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    The civil rights movement caused many great changes in the educational aspects of many minorities. Racial, gender and disability barriers were removed and provided many new opportunities for these groups. Educational benefits were no longer restricted to certain groups of people. This radical change in society had many positive benefits for all communities nationwide. The effects of the civil rights movement impacted many people's lives and gave them a better future. Between fall of 1986 and fall

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    Cold Rights Civil War, showed how the civil rights movement effected American foreign affairs on an international level. She argued that the international ridicule helped the United States and the Civil Rights movements achieve what it did. She helps explain just how important the Cold War was to the Civil Rights movement and how the Civil Rights movement helped, America refreshes its image in the eyes for the world. However, not just lead and paly a major part in the Civil Rights movement but

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    1. How and why did the civil rights movement change in the mid-1960s? What other movements emerged in the 1960s and how were they influenced by the black freedom struggle? In your informed opinion, are social movements effective means to achieve social change? Why or why not? Support your view. I would have to say The civil rights movement change for mainly two reason, the Presidents and the laws. When black were given the right to be equal Americans and the law finally through with their protects

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    was the push for civil rights and voting rights for African Americans and other minorities. A large factor in the civil rights movement during these decades was grassroots activist organizations. There were numerous groups that all had varying messages and aims, and they even differed with the member composition. Despite some of the differences of these grassroots organizations, they all shared one similar theme in their messages and efforts. This theme was the idea that civil rights cannot wait any

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    Four days after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was put into place which outlawed the refusal to sell or rent to someone based on colour race, religion, sex or national origin. this was a result of the civil rights movement campaigning against housing discrimination in the US. Despite the historic achievement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, segregation in relation to housing still continued in the US. From 1950 to 1980, African American's living in urban areas

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    When did the Civil Rights Movement start ? Why? The civil rights movement started on December 1 , 1955 when Rosa Parks a african woman , was arrested for refusing to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery , Alabama . Many people had gotten hit and brutally hit and almost killed . Book written by David Kenneth and he mainly talks about the main effects of the civil right movement , he talks about the working towards integration and emphasis on diversity and for immigrants to have the right to vote

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    overcome racial prejudice, truly we have come a long way from the civil rights moment. The history of the United States is a series of many current social changes that have occurred. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960’s was one of the most significant and important for the equality of all people. Because of the abolition of slavery in 1863, many continuous conflict between races of people that live in the United States, rights were violated on a consistent basis, mainly because of the color

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    The African American Civil right movement in the late 1950’s and throughout the 1960’s was a powerful fight for equal opportunities to the basic rights and privileges outlined by the US government. During this movement thousands of African American individuals and those who believed in the power of the movement, battled against the piercing white supremacy through various tactics including grass root movements. The grass root movements in the 60’s was characterized by organizations of individuals

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    In these 6 paragraphs I will be talking about the photographs, the 1963 Civil Rights campaign, the letter from Birmingham jail, and the Watsons go to Birmingham. The photographs helped me see what happened. The photographs were detailed. The 1963 Civil Rights campaign was only limited to one experience. The campaign though was very detailed. The letter from Birmingham jail was not very helpful for me. The photographs helped me see the way the whites treated the black. The photographs were also

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    Although there was significant improvement in the lives of black people through the Success of the civil rights movement by the late 1960s, there were also some failures and aspects that the civil rights movement had not achieved. These failures were social, economical, political and cultural. These failures included the fact that some laws were not upheld. Black people saw this as an injustice and inconvenience and as a failure economically. There was unemployment to

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