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    Not a lot of people today are racist because of the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement is for the people to be good and they made more laws to make people to be even better.Three Supreme Court cases influenced the civil rights movement by making people to lessen African American:Shelley v. Kraemer‚Plessy v. Ferguson‚and Brown v. Board of Education. The cause Plessy vs. Ferguson made a law requiring restaurants‚ hotels‚and hospitals to serve African Americans.States began to require

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    coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary.’ (45) It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken‚ calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove‚ former coalition education secretary‚ made many drastic changes to the education systems including

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    non-violent protests and legitimate legal actions were the best way to achieve equal rights for all Americans. Throughout the Civil Rights Movements‚ the NAACP took a strictly passive-aggressive approach. They actively supported Martin Luther King (MLK)

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    Susan Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820‚ in Massachusetts. She was an American abolitionist who became one of the most important in the women’s voting rights movement in the United States of America. Susan was educated by her parents to become an independent woman in history. They knew for sure she was going to be able to accomplish many important goals‚ and change history forever. When she was six years old‚ the family moved to New York. She went to the local primary school and then went to

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    Leaders and Legislation of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements Identify leaders of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and their contributions to their respective causes. How did these social pioneers forge the way for this important ratification? What legislation was relevant during these critical times? Part I Complete the following matrix by identifying 7 to 10 leaders or legislative events from both the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. The first leader is provided

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    The women’s rights movements‚ also known as the feminist movements‚ happened during the years of 1867 to the present. The first wave of feminism happened between the years of 1867 to 1960. This wave included campaigns in support of temperance‚ women’s suffrage‚ pacifism‚ labour and health rights. During time period feminist activists focused on achieving legal and political equality. The second wave feminism happened from 1960 to 1985. The movements included campaigns in support of equality in education

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    Hensler‚1985). The Anti-War Movement attracted individuals from all walks of life‚ such as college students‚ middle-class suburban youth‚ labor union workers‚ and even government employees (Barringer). The motivations for each individual’s disagreement with the war varied much more than one would imagine. Although the movement was fueled by much more than these objections. It was the rise of counterculture and anti-establishment in the youth that really brought the movement the recognition it receives

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    The Civil Rights Movement was an attempt to right the wrongs of unfair treatment of African Americans in the United States during a time known as the “Jim Crow Era”. This movement was held during the 1960’s and was successful in innumerable ways. African Americans fought for the same citizenship rights that whites took for granted. This movement w was successful in combating job and housing discrimination‚ school integration‚ and equal justice for women. The highest achievement of success of the

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    visible facets of black culture to take center stage during the Civil Rights campaign was its music. Spirituals and popular gospel hymns were refashioned into rallying cries and calls to action....during organizational meetings and rallies these modified church songs were sung to encourage‚ embolden‚ and unite African-Americans‚ in their struggle for freedom and equality.” (Johnson 2008‚ p. 133-134). The African-American Civil Rights Movement was a goal to end racial segregation and prejudice against

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    The Advancement of Civil Rights Movement (1) The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kans.‚ unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. – It was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. (2) Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting

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