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    2305-71013 30th September, 2017 Civil Liberties VS Civil Rights Civil Rights are defined as the basic rights and necessity of life to the individual which protect against unfair act in relation to the social life and freedom. 1 However, Civil Liberties are considered as the rights that are secured by the Constitution of the country, as like in the US previously approved by the Bill of Rights. 2 Both Civil Rights and Civil Liberties are enlisted under the Bill of Rights. 1 People who are citizens…

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    Luther King Jr. have demonstrated that love and nonviolence can be a powerful tool. King and his followers refused to retaliate as police officers and white bystanders spat, insulted, beat, arrested, and killed black protestors. Though the American Civil Rights Movement presents many great examples of love in action, it is not the only way to act with love. Love can also be present when taking violent action. In order to explore this issue, ideas from Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh…

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    Rosa Parks is an African American woman, during the civil rights movement, who put her name in the history books, and became a role model for everyone when she performed a very courageous act. Growing up around racism and poverty as a kid sparked a deep hatred for racism against blacks. She joined the N.A.A.C.P. were she met people of all colors, fighting for everyone to be equal. On December 1st, 1955, Rosa was arrested when she didn’t give up a seat on a bus to a white man. Rosa was raised…

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    Civil Liberties and Civil rights are the two main thing that gives us as citizens our freedom and protection. As are civil liberties as individual are rights protected by law from unjust government or other interference. In the other hand our civil rights are rights guaranteed to all the American citizens by law no matter your race, gender, disability. I believe that all the civil liberties and rights are important but I believe that the most important ones for Civil Liberties and Civil Right…

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    indicated by article "Civil Right Vs Civil Liberties", “Civil Liberties refers to the essential opportunity and rights that are ensured and unmistakably recognized in the constitution and bill of right that incorporate right of free discourse, right of security, ideal to wed, ideal to vote, appropriate to reasonable court trial, ideal to be free from unwanted inquiry of your home.” Essentially, it is the flexibility to do anything you need without aggravating another person common right.…

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    ordeal trials, and ritualistic killings are all common. These violate natural rights that are supposedly given to everyone. By definition on United States History, natural rights are “the rights of life, liberty and property” conceived by John Locke and they “belong equally to all men at birth and cannot be taken away”. According to this definition, does culture or religion have the right to take away natural rights? To answer this question, the role of culture and tradition in life needs to be…

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    November 28, 2016 Professor Sharnak Civil Rights Essay Martin Luther, Leader of Civil Rights Movement It is a good reason that the general population remembers Martin Luther King Jr. as the dominant figure in civil rights movement. Martin Luther is a good reason because he played the role of non-violence movement and it does look better, than other groups who fought racism with violence. It is better to have a leader that has move a group of people the right way, other than the way that…

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    Nonviolent protests contributed to the overall success of the civil rights movement in multiple ways. Rosa Parks is a specific example of why the civil rights movement was so successful. Rosa Parks was sitting on the first row of the black section of one of the segregated buses in Alabama, when a white man got on the bus and there were no more seats in the white section (History.com Staff). As a result they asked Rosa Parks to get up and move so that he could sit on that row; she refused to move…

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    RACISM The Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement have a direct correlation with African Americans gaining their deserved freedom. If not for the Civil War slavery could still be normal in American society. It took over half a million American lives for African Americans to gain an ounce of freedom. Even after all the bloodshed African Americans still had little to no freedom. Likewise, without the Civil Rights Movement African Americans would never have the social status and rights that they…

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    Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act According to The American Association of University Women, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 safeguards individuals against employment discrimination on the grounds of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII pertains to employers with fifteen or more employees, including state and local governments. It additionally pertains to employment organizations and to labor establishments, as well as to the federal government.…

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