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    Analysis of bloody Sunday in the civil rights movement Anthony Lee Civil Rights Movement POLI 315-01 2-23-12 Department of political science and public administration Virginia State University Research

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    has been made‚ through disobedience and through rebellion.” He means that humanity created social change through the actions of disobedience. His claim is supported by many historical events like the American revolution‚ the Civil Rights Movement and the fight for women’s rights. America would not be the great country it is today if the people were obedient and followed what the king of england wanted. America was settled back in the 1600s when the pilgrims left England in search of religious freedom

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    There were two trends in the Civil Rights movement. The start of the Civil Rights Movement was led by groups such as the NAACP and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that fought against segregation in America through organized marches and protests and civil disobedience. Many victories such as Brown v. Board of Education‚ which made segregation in public schools unconstitutional‚ and the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ which outlawed discrimination in public settings‚ had resulted from these

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    leadership is defined by this description‚ civil right activists have met the bar. Some of the most valiant changes to modern society have come from the influence of these civil rights leaders. The power these individuals brought forward is rarely viewed in the difficult circumstances each one faced at the time of their actions. Effective leaders are courageous‚ intelligent‚ and have continuous perseverance. Asa Phillip Randolph was a civil rights movement leader who demonstrated intelligence and

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    Core American Values Throughout American history‚ specifically the period of post Great Depression leading up to the Civil Rights movement‚ the country has had certain core values that they are expected to adhere‚ often recognized as liberty‚ equality‚ and justice. These core values are known as the basic rights that every human being should be guaranteed. Specific moments in the country’s history relating to liberty are the forced internment of Japanese Americans into internment camps and the secret

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    Abstract: The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s has been widely viewed as the set of events that finally improved the quality of living for African Americans. The question to be asked‚ is that in the last half century since the movements‚ how has quality of life improved and in what ways must it still improve? In general‚ blacks have experience decreased poverty rates‚ better income‚ and increased education in recent years. However‚ the still very high statistics of all these areas in comparison

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    prejudice. An example of social justice with African American’s is the black lives matter movement. In the summer of 2013‚ three community organizers Alicia Garza‚ a domestic worker rights organizer in Oakland‚ California; Patrisse Cullors‚ an anti-police violence organizer in Los Angeles‚ California; and Opal Tometi‚ an immigration rights organizer in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ founded the Black Lives Matter movement in cyberspace as a sociopolitical media forum‚ giving it the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The

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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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    most people knew it was wrong people still lived their everyday lives as if nothing went on. However‚ there were some people who were against the discrimination of African-Americans and started movements to take a stand and fight for desegregation. One of the most historic movements during the Civil Rights Era that led to the desegregation of buses and other public transportation was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Even with little to no freedom in southern states African-Americans involved in the boycott

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    mentally‚ and emotionally for what they believed in. During the Civil Rights movement Septima Poinsette Clark‚ Modjeska Simkins and other activist fought for racial equality between 1954 and 1968 also before the time period all over the United States but mainly in the southern parts ( North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Alabama‚ Kansas‚ Georgia).The Civil Rights movement started because of Blacks not having the same authority and rights as

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