Mohandas Gandhi‚ Whom most people know as Mahatma‚ meaning “Great Soul‚” is one of the most prevalent images in the minds of those who think about great leaders‚ in the movement for human rights and non-violence. However‚ not much is known about his life as a child and his achievements in the early twentieth century. All the staging grounds in Gandhi’s stance towards non violence‚ human rights‚ and peace took place in the years leading up to the twentieth century and the first
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Civil Rights. During the Civil Rights movement‚ the majority of African Americans were victims of discrimination‚ and so they looked up to someone to represent them. Martin Luther King who was willing to speak on the behalf of all African-Americans was famous for leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a result of which buses could no longer be segregated under the 1957 Supreme Court ruling.
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Did Hispanics face discrimination in the United States during the 1960s like African Americans? How did their lives improve with reforms? To begin‚ the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement is one of the least studied social movements of the 1960s‚ but is important for Chicano history because the campaign improved a vast amount of issues like farm workers rights‚ to enhanced education‚ as well as housing and immigration rights. The movement followed in the footsteps of the African American community
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When Gandhi was 16 his father became very ill. Being very devoted to his parents‚ he attended to his father at all times during his illness. However‚ one night‚ Gandhi’s uncle came to relieve Gandhi for a while. He retired to his bedroom where carnal desires overcame him and he made love to his wife. Shortly afterward a servant came to report that Gandhi’s father had just died. Gandhi felt tremendous guilt and never could forgive himself. He came to refer to this event as "double shame." The incident
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where from the myth of Rajiv being a Parsi was derived. Rajiv’s father Feroze‚ was Feroze Khan before he married Indira‚ against Kamala Nehru’s wishes. Feroze’s mother’s family name was Ghandy‚ often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi‚sometime before his wedding with Indira‚ by an affidavit. The fact of the matter is that (and this fact can be found in many writings) Indira was very lonely. Chased out of the Shantiniketan University by Guru Dev Rabindranath himself for misdemeanor
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what Canada’s geopolitical role was during the Cold War era1 During the Cold War it can be stated that Canada was more willing to be involved or tentative of global affairs and the direction the world was going in. Canadian participation in the two major wars showed a level of "participation" by the nation to involve itself in global politics that in the modern day the nation does not re-emulate similarly pertaining to displaying or satiate itself at the forefront of world affairs. For example
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During the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Civil Rights Movement was a battle by African Americans in hopes to achieve the same rights that whites have. A few major events in the fight for civil rights included the Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education case‚ the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1964 Rights Trial. By the end of the 1960s‚ some white Americans‚ even had the courage of joining in the fight with them. No political or social movement of the twentieth century has had as dramatic of an effect‚ ever
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Photographs During the Civil Rights Movement The Little Rock Nine were a big part of starting the Civil Rights movement. The Little Rock Nine was made of 9 children‚ all of which black‚ who volunteered to make the first attempt of integrating white schools in America. Integrating white schools was on the top of every black students bucket list at the time; white schools got all new materials while the black aschools got hand-me-downs from the white schools. Photography played a big role in spreading
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During the Civil War‚ many women volunteered in the civil war as nurses and without them‚ there would be no such thing as a medical advancement. Much new medicine was discovered and made to aid the wounded soldiers. Before the civil war‚ many did not comprehend medicine. The advances in medicine had not been made yet. Before the civil war women did not have a major role in the world‚ the workforce was entirely men. Many women although helped in the cause by volunteering but‚ at first many men
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have fueled the rise of various leaders‚ some changing their nation and country for the better‚ while others dragged their country down and lead to the death of millions. Two examples of this are when Mohandas Gandhi had risen to fame in India‚ and when Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. During the 1800’s in India‚ Britain had already set up colonized empires. Britain hoped to gain valuable resources such as iron and coal from imperialising India‚ as well as felt as it was their moral need to guide
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