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    numerous different forms and ruined countless lives. No matter where‚ when‚ or who the oppression is affecting‚ they are all lessons to be learned and are a horrifying reminder that we as a nation have participated in one of these tragic events. The Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust were tragedies that took place in two different countries and targeted two different races‚ yet they still both took many lives‚ and made many people feel as if they had no voice. Though these horrific events seem very

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    the boycott by refusing to yield her place to a white person on the bus on December 1‚ 1955. The permanent inheritance of the boycott‚ as Roberta Wright wrote‚ was that "It helped to launch a 10-year national struggle for freedom and justice‚ the Civil Rights Movement that stimulated others to do the same at home and abroad" 10Although there were substantial improvements in the legal treatment of the African Americans in the mid 1950’s fostered mainly by the Supreme Court rulings‚ de

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    Civil Rights Analysis

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    Compare the activities of two civil rights activists‚ one from Australia and one from the US? The two civil rights activists‚ Martin Luther King from America and Pearl Gibbs from Australia‚ both hoped to achieve the same thing; racial equality. Martin Luther King and Pearl Gibbs both had similar experiences that motivated them to fight for what is right. They each took action to achieve their goals. Both Martin Luther King and Pearl Gibbs were recognised for how well they changed society and stopped

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    Joel Benavente Period 4 05/17/13 Civil Rights Movement The primary theme of the Civil Rights Movement was that African Americans‚ in particular‚ and minorities‚ in general were human beings. The African Americans felt no different‚ no better‚ or worse than the whites in America. As human beings‚ African Americans were called on to dire in times of war‚ called on to pay taxes‚ and called on to do various other services. The argument was that skin color was not a disability

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    Challenging Human Rights John F. Kennedy once said‚¨ The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” If it came to notice that the rights of every man are being tested‚ not just by the law‚ but society‚ there could be positive steps taken to protect basic human rights‚ thus resulting in desirable conditions to defend the rights of everyone. Society defying the law and rights has been a constant struggle for years‚ and will continue to go on if our rights are not upheld

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    Civil Rights Moments Diary Antonette Brown HIS/145 March 21st‚2012 Amy Champ February 21‚ 1965 Dear Diary‚ This afternoon I went to the Audubon Ballroom to hear the great Malcolm X speak. When I got to the ballroom things was different there was protesters or police. Any other time Malcolm X meeting in the heart of Harlem had police everywhere. As usual I was with my boyfriend who followed every step of Malcolm‚ he believed that things needed to change and Malcolm

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    In the history of the American civil rights movement‚ two seminal figures emerge: that of the peaceful and nonviolent Martin Luther King‚ Jr‚ and the revolutionary and radical Malcolm X. From these two contrasting images‚ America did not know how exactly to classify the movement. On one hand‚ Malcolm X preached independence and a "by any means necessary" approach to achieving equality in The United States and on the other‚ King preached a nonviolent‚ disobedient philosophy similar to that of Gandhi

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    The Civil Rights Movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968‚ was one of the most important times in American history. With activities‚ protest marches and boycotts‚ organizations challenged segregation and discrimination. The Movement happened because not all Americans were being treated in the same way. In general white Americans were treated better than any other American people‚ especially African-American people. The Civil Rights Movement made the country a more fair and humane society

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    Civil Rights Dbq

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    Civil Rights DBQ In the 1960’s the movement for African American civil rights dramatically changed due strong activist‚ presidential commitments‚ and numerous protest. Every part of what helped changed the civil rights movement was a key aspect in the gaining of African American civil rights. All of these movements were composed of inspirational leaders such and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X in which there goals were to end all injustices for not only African Americans but for

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    These rights were mainly written to protect minorities The Act‚ despite its many strengths was met with much opposition from many different groups.Overall‚ Americans that experienced any kind of discrimination benefited from this law. This is not to say that people were stripped of their opinions and brainwashed by the government that every man and woman was created equal. People still had their opinions but the Civil Right Act of 1964 made it illegal to segregate or deny any one specific group

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