The Civil Rights Movement In the early 1800s many rich Americans owned slaves. The slaves were captured from their home land of Africa. As a slave they were forced to do an abundance of manual labor on white people’s plantations for no pay‚ they were often beaten if they didn’t do as their “owners” told them to do. Many influential people fought to free African American slaves‚ these people included Abraham Lincoln‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Frederick Douglass‚ and many more. When Abraham Lincoln signed
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"Women ought to have representatives‚ instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government." (Wollstonecraft‚ 1792). Women began to consider that the way they had been being treated might have not been fair. Women of the eighteenth century did not wish to have greater power then men. They only wished for equal rights. Young girls could only dream of continuing their schooling and obtaining a higher education. Men‚ who had control over women
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Justice and fairness is for everyone. No one should ever have to face discrimination because of the religion they subscribe to‚ the race or gender they were born into. While this is the general consensus now‚ it was a rare opinion in the 1600’s. The hostility with which black people were treated in Nelson Mandela’s time was apparent. Everything from the way other races treated them‚ and the way they spoke to and about them. Even their meager portrayal in the media was a caricature‚ they were misrepresented
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In the United States‚ we have the privilege to vote. This privilege was given to us through the constitution and its amendments. Today‚ every citizen of the United States has the right to vote. When the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the right to vote was limited exclusively for white protestant men who owned property. In 1792‚ New Hampshire was the first state that discarded the property requirement to vote. Maryland became the last state to eliminate a religious restriction on voting.
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of women and men” – Gloria Steinem. Susan Glaspell’s short play “Trifles” can be recognized as feminist literature and the primary concept was to highlight the gender inequality where women are treated unequally and their viewpoints were taken lightly by men in the early 1900s. Glaspell features these pieces of evidence from the characters‚ and the setting. “Trifles” demonstrates the discrimination of a male-dominated society‚ and at the same time‚ insults women who stands up for their rights. During
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English author of children ’s stories and plays‚ poetry‚ biography‚ history and satire. Eleanor Farjeon was born in London‚ England on 13 February‚ 1881. The daughter of popular novelist Benjamin Farjeon and Maggie (Jefferson) Farjeon‚ Eleanor came from a literary family‚ her two younger brothers‚ Joseph and Herbert Farjeon‚ being writers‚ while the eldest‚ Harry Farjeon‚ was a composer. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children ’s literature is presented annually
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Should prisoners have the right to vote? In the US not all states have the same laws. Depending on the states law‚ the person with a felony or misdemeanor can or cannot vote. It also depends what type of felony the person has committed. The right to vote is privilege that we all get‚ but in some states it can be taken away permanently. “Felon voting has not been regulated federally although some argue that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be applied to felon disenfranchisement and that Congress
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Marc Antony’s uses all different types of communication in his speech to the crowd during his infamous "honorable men" speech. Julius Caesar had just been murdered by a group of conspirators and Marc Anthony‚ Julius’s dead friend‚ is now trying to reveal the real story to the public. However‚ Marc Anthony is in quite a tight spot‚ he can not directly accuse Brutus and others of this heinous crime because of there high positions and there power. He must work the crowd and use different types of strategies
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your Plan B? Even though people don’t like Plan B‚ Plan B is not as bad as everyone thinks because Plan B is guaranteed to work and will lower the number of abortions. In order to understand Plan B a person must have some background on the subject. Plan B is a second chance at prevention‚ if you believe your birth control may have failed take Plan B and have a greater chance of not getting pregnant. Dr. Vanessa E Cullen Vice President of Planned Parenthood Federation says‚ “Women of all
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A democracy is a place where everyone has rights and freedoms. Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ the right to hold public office and the right to vote. Also a place where government is by the people and for the people. The United Kingdom is a representative democracy. This means that everyone over the age of 18 can vote in elections‚ and the people they elect then represent their interests and make the decision. It’s important for everyone to vote because the representatives decide what taxes you will
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