The Influence Of The Declaration Of Civil Rights

In modern day America, the concept of civil rights is not one that is typically thought about. Little do most people know, civil rights did not officially exist until 1791 nor do they think about the story behind it or what it has to do with the world they find themselves living in. The Bill of Rights is one of the most definitive documents in American history and impacted what is known as basic civil rights due to its influential author, its historical setting, and its ongoing significance with regards to historical and present day events.

Civil rights are the rights guaranteed to the citizens of the specified location. When looking back at our history our civil rights have changed our life forever. Our civil rights were first introduced in 1787 as our Constitution. The Constitution states that any citizen is guaranteed the right to freedom of speech, of religion, and of press, and the rights to due process of law and to equal protection under the law. Civil Rights Acts and Movements helped define all of the civil rights but mainly who the rights were for and what freedom of religion, and equal protection under the law truly intended.

It is important because during the 60’s the Civil Rights movement was making little to no progress. So RFK giving examples of blacks making strides out side of the United States served as an encouragement and serve as a way to speed up the process of giving equal rights to the Blacks in the United States.

The history of civil rights has gone through lots of ups and downs, making big accomplishments and fighting for the equality for all races, but what exactly did these events do in terms of history? These milestones, the White Lion Slave Trade, the 13th amendment, and the election of the first African American president, all changed the views on something or completely changed the ways of

The issue of civil rights was a major one throughout the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and remained so throughout the period leading up to the Korean War in the 1960s. The civil rights struggle was caused largely by southern states’ treatment of African Americans. Slavery was a rampant practice in the pre-Civil War south, and even those African Americans who managed to obtain their freedom were not treated as equals to other citizens in the southern states. Free black men did not have the right to vote, own property, marry, or testify against other African Americans. After the Civil War, when slavery was abolished, there was a push for African Americans to gain equal rights to their white counterparts. This civil rights push lasted

In the 1960s, the United States was on the verge of a major social change. Racism was at the core of the civil rights movement, and its effects that led to systematic discrimination experienced by blacks in work, housing and the education system. Black Americans are Americans, but they had subsisted as second class citizens in the only land they knew. The civil rights movement was a political, legal, and social struggle so that African Americans in the United States could become full citizens. This movement was the first and most important as a result of racial segregation which had continued separating African Americans from whites. Although, it had sympathizers and support of whites, but the civil rights movement was planned, guided, and

Derek, great post this week and I agree with you that many cultures have progressed in many way. They have been able to grow, develop, and move forward to better the next generation after them. As a woman I am blessed that we now have more rights than before as well. Woman are still in the fighting stages to be equal in the job force, equal pay, and to be consider the same as a man. Some people say we are equal, but not fully to some people. However, I feel there have been significant changes for the best for many people and genders. "Civil rights are the freedoms and rights that a person has as a member of a community, state, or nation. In the U.S., these rights are guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution and acts of Congress.Since

Civil rights has to be up for debate on many levels unless we go to the simplest form of discussion, you can do is you want as long as it does not interfere with anybody else's right to do what they want. Is it my civil right to use drugs anyway I wish? I'm not hurting anyone else Is it my civil right to smoke in my car with my child in the backseat, will my child get cancer because of me? Is it my civil right to use a bathroom marked for the opposite sex? Should a woman and her five-year-old daughter have to pass a grown man in a bathroom? When someone decides to interfere with somebody else's civil rights, cooler heads should prevail.I do like the phrase, reasonable accommodations. In a public place we can easily have men's, woman's, and

We the people of The United States of America take our rights very seriously. We fought so hard to have these rights so we are going to stand proud and exercise them. Although, many people actually do not know what falls behind these rights. Years of hard work and blood, sweat, and tears have been laid on the line for us to be free and have rights to protect us. We have civil liberties and civil rights that have been set in place for the protection of the government and its citizens. Civil liberties are what the government cannot do, where civil rights are what the government must do to protect specific rights of its citizens. We can turn to the Constitution and other places to see where and how civil rights and civil liberties came about.

What are civil rights? Civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. Our Country has not honored these rights to their full extent throughout the years. For example, all the times African American people have been beaten/attacked for no reason, or LGBT people. These things happen frequently, when in reality, they should not. Many worse things are happening in our world and someone's gender, sexuality, or race should not affect how anyone is treated.

In the United States Civil rights and liberties are written in the constitution and bill of rights. The amendments we have already in place has been accepted by the majority for several generations. The government has not made a significant amount of changes to these amendments or rights we know we have. These laws are reinforced by both the state and the federal government. States can pass laws such as the legalization of marijuana. If a federal agent were to enter that same state in which they legalized marijuana, then they can arrest such citizen with marijuana in their possession because it is still illegal in regard to the national government. States can have laws but the absolute last say as to what is officially considered law falls on the federal government. Federal government which is also known as the national government it is the strongest form of government. State government is powerful as well but it has less power than the federal government.

Black people suffer a lot due to the unequal distribution of the civil rights in American constitution. In the article “King & His Mentors”, Gary Dorrien explains that how African American people fight for their civil rights to get freedom and equality. It took them years to bring modification in civil rights of the America (17). Civil rights are the guarantee of freedom and protection of every individual in the world. There are many countries that having different civil rights for example, India and America. The article “Current Human Rights Issues in Asia”, Lawrence W. Beer describes that Asian has fewer civil rights as compared to America (507). However, Canada and the US both shares a border, but still they have a difference in the form of civil rights. For example, America shows racism towards Muslim immigrants but in Canada, every immigrant has equal rights and Muslims are welcomes. Culture difference, economic difference, and political interference are responsible for different countries having different civil rights.

“WEAR YOUR RIGHTS”, is the title of an icon on the American Civil Liberties Union website where with one click you can be redirected to the ACLU’s store, to purchase any number of wearable items to aid you in speaking out about your rights (ACLU 2017). In addition to the store the ACLU has a whole page dedicated to knowing your rights and speaking out with the use of clothing and swag. Fundamental to democracy in the United States is the continued protection of our civil liberties and civil rights. Civil liberties concern basic rights and freedoms that are implicitly or explicitly stated either in the Bill of Rights, Constitution or legislature. Civil rights refer to legal protections that guard against unequal treatment based on race, gender, disability and it is under these protections everyone should receive equal treatment under the law. Unfortunately, there are times when preservation of our rights and liberties is threatened for a number of reasons sometimes even due to to national security or patriotism.

During the mid-twentieth century, the African-American community began a quest for equality after the continual injustice and abuse by the government and law enforcement. Cases of unjust implementation of law had become a normal standard in the African-American community, but a multitude of Americans realized the need for immediate reaction. Catalysts of the Civil Rights movement were prominent figures such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks; speeches and boycotts by key figures impacted and steered the course of the Civil Rights Movement. With the advancement of the Civil Rights movement, why was language significant?

Civil rights: guidelines created to prevent people from being treated unfairly by government or other individuals. These were significant because it protects us so we aren’t mistreated