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Civil Rights Movement Research Paper

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Imagine if you couldn’t ride and sit where you wanted on public transportation. Imagine not being able to use certain bathrooms, water fountains, or sit anywhere in a restaurant, or go to the school you wanted to attend. Imagine not being allowed to live anywhere you want, and being forced into a neighbourhood, purely based on your skin color. The civil rights movement changed how you could be treated by the color of your skin. It deemed all people equal and have the same rights. The civil rights movement pushed to end segregation, in both the north and the south. The true dream of the civil rights movement was for everyone to be equal. In July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment granted due process and equal protection under the law to African

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