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    The main gigantic direct activity in the social equality development came in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Under SCLC authority, the dark group boycotted the city's transport system,which obliged them to ride at the back of the transports. After numerous months of boycotting, the U.S Incomparable court proclaimed that isolation on open transports was illegal, and the blacklist was conveyed to an end. This was an extremely noteworthy occasion for the social liberties development. It got the consideration

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    The Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Suffrage Movement are historically influential events that are still perpetuating different convictions in today’s society. The Civil Rights Movement established a foundation of equality and civil liberties for African Americans while the Women’s Suffrage Movement granted women the right to vote and contributed a sense of equality among genders. Both movements were in need of empathy and aid in order to bring about equality and change, in which were difficult

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    Civil Rights Movements After the World War II, the United States has a significant impact in social changes on minorities’ social class status and gender. Women were not given equal rights to men and segregation in school between African American and White people to raise the issues to the roof. Veterans returned from the War had been treated badly and considered a lower class in society. Civil Rights movement involved many minorities group of people in the United States fight for the equal rights

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    freedom. For example, freedom of speech and freedom of marriage is stated in constitutions of many countries. Recently, the right of free access to information is also an important right of every citizen. However, there are countries that make light of these civil rights. China bans use of websites that are inexpedient for their governing, thereby violating its people’s right to access information freely. Lois Lowry’s The Giver introduces a world similar to China. In it, the hero Jonas lives in an

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    Malcolm X was a muslim, black man who cared very much about gaining equal rights. He was, in a way, an extremist. Though only taking action when he felt necessary, when he did take action, it often had drastic effects on the people and events occurring around him. Unlike Martin Luther King or other leading civil rights activists, he did not believe in peaceful protest. He believed in “whatever means necessary” to accomplish his goals. Because of his strong efforts and his unmatched determination

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    being equal. You get to have an same rights and opportunities. But, is that really true? There can be a law about equal rights, but does that mean there will be equality amongst the people? Civil rights movement played big role in United states of America. It brought other races and gender together as whole to function in the country. Martin Luther King Jr, a civil rights activist, was once jailed in Birmingham for breaking discriminate unjust laws. He had every right to use freedom of speech to express

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    By definition, civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social equality. To simplify that, civil rights are rights that every person should have, no matter what race, color, ethnicity, etc. Some people believed so strongly that everyone should have civil rights, they were willing to risk their own lives for it. People such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Hazel Massery, and many others. One of the many civil rights activists was Malcolm

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    Civil Rights Movements have been an ongoing issue since the birth of the United States of America, even though the Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Throughout the years some people were forced to endure the injustices which were common within racial relations, including mistreatment

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    Right vs. Rights A former Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, said, “The farther back you can look, the father forwards you are likely to see.” The Civil War is a great part of our history that must be analyzed for history not to repeat itself. Causes of the Civil War ranged from cultural, economic, political, and social reason. From the economic standpoint, the Industrial Revolution changed the North to an advance manufacturing technology, compared to the South, which remained with its

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    The Civil Rights Movement had a lot going on between 1954 and 1964. While there were some successful aspects of the movement, there were some failures as well. The mixture of successes and failures led to the extension of the movement and eventually a more equal American society. Success was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. Starting with the year 1954, there were some major victories in favor of African Americans. In 1954, the landmark trial Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

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