Civil Rights Act of 1968

had the same rights as whites. A key element to his argument was that of civil disobedience or non-violence. Examples of this would include sit-ins, boycotts etc. A big reason why this is such an intricate part to our nation’s history is how we dealt with it. Individuals on their own weren’t getting anywhere. MLK and others like Stokely Carmichael could rally and protest all they want, but that wasn’t changing the views of the public. The general public were going to continue to act this way…

Ever Salmeron Alberto Professor Bobby Jones English 1302 25 March 2018 Rhetorical Analysis of “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr in his speech “I Have a Dream” furthers his purpose of call justice, liberty, and equality for all people in America, he did an excellent job as leader inspiring people by effectively employing Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One technique that Luther King, Jr furthers his purpose is through his use of Logos. Near…

DuVernay’s Selma tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Freedom Marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to secure voting rights for African Americans. Having come out in 2014, Although any historical film is an interpretation of history, this movie accurately depicted what African Americans went through. The first scene introduces Annie Lee Cooper who was denied the right to vote after not being able to name the 67 county judges in Alabama. This was one of the many real requirements…

education and the right to vote. Slavery was no longer an issue for African-Americans, but they still had to fight racial injustice. The civil rights became a controversial topic in the early 1960s, and up to this day is continues to be controversial, it started a war: white versus color. In August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. replied to Governor Wallace segregation speech, when he addressed to the nation with his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. King supported the civil rights and believed that…

representation of each party (Supreme Court Justices). Although redistricting based on party affiliation is important, it is not always the main cause. “While partisan gerrymanders have been accepted by the courts, racial ones have not. The Voting Rights Act requires map makers to consider race to a point” (Supreme Court Justices). Race clearly contributes to the way people vote, but it also is not allowed to be tampered with in many ways because there can be no discriminatory factors. With…

The Voting Rights Act promptly began after the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The act was signed by President Dwight Eisenhower and it became the platform for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The 1960 Civil Rights Act was enabled in order to protect the right to vote for African-Americans It established penalties against anyone who threatened or attempted to deny any African-American to vote. It wasn’t such a success in itself, but it did build a bridge to possibility. Such possibility was furthered by…

The Voting Rights Act relates to the 13th documentary in so many different ways. We are shown in this documentary all of the curl act that has been done recently to African Americans. By seeing different images of unfair treatment towards minorities and the thoughts that candidates of the 2016 presidential election have to say about minorities, shows why it is important for all people to vote. There has been a recent change in the voting rights for citizens who live in Southern states that have…

Introduction One of the many ways by which the federal government of the United States offers transparency to taxpayers is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Established in 1967, this Act was designed to “keep citizens in the know about their government.” (United States Department of Justice, “What is FOIA?”, n.d.) Sadly, many American citizens are unaware that they can request any information from a federal agency as long as such disclosure does not fall under the nine exempted…

new voting rights legislation. From this sparked the creation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Being called the most…

restrictions on people’s rights, then it’s reasonable for people to stand for their rights. Similarly, in the 1960’s, African Americans established the Civil Rights movement by which they showed their intention to pursue equal rights for everyone regardless of color and race. Due to the fact that African American’s voice hasn’t been heard, it was significant for them to battle for voting rights. Although, African Americans were able to gained the Voting Rights Act, the act still met opposition…