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    To what extent was the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign? (1945-57) The NAACP was a major civil rights groups and had many successes‚ especially in the period 1945-57. They mainly did this through legal cases‚ supporting individuals and groups gain their rights‚ and supporting the use of economic means to beat segregation. On the other hand‚ it could be argued that there were many other bodies responsible for the successes of the civil rights movement‚ such as the

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    Did Black Power groups harm the struggle for civil rights? After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Act of 1965 it seemed as though those who advocated peaceful protests had got what they wanted. The government passed laws which theoretically gave black people an equal standing with white people. However‚ in reality discrimination was still rife in many parts of America and the majority of black people lived in poverty‚ a hard condition to break out of. It can be said that Black Power

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    Black Panthers I think had one of the biggest impacts to the Civil Rights Movement. The started in California in 1966. Black Panthers were like a shield for the black community. Their original purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods and protect them from any kind of police brutality. They were here to protect the black people who couldn’t stand up for themselves. They were also a voice for the people. Black Panthers did other things like set-up soup kitchens and programs for kids so they could

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    Question 2: What key issues and events led the federal government to intervene in the civil rights movement? What were the major pieces of legislation enacted‚ and how did they dismantle legalized segregation? “The Jim Crow regime was a major characteristic of American society in 1950s and had been so for over seven decades. Following slavery‚ it had become the new form of white domination‚ which insured that blacks would remain oppressed well into the twentieth century.” (Morris) Civil rights and segregation

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    The Black Panthers were a famous and revolutionary organization founded in California in the 1960’s‚ whose purpose was the protection and empowerment of the black race. Although most media attention focused around Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s‚ Black Power groups like the Black Panthers‚ who disagreed with MLK’s ideology‚ also exerted influence‚ especially in poor black communities. "Founded in October 1967 in Oakland‚ California‚ by Huey Newton

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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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    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 of Jim Crow Laws. Segregation

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    Civil Rights Movement: “What If…?” Forty-four years ago‚ on April 4‚ 1968‚ Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Prior to his death‚ he was the most well-known Civil Rights Leader who had an epic effect on the Civil Rights Movement. African-Americans had achieved so much because of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at the March On Washington‚ but what if the speech‚ specifically the “I have a dream” verse‚ was never told? How would the Civil Rights Movement be different? If Martin Luther King Jr

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    equally and without prejudice. An example of social justice with African American’s is the black lives matter movement. In the summer of 2013‚ three community organizers Alicia Garza‚ a domestic worker rights organizer in Oakland‚ California; Patrisse Cullors‚ an anti-police violence organizer in Los Angeles‚ California; and Opal Tometi‚ an immigration rights organizer in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ founded the Black Lives Matter movement in cyberspace as a sociopolitical media forum‚ giving it the hashtag

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    ‘To what extent‚ was the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) responsible for the successes of the Civil Rights campaign during the years 1945–57?’ There were many factors which contributed to the eventual success of the Civil Rights Movement during the years 1945- 57‚ a key example being the campaigns and peaceful protests of the NAACP which worked through the Supreme Court in the U.S. to tackle “de jure” discrimination. The group’s membership grew from 50‚000 to

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