November 30‚ 2009 | | | | |1960 |[pic] |On February 1‚ 1960 four black students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro‚ NC sat in | |

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    HDFS 145 - The Individual‚ Marriage‚ and the Family Fall Semester‚ 2012 Instructor: Mrs. Joy Jacobs‚ CFCS‚ MAEd (“Mrs. J.”) E-mail address: jacobsj@msu.edu Please always use “HDFS 145" on the subject line when you e-mail. Office hours: Mrs. J. will be in the classroom one half hour before and will stay after class until all students are gone‚ or you may make an appointment with her. Go to this website: https://ntweb11.ais.msu.edu/aas/ Because of advising responsibilities‚ she is not available for

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    [Title Here‚ up to 12 Words‚ on One to Two Lines]Wheel Industries Consultant Report Argosy University Professor Charlie Merritt Financial Management | FIN401 A02 Company Information Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project‚ Project A. The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It

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    2000 Militant and Violent Acts of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism The rights of African-Americans have been violated since they were brought over to America as slaves in the late 1600’s to the land of the free. Great political gains for African-Americans were made in the 1960’s such as the right to vote without paying. Still‚ many African Americans were dissatisfied with their economic situation‚ so they reacted with violence in the form of riots. Other African-Americans became frustrated

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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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    Stonewall Riots "Liberation for gay people is to define ourselves how and with whom we live‚ instead of measuring our relationships by straight values… To be free territory‚ we must govern ourselves‚ set up our own institutions‚ defend ourselves‚ and use our own energies to improve our lives" (Wittman‚ 75). Carl Wittman’s Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto‚ drew together many of the themes dealing with gay liberation. This quote demonstrates the goals of the gay and lesbian movement‚ a movement

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    is true‚ it has not always been this way. America has had a history of oppressing the nation’s minorities. The end of the Civil War in 1865 met the end of slavery. However‚ African-Americans were in for a long struggle before they were finally ordered equal rights. After slavery was abolished‚ the Civil Rights movement started‚ pursuing equal treatment for blacks. Civil Rights activist such as Malcolm X‚ Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King all had different methods in eliminating segregation and discrimination

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    The Civil Rights Movement or 1960s Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968‚ particularly in the South. The leadership was African-American‚ and much of the political and financial support

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    Watt Steam Engine‚ Industrial Revolution in England The Watt steam engine (alternatively known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine) was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum. Improving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen engine‚ the Watt steam engine‚ developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775‚ was the next great step in the development of the steam engine. Offering a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency

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    During the civil rights movement of the 1960s‚ two prominent forms of protesting emerged. The act of nonviolent resistance‚ which was influenced by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ was a way to protest peacefully‚ without attacking groups that opposed the movement. The effects of direct action‚ which were highly influenced by activists such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X‚ were more violent and aggressive. Had these forms of protesting stood alone during the civil rights movement‚ America may not have

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