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    Americans were sick of it‚ and many Men‚ Women‚ and even Children rose to fight back‚ to make a change. To stop racism‚ Discrimination and Segregation. There were many causes of the Civil Rights Movement. And one of them is Violence. Bloody Sunday. A very violent day. Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday‚ March 7‚ and‚ led by John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC activists‚

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    States of America has been shaped by many social changes that have occurred throughout its time. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most notable social movements which attempted to root out all racial segregation‚ but most importantly to attain equality for African Americans. African American racial segregation has always been a part of American society‚ dating back to the Civil War‚ in which the North was victorious; this also led to the abolishment of slavery in 1865 after congress

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    African American to be elected in congress. She represented the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms. During her time‚ she focused on things such as education and social justice. She also helped form a black political organization known as the Black Caucus. She was also known for being the first African American woman to run for the Democratic presidency in 1972. Even though she was unsuccessful at winning the presidential election‚ she made history. Chisholm earned the

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    Clayborne Carson‚ Carson discusses the civil rights movement. Carson discusses how the nonviolent protest‚ the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s broke the pattern of public facilities’ being segregated by “race” in the South and achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation for African Americans since the Reconstruction period (1865–77). Carson uses examples of people and protests through out the era of the civil rights movement be achieved. Back in the early to late

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    life because of the many books he wrote‚ including his autobiography Black Boy‚ which depicts how it was like to grow up during the Jim Crow laws in the South. It is a poignant tale of poverty‚ loneliness‚ and the power of thought and imagination. If Wright were to write an autobiography titled Black Boy today‚ depicting a black boy growing up in the United States nowadays‚ he would write about the legacy of the Civil Rights movement‚ police brutality towards African Americans‚ and President Obama’s

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    the Civil Rights Movement Mahatma Gandhi was a wise man and taught multiple lessons to his people about the workings of nonviolence. He called it Satyagraha which translates to “Soul-force” or “Love-force”. Gandhi is renowned not only as the “Father of India” but also as the originator of the modern nonviolence or passive movement (444). During his lifetime (1869-1948) he performed countless acts of nonviolence to help end the struggle for Indian independence from Britain which happened from 1915

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    Throughout the period of time in which African Americans had to fight for equal rights. Desegregation and racism the United States made massive changes. Beginning with the Jim Crow Laws‚ the countless court cases and the huge impact on the Civil Rights leaders. Our country made changes with new teachings and changes were made too many different minds. Throughout 1954 in May‚ Topeka‚ Kansas the Brown vs. the BOE (Board of Education) made it to where the Supreme Court ruled against segregation of

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    The Civil rights movement is one of the most important milestones in this country’s rich history. It was during the time of the Civil rights movement when the people oppressed learned to fend and fight for themselves and assert their rights as a part of the American society and part of the country. It was a time for the African Americans to take back what was forcibly taken from them‚ and a time for them to establish their equality to those who deemed themselves wrongfully superior. The Civil rights

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    Civil Rights Movement Essay Since the 1800’s‚ racism had been prevalent America‚ but by the mid 1900’s African Americans and some caucasians were both looking for reform. In the south there were peaceful protests such as the Montgomery bus riot and nonviolent civil rights organizations‚ but in other places there were violent groups and protests. Both groups wanted civil rights‚ but there viewpoints were much different. One group wanted integration and the other wanted two completely separate

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    Youth and Civil Rights         The Civil Rights Movement in the sixties were in a large part caused by the youth of the time. Not only did colored youth feel like there was a transition needed but white youth felt that something needed fixing. The youth of the time founded organizations that were built to fight racism and the youth effectively held and organized protest for equality for all throughout the nation from Alabama to Washington D.C. Youth had the greatest impact on society and were the

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