Civil rights and liberties

the United States until the mid 20th century, especially in the deep south. In his essay, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr., a human rights activist heading the civil rights movement, addresses a group of Alabama clergyman’s specific concerns about the movement while at the same time discussing a larger topic of equal rights for everyone. King refutes the deeply dogmatic regime of segregation, the legal and social system of separating citizens on the basis of race. The…

The Civil Rights movement was a progressive act for racial equality. Throughout the movement a select few especially stood out among the crowd. Among these icons was Malcolm X, a civil leader with beliefs that the black people should defend themselves against the malicious attacks from the white citizens of America. Malcolm X was the spark for a different type of revolution, a revolution of impure justice for the black people. Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. Little…

don’t think that anyone could have the same amount of freedom. Arguments can be made towards this because they don’t believe that everyone has the same amount of rights and privileges in the United States. This in some ways is true because even though freedom should be free to everyone, it isn’t. This is because ever since the Civil Rights movement, many people don’t look at all the races the same. The obligations to gain freedom are steep…

Rosa Parks, a black civil rights activist who worked at the Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), pushed the black community toward a new era of freedom (Wade-Lewis 2006). On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give her bus seat to…

feminism? “, “What they thought Women’s Studies was?” and “How have they experienced power, privilege or oppression in their life?” The official definition of feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights/opportunities and organized activity in support of women 's rights and interests” (Feminism). I asked my close friend, Justin Malave, on his belief and views on feminism. I explained I was in a class called “Women’s Studies” and what he thought it was. He said that…

I am wise beyond my years. Believe strongly in things. I love my family, and I love my friends. Sometimes, though, we don’t always see eye to eye. My mom and I had to house sit for a friend one time. This friend is also her boss. She is gay and right before we house sat, they had a union ceremony. You see, at that time, it was not legal in KY to get married if you were gay. They went on a honeymoon, I think to Maine, to actually get married. So, for a month we watched the house. My friends…

Have you ever felt that you had no say or rights? That is how women used to feel in the 1920’s. On August 18, 1920 women got their right to vote, this was also known as the 19th amendment. Women have done a lot for the country and for our lives as we know it. There are many different women around the world who have made a huge impact on our society. Women very hard in what they do and everything they do. In the 1900s Rosa Parks was an american civil rights activist who made a huge impact on us…

told entirely in poems. Each poem details a certain part of Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and her mission for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement. Her story is not one that is commonly told when discussing the Civil Rights Movement, but it is a very important one to read. What is quite unique about this particular story, is that it tells the story of the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of this woman, who was very active at the time, but is not as well known today, while at the…

Throughout our great nation’s history, much has changed especially in the area of civil rights. Early in our history the owning of slaves was legal and was socially accepted (in fact it was a sign of a higher class), but as time went on, our nation made great progress and moved to outlaw slavery which set us on a path of freedom for all. Examining where we were, from a civil rights perspective, throughout our history can be quite fascinating. Going back to the time period of when Mark Twain…

In the 1960’s many social movements came about which included the Civil Rights Movement, the Student Movement, the Gay Rights Movement and the Women’s Movement. Contrary to what many believe, the Civil Rights Movement did not end in 1968 but shifted into a new phase of ideologies which laid the foundation for feminism. Both the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement had similar goals in mind which were to create opportunities for their minority groups that were just as equal and…