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    Civil Rights mean that people have the right to be treated equally as their fellow citizens. Public order is the idea that everyone in the public behaves themselves. Or law enforcement around restoring order in the public. (Herbert‚ 2011) I think that Civil Right movements and Civil rights groups was the rise of civil rights itself. They made sure that people had people had equal rights to things. It protects us from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability‚ gender‚ religion

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    The “right to be forgotten” from Internet searches ought to be a civil right. Civil rights are purposed to protect freedom and equality among citizens. They are to protect individuality against society‚ which‚ by promoting self-development and self-identity—albeit ironic—ultimately leads to a collective progress. However‚ a society void of personality is also void of freedom—i.e. a state of being able to make decisions without external control. Individual dignity and integrity are driving forces

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    agree that the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement did more to help the movement than to hinder it? The Civil rights movement from 1955-1968 faced opposition from a variety of different individuals‚ groups and institutions. In some ways the opposition helped the movement to progress‚ but for the most part‚ the strong opposition hindered the movements success. In terms of federal opposition‚ none of the presidents opposed the actual objectives of the civil rights movement‚ however they all opposed

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    Civil liberties: - Negative rights - Limits the government that infringe on an individual’s rights--ensuring your freedom - Anti-Federalists - Bill of Rights: make up the heart and basis of the civil liberties - Protect are there to protect individuals from arbitrary acts of government Civil rights: - Positive rights - Laws to empower the individual Texas v. Johnson 1988: - Patriotism/symbolism - Not just burning a piece of cloth--the American flag is very symbolic Shank

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    Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who organized demonstrations and boycotts of discriminating companies‚ and whose untimely murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the American legacy of equality. He worked to investigate crimes against African Americans like the Emmett Till murder‚ making him a high-profile citizen in his state. As Medgar Evers was graduating college in the early 1950s‚ battles for civil rights were being fought valiantly. Several attempts were made

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    Cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act When faced with pointing out the cons of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ one may feel there aren’t many if any. Or maybe that it’s a justified contradiction to the first amendment‚ which from the U.S. Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a

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    The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 applies to the Indian tribes of the United States and makes many‚ but not all‚ of the guarantees of the Bill of Rights applicable within the tribes. “No Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall - 1. make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion‚ or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press‚ or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances; 2. violate the right of the people

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964 By the summer of 1963‚ after a series of violent demonstrations in the South‚ particularly in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ President Kennedy pushed for a very strong civil rights bill through Congress. The first of its kind since the Civil War‚ this bill drastically called for the end of all segregation in all public places. In the eyes of the civil rights movement leaders‚ this bill was long over due. Kennedy began by sending the United States Congress a "Special Message

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    mentally‚ and emotionally for what they believed in. During the Civil Rights movement Septima Poinsette Clark‚ Modjeska Simkins and other activist fought for racial equality between 1954 and 1968 also before the time period all over the United States but mainly in the southern parts ( North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Alabama‚ Kansas‚ Georgia).The Civil Rights movement started because of Blacks not having the same authority and rights as

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    C to The Freedom Rides‚ every voice in the civil rights movement counted. If it was not for one very important voice‚ many of the civil rights demonstrations would have never been organized. That voice was Fred Shuttlesworth. Fred Shuttlesworth’s involvement was instrumental to the 1963 Birmingham Campaign. He helped to organize The Freedom Rides‚ Project C‚ and many youth protests‚ which were incredibly important to the progression of the civil rights movements. Through these efforts he helped change

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