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    Bethune’s success it seems that the city of Daytona didn’t believe that African Americans were equivalent to them based on this hideous Jim Crow law. Daytona Beach has the most beautiful beaches and they were relatively open to everybody even African Americans. “Two of the twenty-six founding fathers of the town were African Americans: John Tolliver and Thaddeus S. Gooden” (page 69). So if

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    The New Jim Crow describes how institutionalized racism has taken hold in the American Justice system. In the first chapter‚ Michelle Alexander runs through the history of racial castes in the United States‚ from the beginnings of slavery‚ to Jim crow and eventually the “law and order” rhetoric that developed into the system in place today. The book moves on to point out the server flaws in the justice system. These flaws‚ according to Alexander‚ are found within each step of the journey to jail

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    Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s‚ southerners struggled with the inevitable confrontation of segregation. Living in the Jim Crow era‚ blacks grappled to gain the rights denied to them through Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)‚ “which gave legal sanction to “separate but equal”.” On the other hand‚ white southerners wrestled to maintain the white supremacy that the Plessy case allowed them to exercise. One of the largest areas of tension for the maintenance of segregation existed in education.

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    Between 1865 and 1870‚ the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th Amendments outlawed slavery which "provided equal protection under the law‚ guaranteed citizenship‚ and protected the right to vote" (United States). Unfortunately‚ individual states continued to allow unfair treatment of minorities and passed the ’Jim Crowlaws allowing segregation of public facilities. "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin. It required equal access to

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    Dating back to Ancient Rome‚ segregation has remained a major part of society. Segregation can happen in many different ways such as racial or religious segregation. In the United States racial segregation was widely common after slavery due to Jim Crow Laws. One major event that helped to abolish segregation was baseball. Unsurpassed in popularity‚ baseball was a national craze during the 1860’s. It was commonly best referred to as America’s “National Past Time.” With its growing popularity‚ more

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    racism that continued to plague most of the world throughout the 20th century. In the United States‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) worked to combat the segregation and discrimination imposed by the Jim Crow laws‚ that created “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. Similarly‚ in South Africa‚ Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) waged war against the apartheid regime put in place by a white government descended from European

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    Field Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Following his release from prison‚ Rustin began to travel widely‚ giving speeches on discrimination and other issues. While on a tour of North Carolina‚ he provoked another arrest for violating Jim Crow laws. Rustin is a great example of how so much has changed in this country from slavery until now. Without Rustin’s bravery‚ along with every African-American that changed the history of America with black and white support overcame segregation in

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    In the United States hate crimes has been an issue to where it should be taken seriously. ‘’Hate crimes and bias motivated crimes …’’ involve crimes that are related to violence which are motivated by…’’ prejudice against a victims race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ or disability’’(Langton‚ Planty). Throughout history people who were involved in hate crimes were known as the KKK‚ the League of the South‚ Aryan nations and much more. Not only has it been a problem in the past but gradually

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    Advancement of Coloured people followed instructions from King. These were that she should sit in her designated ‘coloured area’ on the bus‚ a white man then demanded that she’d move‚ and let him take her seat‚ Rosa refused and in doing so broke the law. We can interpret Source J as very valuable and reliable source‚ it shows the man in an uncomfortable way who almost seems surprised that someone in the Black community is standing up to him‚ this ironically portrays the white man as inferior to Parks

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    The Battle to Become Civil African Americans and the immense struggle to become civil. Which led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a enormous part in American history. During this time a vast number of African Americans were determined to get the rights that they believed they deserved as humans. This did not come effortlessly because obtaining rights when you have none is a very hard. It took many years of struggling to get their rights‚ they soon obtained the rights that they deserved‚ but not

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