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    to vote. In order to participate in the state Democratic Party‚ Fannie Lou Hamer helped start Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and was elected Vice-Chair of this party. By pursuing rights for black people‚ Hamer devoted her whole life‚ and she is remembered by the world. As an American voting rights activist‚ Fannie Lou Hamer is remarkable‚ and her goal‚ method‚ and obstacles in Student Nonviolent Coordinating

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    Did you know that Dorothy was called the “godmother of the civil rights movement” by Barack Obama! Dorothy was an African American activist. She spent her life fighting for civil rights and women’s rights. Her dad‚ James Edward Height‚ was a contractor and her mom Fannie Borroughs Height‚ was a nurse. Dorothy moved with her family to Rankin‚ Pennsylvania‚ in her youth. There‚ she went to racially integrated schools. This is where it all started for her. Dorothy was born on March

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    Throughout history the importance of civil rights has increased significantly. The right to have equal political and social freedom impacts an individual’s life drastically. This is commonly known as an individual’s civil right. The manner in which the media was used during the 1960’s civil rights movement in comparison to the use of the media today by the Black Lives Matter movement differs in some aspects while others remained the same. A lobbyist can best be defined as someone hired to push for

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    Civil Liberties (And how they differ from civil rights) "If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands‚ they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored‚ we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance‚ we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation." Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ 1938 (Isaacs 66) Freedom of speech

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    artist or movement. It is natural to generalize a time period and attribute historical events to new elements of art. Like the visual arts‚ music is no such stranger to academics drawing weak links between historical events and new music styles. In our case‚ the origins and influences of free jazz are being called into question. While the civil rights tension during the 1950s and 1960s is often cited as the main influence of free jazz‚ in actuality‚ free jazz stems from a combination of the civil rights

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    Malcolm X did not start out as the leader of a great muslim civil rights movement as we all know of him as today. In fact he started out as a crook primarily due to his mother and father not being around. At the age of 6 Malcolm’s “father went out one evening to collect a debt‚ only to be hit by a streetcar and mortally wounded. Though the authorities ruled his death an accident‚ African-Americans in town believed the Black Legion had beat him and placed him on the tracks to be run over. To this

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    290961406 Civil Rights Paper #1 Revision {Highlighted portions are new additions} In the early 1960’s there was a movement for African Americans to gain their civil rights in America. Following this movement‚ there have been several movements for groups of Americans to also gain civil rights. This poses the question: what are civil rights and whom do they apply to? Through the duration of this semester‚ I have been given several chances to reflect on whom the modern civil rights movement applies

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    depicts the tactics that were used to ensure the Civil Rights of African Americans. The setting is in Selma‚ Alabama 1965. During the Civil Rights Movements‚ different tactics were used to ensure the rights of African Americans as stated in the constitution. African Americans were denied the right to vote‚ for example Annie Cooper. She was told to recite the preamble and answer questions. Martin Luther King Jr decides to take a stand and fight for the rights of African Americans. MLK took a peaceful stance

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    The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. Slavery was a major issue that triggered the American Civil War. Slavery started out‚ as a few individual

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    The sixties were a time of revolution for the rights of individuals in America. There were many historical events that took place that made this country what it is now. From the marches‚ sit-ins‚ bus boycotts‚ the African Americans saw the opportunity to fight for equal rights at a time when the country was looking to change. Poverty was high‚ especially with African Americans‚ and all the tension from the Cold War and Vietnam building started movements of people. The public opinion was different

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