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    the issues in democracy. However‚ the government was responsible for the issues that occurred within the nation‚ especially the lack of trust between the citizens and their representatives. During times‚ such as the Watergate Scandal and the Civil Rights Movement‚ the lack of trust between the government and citizens was heightened to a level not seen before in American history‚ especially because much of the nation believed

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    The Civil Rights Movement was a massive movement in the 1950s for African Americans to obtain normal privileges and equality. The impact of the movement caused an act to be constructed called the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The 1964 Civil Rights Act established it to where it was now illegal to separate people based on race and color. Making a free country was only possible with the role of the media‚ whites and blacks working together‚ and the Cold War. These all helped immensely with the conclusion

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    political and legal change? Male civil rights activists have a very good reputation for making change resulting in many people forgetting about the women but it can be argued that the men did not work completely alone. This is one of the main factors I will be looking into and comparing the role of women to the main male civil rights figures and who made more of a significant development in the civil rights movements. Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was a major female civil rights activist whose main focus was

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    James Meredith was a big civil rights activist. He integrated an all-white college and led a march. He also participated in politics. Later on his different views made other civil rights activists upset. He will always be known as a controversial hero who stood up for the rights of African Americans. James Meredith was born on June 25‚ 1933 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi. He was the seventh of thirteen children. He lived on the farm with all of his siblings and his parents. The farm he lived on was isolated

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    Civil Rights Movement: 1890-1900 1890: The state of Mississippi adopts poll taxes and literacy tests to discourage black voters. 1895: Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Exposition speech‚ which accepts segregation of the races. 1896: The Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson the separate but equal treatment of the races is constitutional. 1900-1910 1900-1915: Over one thousand blacks are lynched in the states of the former Confederacy. 1905: The Niagara Movement is founded by W.E.B. du

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    Civil Rights Throughout Reconstruction‚ southern whites felt constantly threatened by legislation providing rights for former slaves. The Civil Rights Bill of 1875 was the last rights bill passed by congress during reconstruction. It protected all Americans’ (including blacks) access to public accommodations such as trains. With the threat of complete equality constantly looming‚ violence toward former slaves gradually increased in the years following the Civil War. Beatings and murders

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    The civil rights movement was a popular movement in the 1900’s that’s goal was to acquire equal access to opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship for African Americans. The movement goes back to in the 19th century and it was really raised to attention in the 1950s and 1960s. A few people who played a big part in this movement were‚ but not limited to‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ JFK‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ Malcolm X‚ Bob Moses‚ James Chaney‚ and George C. Wallace. These people

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    begin to study historical social movements that fought against a specific oppression or movements that fought for a sense of equality‚ we encounter with movements such as the Women Suffrage Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. The Women Suffrage movement agenda was based on the idea of gender equality as well as fighting against gender oppression. The members of the Women Suffrage Movement consisted entirely of White‚ middle class women. The Civil Rights Movement goal was racial equality and fighting

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    The Civil Rights Act Have you ever wondered about the U.S. history? Even if you didn’t‚ you might have heard of the civil rights movement. A few brave leaders risked their lives to fight for having an equal right. The civil rights movement was from 1995 to 1968. The civil rights movement was a very social‚ legal‚ and political act that the blacks encountered with a lot of effort and determination. With the help of brave leaders‚ African Americans were finally able to have same rights and equal treatment

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    everything. African Americans were denied the right to vote. African

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