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    In criminal justice organizations‚ management and leadership are generally not considered synonymous with one another‚ yet they share some complimentary qualities as it relates to directing people or influencing them to complete tasks required of a common vision. The shared connection between management and leadership synthesize the overall goals of the closed system within law enforcement agencies to support the agency’s mission along with the shared mission of the criminal justice system in general

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    One cause of the Civil Rights Movement is discrimination. Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or gender. One example of discrimination is‚ if you go to a store you might or might not get serviced. If you pay for food at a food stand‚ you may or may not get the food you ordered. Also‚ if you go to a store and they don’t like you being in the store‚ they won’t help you. The store employees would

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    Danielle Clark AP Government Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 1. The clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. 1. The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ along with requiring

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    During the civil rights era‚ there were many complications within the African-American community when it came to fighting for their freedom. Many people were understanding and helpful with the idea of protesting peacefully‚ but on the other hand‚ people within the community objected to this ideal and had different plans and methods to solve the problem. As time when on more‚ and more people joined the battle for civil rights. The more they joined the more the conflicts within the movement began to

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    Shirley Chisholm’s life gives us a perfect understanding of the civil rights movements‚ of what it had achieved and what it meant then and what it means now. Some people believe that after the Civil rights Act of 1964 was signed‚ everything in the United States changed; the lives of African Americans‚ were transformed after that act was sign. In reality‚ that passing of such act did not mean the end of racism‚ it only meant one couldn’t openly have an opinion of someone based on the color of their

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    Malcolm X played a major part in the start of the Australian Civil Rights movement through his involvement in the civil rights movement in the USA between 1952 and 1965. He influenced Australia by sharing similar ideas and goals with the aboriginal people of Australia‚ he helped Indigenous Australians stand up to discrimination by inspiring them through his speeches and self- assertion and self-identity. Malcolm X believed in the “Black Power” philosophy and the teachings of major black power organisations

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    History Essay Cause and Effect In the American summers of 1964 – 1967 the black Americans were fed up of no change. They had no jobs and were poor. They had protested peacefully for ten years and nothing had changed. John F Kennedy had been killed. The blacks figured they had nothing to lose so they just started protesting in the country’s major cities. At the time of the riots the Black Civil Rights movement was breaking into two groups‚ Martin Luther King and followers that wanted to have a

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    The Civil Rights Movement is very important. It was very important because after the Civil War Jim Crow laws were put in place. Dr. Martin Luther King contributed to the movement and Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting down on a bus. The Civil Rights Movement was very important. The Civil Rights movement was very important‚ because after the Civil War Jim Crow laws were put in place. Jim Crow laws were based on race‚ and they were not official laws. An example of a Jim Crow law was one in Florida

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    What if Great Britain did not declare war on colonists‚ would it have pushed them even harder to fight‚ peacefully that is or use violence for their right to become a self-governing nation? Without violence conducted on by peace‚ would any movements be ignited? In some cases yes‚ violence is acceptable for social change. More things have changed throughout history by violence then peaceful protest has ever done. Also‚ peace will eventually turn to violence. Violence will be viewed as acceptable to

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    Following the end of slavery and reconstruction‚ African Americans struggled to obtain civil rights. “Separate but equal” segregation was legalized with the court case Plessy v. Ferguson‚ and everything from schools to bathrooms was segregated. The difference in discrimination between the United States and Europe was noticed by Black soldiers serving abroad in World War II‚ leading to the Double V campaign for Civil Rights and the desegregation of the military. Segregation was eventually ended in schools

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