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    that arose in the 1960s, there are three movements that truly affected the American society. Firstly, the rise of the civil rights movement was greatly influenced by racial discrimination of colored people in the South. Secondly, the women’s movement aimed to convince the society that women are capable of achieving and maintaining higher waged job like males. Lastly, the gay rights movement aimed to gain acceptance and stop discrimination of homosexuality. The most significant effect on the development

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    The civil rights movement was in the late 1940’s to the 1960’s in America where multiple groups of social activists and a rave of social movements collided together to fight against the oppression of colored people. During that era, many African American were expected to stay in fear but on the contrary, many came together and formed organizations like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), there were also younger people that took a stand and formed their own organizations

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    Civil rights protects citizens from discrimination, and because of different civil rights movements, constitutional rights are now guaranteed for all U.S. citizens (Civil Right for kids overview, 2017). These rights give all citizens the opportunity of “...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (Declaration of Independence, 1776). There were different movements that fought for various population for any race, gender, disability, and skin color for discrimination, it is because of people like

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    Civil Rights is the rights of citizens political and social freedom and equality. In history we learned about civil rights movements that have went on throughout the years. There was Civil Rights act of 1968, Civil Rights act of 1964, and Civil Rights act of 1965. The civil rights act of 1968 was to enforce the system to the indians. This also gave everyone an equal opportunity. Civil Rights act of 1965 was to enforce the right to vote no matter the race. Civil rights act 1964 was about voting also

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    Introduction     The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution set out to guarantee the equal rights of citizens. It decrees, “No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property...nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. Despite this written assertion of seeming equality for all citizens, various groups faced hardships and discrimination in the century following the Fourteenth Amendment's ratification. This amendment would continuously interpreted

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    In this class the most important thing that I learned is that the civil rights movement was made possible do to the community because in high school I only knew a King centric view. Due to my knowledge I believed that King and Rosa Park were the only leaders of the civil right movement. Also the only event that I ever knew about the civil rights movement was the boycotts and the sit ins. If I never took this class I would have never imagined that the organizing tradition, old and young generation

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    When did the Civil Rights Movement begin in earnest in Buffalo? The Civil Rights Movement In Buffalo was weak and many people were quiet and conservative. It was less a Movement than a group of scattered individuals, primarily black and Jewish. This Civil Rights Movement happened in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Some people believed that this movement began in Western New York. African Americans faced many social problems during this time period, which demonstrated the significance of organizing

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    In this Final Paper I had a choice of four topics to discuss from. I choose the third choose out of the four which is: (How did the Civil Rights Movement evolve throughout the 1950s and 1960s? How did the message and role of figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X impact the movement as a whole? Besides the African-American movement at this time, what other groups sought recognition? Did the United States look different by 1968 than it did a decade prior?). These are the four question

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    The relevance of King in the Civil Rights Movement has been contentious over the years, but most historians have traditionally seen him as one of the most important reasons for the growth of civil rights for Black Americans. This is primarily due to the fact that most historians who focused on King in the aftermath of his death in the 1960s were people who actively worked alongside him, like Clayborne Carson – Carson and other traditionalists have proved inaccurate in their immediate reverence of

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    What civil rights laws may prohibit Marwan’s conduct with his fellow co-worker? Do those laws apply to his conduct toward the park guest? Explain both answers. The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) is in charge of implementing government laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 1964 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), that make it unlawful to oppress an occupation candidate or a worker in light of the individual's race, color, religion, sex, national

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