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    Civil Right Acts of 1957 On September 9‚ 1957‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The 1957 Civil Rights Bill aimed to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. It aimed to increase the number of registered black voters and stated its support for such a move. Up to 1957‚ and for a variety of reasons‚ only 20% of African Americans had registered to vote. Plessy v. Ferguson On June 7‚ 1892‚ a 30-year-old colored shoemaker named

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    for individuals with disabilities in such areas as employment‚ public accommodations‚ transportation‚ State and local government services‚ and telecommunications ("Americans with disabilities‚" 2006). The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1960’s with the Women’s Rights and Disability Rights Movement’s. Women and minorities became protected by legislation passed by the U.S. congress in the 1960’s. Federal legislation did not protect people with disabilities until later in the 1990’s. The Americans

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    Environmental injustice exists when members of a certain group suffer disproportionately from environmental risks‚ hazards‚ or violations of fundamental human rights (Carder). These injustices are usually caused by unfair government/court decisions‚ being denied access to information and denied participation in a decision-making process (Carder). Hierarchies of power also play a major role in the way that they tolerate‚ propagate‚ and perpetuate injustice against a large number of disadvantaged people

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    networking has many positive effects in society‚ it has more negative consequences‚ especially upon teenagers‚ such as cyber-bullying‚ negative influences on social behavior‚ and the promotions of crime and violence. When used responsibly‚ social networking is efficient‚ fun‚ and useful. Unfortunately‚ teenagers in today’s society misuse social networks- causing social networking become dangerous and psychologically harmful. Cyber-bullying is the most common negative effect of social networking. More

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    with the thought of racism amongst African Americans. To name a few‚ African Americans experience racism through racial inequality‚ racial profiling‚ and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter Movement in particular brought the attention to police brutality in America. Known to be the new Civil Rights Movement‚ Black Lives Matter was created because of the injustice amongst people of color when it comes to police killings. According to the Guardian‚ blacks killed by police this year were more than

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    The Civil Rights Movement occured in the mid 20th century‚ however racism is still a harsh reality for many. The divide between white people and African-Americans established hundreds of years ago still remains. But today‚ explicitly racist legislation has been removed‚ and racism is no longer easily definable and is more indirect. Today’s symbolic racism is based in underlying societal prejudice and segregation. Modern-racism is the product of previous U.S. government policy decisions rooted in

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    Civil Disobedience means to peacefully refuse or comply with specific laws you personally do not agree with‚ and accepting the consequences by not following said laws. Throughout history you see Civil Disobedience from great people such as Martin Luther King Jr‚ Rosa Parks‚ “later in life” Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela. Each of these great historic people contributed to Civil Disobedience‚ trying to equalize African Americans in a Caucasian set world. As a whole our instinctive feeling is to divide

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    activist of all sorts of causes. Often this sort of activism has been compared to the glorious Civil Rights Movement. Recent debate has quite different views on if activism through social media is as influential in publicizing far-reaching causes. According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ social media may assist people in becoming aware of certain

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    the federal government to intervene in the civil rights movement? What were the major pieces of legislation enacted‚ and how did they dismantle legalized segregation? “The Jim Crow regime was a major characteristic of American society in 1950s and had been so for over seven decades. Following slavery‚ it had become the new form of white domination‚ which insured that blacks would remain oppressed well into the twentieth century.” (Morris) Civil rights and segregation were the two main issues during

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    awareness for society. He did so by making a few small changes to the history and creating parallels in the play with racism‚ human tendencies‚ and H.U.A.C. Miller completed "The Crucible" in the 1950’s. At that time‚ America was engulfed in the civil rights movement. Racism was a huge issue and people were fighting for equality and respect. African Americans were among the minorities that were persecuted by society. Miller touched on the subject of racism and related it the present time by his characterization

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