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    Who was Lyndon B. Johnson. Well i am here to tell you that he was one of the many Civil Rights Activists. Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908. In a small town called Stonewall located in Texas. But was raised in a small farm house. Johnson was oldest child out of the five siblings he had.Johnson had one brother, and three sister. While growing up Johnson had German, Ulster, and English ancestry. All thought out school, Johnson was not the most outgoing kid. But soon came his 11th…

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    “Susan B. Anthony was a prominent women’s rights activist in 19th century America who initiated the women’s suffrage movement. She was active in the antislavery movement before the civil war.” Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She was a teacher and a person who fought for women’s rights. Sadly, she died on March 13, 1906. In the newspaper it reports, that Anthony fought for women's suffrage, Temperance, and Abolition. Women back in the day’s didn’t had the rights to speak up for themselves…

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    In the 1960s, the movement against US involvement in Vietnam began with a group of peace activists and intellectuals on college campuses. It gained national attention in 1965, when the US started bombing North Vietnam even more. The vast majority of the American people still supported the US involvement in the Vietnam war, but by the end of 1965, a small, outspoken, liberal minority was making its voice heard within the US. Most of this minority included college students, members of the hippie…

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    “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King Jr., I Have A Dream.) This statement, broadcasted in Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech I Have A Dream, demonstrates the ever-present conflict of racism in society. Racism has existed since the beginning of time; different cultures and nations have always attempted to assert dominance over groups they…

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    Mahdin Mohammad Ms.Grindstaff ELA 17 October 2015 VIETNAM WAR Most people in the U.S. thought that involvement in the Vietnam War was wrong. Involvement in the Vietnam War changed many people, because the U.S. wasted many lives, and the U.S. basically lost the war, and it changed many people physically and mentally. The U.S lost a lot of lives in the Vietnam War. “In the Vietnam War more than 58,000 American troops died…

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    The peace movement in the 60s and 70s revolutionised the way the population of America and England regarded politics as well as themselves as a society. From the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), spurred on by J. B Priestley, to Bob Dylan’s politically motivated songs, peace movements were formed to oppose political conservatism. Originally protesting solely on the nuclear arms race, the movement expanded to oppose America’s involvement in Vietnam in support of peace.…

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    Founded in 1965, the Head Start program was part of President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. This federally funded program focuses on supporting low-income children in a variety of ways. Their social, emotional, nutritional, psychological and overall health needs are addressed. The purpose is quite literally to give underprivileged children a "head start" so that they will have a better chance of succeeding in school and beyond. Head Start primarily targets preschool children ages 3-5 years,…

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    Some people would love to have the chance to live in the 1960s, would you? If you do, you could fight against a problem without getting shot or bombed. You could also listen to the songs that morphed the future of music and what we watch and wear. The most important reason the 60s was a better time to live in, is because you felt and were safe. Some people believe the 60s was a violent time because people fought in Civil Rights Movement. Regardless, I know the 60s were a peaceful time where you…

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” Speech Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was given during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s. The speech has a very simple context, and Martin Luther King wrote it with the purpose to inspire change within black and white citizens of the United States, so that civil rights for all Americans could be equal. The proposition is that people from both races will accept change in a non-violent way. King uses Ethos, and…

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    antiaircraft artillery , surface-to-air missiles, and fighter interceptors the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and 578 UAV. As in Aircraft they lost a lot of those starting with the A-4 Skyhawk (81 lost) , F-4 Phantom (95 lost) , 72 combat being the largest amount lost. Grail Missile was one of the many aircraft weapons extensively against America Aircraft Bombing raids in North Vietnam.South Vietnam’s army lost 2500 aircraft and helicopters . In the…

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