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    in which the movie differed from the verses the actual event is that (David Oyelowo), who played MLK was not able to use the exact words of MLK in the movie. The film depicts King’s speech along side a bombing that killed four young girls in Birmingham at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The bombing actually occurred one year before King’s famous speech. By having these two events occur at the same time in the movie, viewers are introduced to the racial tension during the 1960’s. King states in his

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    Condoleezza Rice This document will discuss the way Condoleezza Rice overcame racial and sexist discrimination in the civil war struggle and Jim Crowe laws in Birmingham. It will also discuss my reasons for choosing Condoleezza Rice, obstacles leading to his success, importance of education to the individual, motivation to achieve, how she inspired me to pursue educational and professional success. This paper will also conclude with a summary of this discussion. Reason for choosing Condoleezza

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    The civil rights movement propelled the people of the United States to realize how powerful their voice can be. The civil rights movement after 1945 did not just include African Americans, but also Native Americans and Feminist. These three groups have had a huge impact on America, which completely changed lives for the better. This movement not only went through struggles in order to reach the goal of fulfillment, but also made history in the making. The origin of African Americans in the Civil

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    African Americans arrived in America as early as August of 1619 to be servants. From the beginning they were never thought of as normal, equal people simply because of how they looked. It was not until July of 1964 that an African American could live in the United States free with no restrictions. Before this they had to deal with slavery, and especially segregation for years. It took them so long to get the freedom they deserved and it would not have happened without the Civil Rights Movement. The

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    What if random people dressed up and scared all of your loved ones just because they didn’t like you, you what you believe in? What would you do? How would you feel? This is exactly what started on December 24th 1865 in Pulaski Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan Impacted Civil Rights by discriminating against blacks, Jews, lesibians, gays, Cathlics and white republicans, for instance, in 1867 and onward, people of the South started an underground campaign of violence against all republican leaders, the

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    On June 21, 1964, Philadelphia, MS 3 men were assassinated by the KKK. The three men were Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. The second moment was when the KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist church, in the bombing 4 young girls died that day. There names were Denise McNair, Carole Robertson,Addie Mae Collins, and Cynthia Wesley. The third and final moment is when they assassinated Medgar Evers. Medgar Evers was a NAACP civil rights activist

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    When someone starts talking about the Civil Rights Movement 99 percent of the time they are going to mention the name of a preacher, a church, or maybe they will use scripture in their story. Religion played a role in the Civil Rights Movement. That is an easy statement to make. However, it would be harder to say that every person’s involvement with the movement included only positive experiences with preachers and churches. Unlike many others in the Civil Rights Movement, Anne Moody, became critical

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    loss is emphatically expressed in Black churches all across America. An example of this message includes the Sunday school lesson called, “A Love That Forgives”, prepared for students at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al on September 15, 1963. Ironically, that same day there was a racial bombing, killing four little girls. Reverend Martin Luther King, who conducted a speech before the burial of the four little girls said, "We must develop and

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    very hard in to pursue the African American civil rights movement. Nina Simone trained as a classical pianist in segregated North Carolina and retrained to seek her dream in folk and jazz music. It started when, Eunice Kathleen Waymon sung at her church at a very young age and learned to play the piano. At age three is what really started her career and ever since then she became Nina Simone. Before she was famous her she grew up in Tryon, North Carolina and used to sing at night clubs for extra

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    W.E.B. Dubois. Malcolm X. Eyes on the Prize. What do these three things have in common? They are key pieces to the expansive puzzle of Black History in the United States. They were also first introduced to me during my senior year of high school. In an elective history class, I received a brief introduction to African American history from the Civil Rights era onward. The course ended up being very informative, however, it invoked more questions in me than it provided answers. I thought that this

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