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    America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law was passed which honored the rights of slave owners to their own property (slaves) as well as runways (1). This angered many progressives who were anti-slavery‚ as well as many African Americans who were afraid their freedom is being limited once

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    Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968 What do I need to revise? Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist 1) • • •  African Americans in the 19th Century Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks. 4) • • • • • • • • • •  • • •  • • Campaigns 1960-1966 2) • • • • • •  The Early 20th Century 3) • • • • • Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights

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    Since the 1800’s‚ civil disobedience has been used by the people to peacefully oppose laws and fight the government. Civil disobedience—when used in it’s true form (which is to be peaceful and willingly accept punishment after purposely breaking a law)—does not create violence or undermine the government. Instead‚ it brings negative light to the law itself and allows the government and the people to evaluate it and make their own decisions upon whether or not they agree with the civil disobedient

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    ‘What impact did the KKK have on MLK and his decisions on his quest for civil rights?’ The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was a life he dedicated to the advancement of civil rights for blacks. King had many influences that are well known to others such as his wife and friends‚ Gandhi and his non-violent approach to change‚ the Presidents especially LBJ‚ but what about the Ku Klux Klan? The KKK were a white supremacy group in the United States of America thats goal was to stop the advancement of

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    commonly remembered for the advancement of rights given to African American citizens. Two monumental advancements in the fight for racial equality were the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. While the fourteenth amendment "guaranteed equality before the law" for blacks‚ the fifteenth amendment granted suffrage‚ the right to vote‚ to black men. However‚ at the same time‚ women were still denied many basic rights of equality‚ such as the right to vote. Motivated by the progress of African American’s‚ women

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    Americans could never be achieved. He defends the impatience of people in the civil rights movement‚ upholding that without forceful demonstrations‚ equality will never be reached. King also upholds that human rights must take precedence over unjust laws. His language and use of classical argumentation make his case resilient and convincing. Through his vivid descriptions‚ passionate tone‚ and expressive examples‚ King’s arguments evoke an emotional response in his readers. King’s use of pathos gives

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    States of America. The two things that stuck out the most to me we reading the Jim Crow laws and watching the “Class Divided” studies performed by Jane Elliot. These caused me to think deeper‚ and question my actions‚ thoughts and words‚ along with those of the people around me regarding discrimination and racism. Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Some common laws include: blacks and whites cannot eat together‚ a black person should never

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    while we are spending our quality time with our families. These peaceful protests are negatively impacting our free society. A free society‚ as we are‚ is a very special thing. We have our freedoms‚ our diversity‚ and our customs‚ but as resistance to laws‚ although peaceful and legal‚ continue to take place‚ our free society hurts. Black Lives Matter protests circulate all around our country for the purpose of protecting their rights. Yes‚ blacks deserve rights‚ but so does everyone else’s from every

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    Racism and Southern Identification The Ethics of Living Jim Crow1 ! Upon reading the Ethics of Jim Crow a number of things came to mind. First and foremost‚ the difficulty of being a black person in this era. Throughout the article it seems that negroes are continually targeted without any basis. The response to any giving situation is never appropriate‚ the respectability for the self and other negroes is completely obliterated and most importantly there is a system of fear that is instituted not

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    black laws. He inspired other negroes or black people to stand up to the colour laws. He inspired others to do multiple boycotts. One boycott was about how Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. That started a boycott for the buses that lasted a full year. They either walked to work or they had carpools with other people. His “I Have

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