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    Is state violence justified?

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    morality‚ using laws created through an assumed national identity. Anthropology‚ as a subject‚ is concerned with people and how ideas of self-hood ally with their political society. The Civil Rights Movement started revolutionary protests like the Montgomery Bus Boycott and radical dissent movements such as the Black Panthers and political ideologies such as Black Power in self-defense against the state-advocated violence. (1990 p.111-116) The dissidence persisted against both the violence and the legal

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    movement. In 1995‚ he was selected by the NAACP to lead a citywide boycott against the Montgomery bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. After that‚ he was involved with different protests and worked to stop injustice against African-Americans. He promoted non-violent demonstrations to raise awareness of African-American rights and organized peaceful marches. King delivered his most famous speech to a crowd of more than two hundred thousand people

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    successes removed legal barriers for African American people to qualify them for jobs. When King arrived on the scene‚ and organized the push protests such as the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted for 385 days. The situation was so intense that King’s house was bombed and eventually resulted in the end of racial segregation on all Montgomery public buses. Many people made exceptional sacrifices…even died for our rights‚ and Barack Obama has overcome many obstacles in his life and his recent accomplishments

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    The African Americans were not allowed in certain places meant only for Caucasians. The Montgomery Bus Boycott by African Americans‚ which lasted for 381 days‚ led to the desegregation of buses. The sit-ins‚ inspired by Little Rock Nine‚ fought to desegregate lunch counters. President Johnson asked the Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of

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    The year 1966 brought with it the first public challenge to the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence from within the ranks of the civil rights movement. Resolutions of self-defense and Black Power sounded forth from our friends and brothers. At the same time riots erupted in several major cities. Inevitably a like was made between the two phenomena though movement leadership continued to deny any implications of violence in the concept of Black Power. The nation’s press heralded these incidents

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    George Wallace The 1960’s were characterized as an era full of turmoil. During this era‚ one of the most controversial topics was the fight over civil rights. One of the key political figures against civil rights movement and pro-segregation was George Wallace. Wallace represented the racist southern view. Many Americans were segregationist‚ but Wallace was adamant about the topic. Many established political figures were assassinated‚ during the 1960’s. Martin Luther King‚ JFK‚ and RFK

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    People‚ blacks‚ and whites had to endure many challenges before‚ during‚ and after the Civil Rights Movement . A lot of people had to make sacrifices in their lives to be a part of the Movement. People became unemployed‚ were abused countless times by the police‚ southerners‚ and people who disagree with segregation. They also sacrificed their education‚ children (teenagers and college students)‚ and their right to defend themselves. Using sources‚ this essay will show the numerous sacrifices and

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    violent act you can drag much more attention toward your cause‚ by organizing event such as marches‚ building occupying‚ strikes and more. The best case to show the success of civil disobedience would be the Montgomery bus boycott which last 381. After Rosa Parks had been told off‚ for refusing to let her seat bus to a white man. Matin Luther King a young pastor called for a boycott‚ the back people of Montgomery didn’t use the bus for 13 months. This action had a great affect on the civil rights‚ indeed

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    justice and equality. Rosa Parks’ most noticeable action of refusing to give her bus seat to a white man evolved into what would be known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ lasting from 1955-56‚ acting as a Catalyst event to spark bigger protests during the movement. This form of action influenced many other notable forms of resistance such as sit-ins and marches. The act of nonviolent protests has effects on Martin Luther King Jr‚ an advocate for peaceful social change by spreading knowledge to extinguish

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