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    The segregation of colored people is a part of American history During this time inequality was an issue for colored people.” Despite the Civil Rights gains of 1960s‚ racial discrimination and repression remain a factor in American life to this day.” (Stonaker‚ Shepard “Segregation”). The segregation depicts how colored people were separated from white people because of their differences. The Civil Rights movement consisted of peaceful and violent acts of protest‚ boycotts‚ and the implementation

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    Anna Zmood Professor Walker Cold War Final Exam 24 April 2013 Cold War and the Liberal Consensus Cold War America during the 1960’s was a year of turmoil for the American government and for the American people. College campuses nationwide were plagued with anti-war protestors that began to spread to the nation’s capital. It was a turning point for society and for foreign and domestic policies. The liberal consensus began falling apart and Americans questioned whether the United States actually

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    how organizations fail across the globe in regards to marketing. In addition‚ the document will correlate Levitt’s work in 1960 to contemporary marketing. Keyword: Theodore Levitt‚ marketing myopia‚ contemporary marketing A Summary of Marketing Myopia Marketing Myopia by Theodore Levitt was published by Harvard Business Review in the summer of 1960. According to Levitt (1960)‚ all industries are growth industries and the failure of industries is not because of marketing saturation‚ but because

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    still happening. On the February of the year of 1960‚ four black students from North Carolina and Agriculture and Technical State University which in short terms was a black only college. All four students entered a local Woolworth’s store to purchase a couple of items and bravely decided to sit down at a white’s only lunch counter. Do to the color of their skin these individuals were told they would not be served‚ but they remained in their sits until closing and kept coming back every morning

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    and freedom. It was a peaceful political rally addressing the unfair treatment of African- Americans across the country. This is where King made his world famous “I Have a Dream Speech”‚ which was a spirited call for peace and equality. On August 28‚ 1960‚ the historic March on Washington brought more than 200‚000 people to the Lincoln Memorial. In 1964‚ partly due to the March on Washington‚ Congress passed the Civil Rights Act‚ ending legalized racial segregation in the United States. The next year

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    explained that the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Then in 1960‚ Baugh was just seven months old. Sit-ins had begun around this time. She informed us on how four African American men demanded lunch at a front counter in a restaurant. In the 1960’s‚ only whites could sit at front counters. The men‚ known as the Greensboro Four‚ ordered coffee. The lunch counter staff refused to serve the African American men at the

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    The Civil Rights Movement expanded in the USA in the 1950s and the 1960s for a number of important reasons. Firstly‚ although the movement did not take place until the 50’s & 60’s the ideals and principles behind it were formed a few decades earlier. The war which was to end all wars‚ WWII‚ was where the American war machine both required and incorporated many black soldiers into its ranks. Which as a direct result first gave black men a sense of pride and confidence in fighting for democracy

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    1968‚ the Civil Rights Movement worked towards racial equality. This included working toward the end of segregation‚ attaining African American voting rights‚ and ending overall racial discrimination. Through peaceful protests‚ lawsuits‚ boycotts‚ sit-ins‚ and other impactful actions‚ the Civil Rights Movement successfully attained more rights and equalities for African Americans throughout

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    Middle School Thesis This paper will explain how the civil rights movement changed America. The civil rights movement occurred to ensure African American rights‚ and plummeted during the 1950s and 1960s. if this movement wasn’t successful‚ the world would be way different than it is today. The civil rights movement was the time in America in which African Americans and other minorities fought for equal rights. During this movement‚ many people

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    way Gandhi had used in India in the 1920s. Martin Luther King admired this example of Gandhi’s non-violent tactics and advocated a program of civil disobedience that used these methods. These included protests in the form of boycotts‚ demonstrations‚ sit-ins and marches which includes the famous ‘Montgomery Bus boycott’‚ ‘The 1963 March on Washington’ and ‘Bloody Sunday: Selma 1965’‚ which increased the national consciousness of the denial of civil rights to African Americans. These protests were always

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