Mississippi enrolment crisis. James Meredith. Non-discriminatory federal housing. 1963 Kennedy’s Civil Rights bill. Birmingham riots. March on Washington. 1964-8 Annual riots in black ghettos. 1964 Civil Rights Act pushed through by LBJ. Kennedy Democrat 1961-63 1965 Selma voter registration crisis: Selma to Montgomery march. Voting Rights Act. Watts (black Los Angeles ghetto) riots. Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and is killed by Nation of Islam gunmen. 1966 Stokely Carmichael calls for ‘black
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Unit 1D5: Pursuing ‘Life and Liberty’ Introduction – The political structure of the USA To appreciate fully the events that are studied in this unit‚ it is important to have a grasp on some of the key features of the American political system. This had been set up in the late eighteenth century through the Constitution. Three branches of government were set up. These were the Executive‚ the Legislature and the Judiciary. They were to operate at both state and federal (national) level. At federal
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were reluctantly accepted‚ such that the side forced to accept the changes did so with feelings of resentment always escalating racial tensions. Further‚ LBJ’s National advisory Commission on Civil Disorders‚ in an attempt to find causes of the riots‚ had
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as it is used today is doing society no good because today’s movements for social justice lack the civility of King and his followers. In September of 2016‚ for example‚ riots erupted in Charlotte‚ North Carolina in response to the shooting of an African American man‚ Keith Lamont Scott‚ by a Charlotte police officer. These riots began as civil protests which‚ as stated earlier‚ are good and necessary; however‚ by the evening of the first day of protesting‚ civil protest escalated to violence that
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Amiri Bakara – Somebody Blew up America Amiri Bakara was born in Newark‚ New Jersey on October 7‚ 1934. He was born as Everett Leroi Jones. In 1952 he changed his name to Leroi Jones and in 1967 he changed it to Amiri Bakara. He lived with his parents‚ his father who was a postal supervisor and his mother who was a social worker. He attended Rutgers University‚ Colombia University and Howard University studying philosophy and religious studies. He did not obtain a degree from any of the three
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Junior Paper Civil rights have been a controversial topic throughout the course of history. Despite previous efforts‚ the most significant wave of civil reforms did not occur until the early 1960’s‚ during the political height of the 36th president Lyndon Johnson. Johnson‚ as he worked his way up the political ladder‚ gained a clear understanding of American policies. After the assassination of his predecessor Kennedy‚ Johnson stepped forward as the nation’s new leader. The time surrounding Johnson
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City of Newark Fact Summary: In July 2002 Mayor James apparently out of the blue ordered that all fire houses in the Newark Fire Department be integrated to improve morale and to honor a court order to make the Fire Department the mirror of the City of Newark. Wallace (the fire chief) proposed an alternative transfer list that would achieve 100% diversity. Thirty-four firefighters were involuntarily transferred or denied requests to transfer due to the new policy‚ together with the Newark Firefighters
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UNIT 3 SOURCE ENQUIRY The USA 1945-70 : A Divided Union? Key Topic 1: The impact of the cold war The ideological clash behind the cold war: The soviet union was a communist state in which the government owned and controlled the economy- it had a non democratic government. The USA was a capitalist country where it had a democratic government. The economy was not state owned. The opposition between these two super powers became known as the cold war After the second world war the usa
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1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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that path way to formation of Independence of Malaya. However‚ many local objected the motion as it expells all the 9 states monarchy Sultanes roll in political issues and excludes singapore from the union. 1947 - After seeing the uprising and riots among the Malays‚ British decided to replace the motion with the establishment of The Federation of Malaya but the talks on the Chinese and Indian immigrants continues. 1948 - Malaya entered the State Of Emergency period due to the uprising Communist
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