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    I personally do not think the world will ever com to a point where there is racial and social equality. The world will always have people who do not think that everyone is equal and treat them harshly and get others to do the same‚ it is a fact of life and sadly they tend to succeed. In fox news there is a report about women who were on a train‚ ten were black one was white. They had gathered on a trip to Napa so they could discuss a romance novel. A women had came in and told them to be quiet because

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    except for the souths view of slavery . The difference between the opinion of racial equality caused such a great divide‚ that it leads to the Civil War. The brutal war lead to the deaths of many important generals and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides‚ lost their lives. The north and the south were very different socially‚ politically and economically

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    an organization called the CORE. The CORE stands for the Congress of Racial Equality. This group played a huge role throughout the years. they lead and participated in may events over the years and in doing so made a difference for thousands of African Americans. The reason I am telling you this is because this groups holds a place in my heart and I wanted to see if you could also help us but first let me tell you more. A racial group of young people who were students in Chicago. The founded CORE

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    of training African Americans to live as comfortably and independently as possible‚ given southern racial realities • His plan to produce farmers‚ mechanics‚ domestic servants‚ and teachers in rural schools throughout the state appeared less threatening to those whites who believed that a liberal arts university was for blacks to seek social quality • Washington made no public demand for equality but he secretly made court cases that challenged the Jim Crow rules. And he told his people to just

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that can give a clear lesson to further the movement for racial equality. Scout is a little girl in the south. She is the main character and protagonist of the novel. She lives with her brother Jem and her father‚ Atticus. She is very intelligent‚ thanks to her father and she is a tomboy. Scout learns the town’s social strata quite clearly on her first day at school when Walter Cunningham does not have lunch or lunch money. Her classmates ask her to explain to the

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    Racial Equality and the Abolition of Slavery in France When Abbé Sièyes wondered‚ "What is the Third Estate [or are slaves]? Nothing. What has it [have they] been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it [do they] want? To be become something…" (65)‚ he could have just as easily spoken of slave ’s misery rather than the Third Estate ’s plight. While‚ his scope was limited‚ his pains were not. Following their first revolution‚ the French National Assembly helped to change the world

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    “A Worn Path”: Struggle for Racial Equality In “A Worn Path”‚ a short story by Eudora Welty‚ the main character‚ an old colored woman named Phoenix‚ slowly but surely makes her way down a “worn path” through the woods. Throughout her journey‚ she runs into many obstacles such as a thorny bush and a hunter. She overcomes these obstacles and continues with her travels. She finally reaches her destination‚ the doctor’s office‚ where she gets medicine for her sick grandson back home. Many critics have

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    Racial Equality in the United States Racism has been prominent in the United States since the country was founded and is still continuing today. From slavery to segregation‚ all races were not given the equality of the white man’s up until the mid-nineties. The melting pot that we call the United States was once a world of grief for African Americans‚ Asians‚ Hispanics‚ and many others‚ and possibly still is today. Thanks to numerous movements‚ marches‚ and representative leaders‚ our country has

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    Racial equality was expressed by brave and courageous individuals that believed that the ability to become an equal member of society did not count on the color of one’s skin‚ but the ability to have determination and surviving in the community. One of those individuals started in South Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania; a city with a great deal of communities and organizations that had a collection of conflicts with segregation. Marian Anderson was born on February 27‚ 1897. She lived with her mother‚

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    Shea Stadium (Muder). Commissioner Bud Selig declared that it would be retired throughout baseball. This was the 68th anniversary of Jackie’s first game as a Dodger (Muder). African American baseball legend‚ Jackie Robinson‚ paved the way for racial equality in sports. Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. Jackie was born into a poor family‚ and he was the youngest of four siblings. Jackie’s parents were Mallie and Jerry Robinson (Biography.com Editors)

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