Simmons 1 Gabrielle Simmons Mrs. Fitzgerald Social Studies 8A 4/27/10 Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a well known and an inspiring man to all cultures of the world. King was and still is one of the most influential heroes. King ’s views and believes helped African Americans through the 50 ’s and 60 ’s to the rights and liberties that was their right. King faced many obstacles on his journey‚ things like jail and even assassination attempts. Despite these obstacles‚ he became a
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meant to ensure that federal contractors did not discriminate in their hiring practices but “"take affirmative action to ensure" equal opportunity. The civil rights era also worked to repel against the sexism against women‚ when in 1967 President Lyndon Johnson amended the order to include prohibitions on sex discrimination against women by federal contractors and to increase job opportunities to women. In the 1970’s‚ following the Vietnam war‚ The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 I was not born until after Martin Luther King had died. Born in 1968‚ I didn’t know African Americans were treated as second class citizens. The Civil Rights Movement was ongoing and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was being enforced. Unlike my parents‚ aunts and grandparents‚ when I got older I only heard of the Civil Rights Movement and Act of 1964 in school‚ and did not know that I was reaping the benefits from it until I was old enough to understand. Unlike
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In 1954‚ the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine that formed the basis for state-sanctioned discrimination‚ drawing national and international attention to African Americans’ plight. In the turbulent decade and a half that followed‚ civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change‚ and the federal government made legislative headway with initiatives such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Many
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civil war in South Vietnam erupts. Highly trained guerrilla troops under Ho Chi Minh known as the Viet Cong were gunning down South Vietnam’s military‚ in an attempt to cripple South Vietnam’s army and force unification. In response‚ President Lyndon Johnson sends military advisors to train South Vietnamese military . As the fighting between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese continued for several years‚ U.S involvement in Vietnam was only to train the South Vietnamese military so they could fight
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approximately six kilometres from the site of the shooting (Dealey Plaza‚ Dallas Texas). At 1pm‚ President John F Kennedy is officially pronounced dead‚ and finally‚ at 1:20pm Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is notified of JFK’s death. At 2:38pm‚ two hours and eight minutes after Kennedy’s assassination‚ Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president of the United States of America. Evidence gathered (and available to the public) concerning the assassination of President John F Kennedy overwhelmingly
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Brian Neal Professor Belen English Composition 1 November 14‚ 2010 The 1970s Compared to the 1960s The advancement of civil rights and “government for the people” in the twentieth century has been most prominent during the 60’s and 70’s. When you hear about how the women and minorities fought for their right to change the United States into a better nation from one decade to the next‚ it is amazing. During these two decades‚ Americans fought hard to break down the barriers of civil rights
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Bees and the article A Dream Undone‚ there are examples of everyday citizens who worked towards equal voting rights‚ which effectively progressed the country to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965‚ signed by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6‚ 1965‚ was created with the intention
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This essay will evaluate and describe the social‚ political‚ and economic point of views of the John F. Kennedy Assassination and will interpret primary and secondary sources from this time period. It will go over the major events that led up to the John F. Kennedy Assassination and the political‚ social and economic effects that the John F. Kennedy Assassination had on the United States. It will determine if the primary and secondary sources correlate with the average historian’s viewpoints. John
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laws that would provide "the kind of equality of treatment which we would want for ourselves." Kennedy later sent the bill to congress on June 19‚ 1963. In November of 1963‚ John F. Kennedy ’s death made many Civil Right Activists despair. Lyndon Baines Johnson supported the act and decided to use the power he had in Congress to pass it.
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