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    Impact on Civil Rights Movement The decision from the Brown v. Board of Education case advanced racial integration first in education, and eventually in public spaces, housing, and transportation. Brown tried to address past inequalities, promoted equal opportunities in public education, and extend equal protections of law for racial minorities. As a result, Brown became known for more than an education policy case. Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for future congressional legislation…

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    United States was founded on the promise of equality and freedom. Over the years many have fought to make that promise a law that applied to every American citizen. A social movement that has promoted a more an equalized society is the women’s civil rights movement. This social movement promoted improvements and completely transformed the way society works. Through this movement women gained independence and freedom. In past decades women were less active members of society. There was no focus…

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    the cases and people involved in fighting for equal rights for African Americans played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. We learn about the famous ones who delivered speeches or changed laws but even the boy who participated in a sit-in or the girl who became friends with someone who wasn’t the same color as she was, played a big part in changing how our country view race and rights. One of the earliest faces of Civil Rights is Dred Scott. He was born into slavery in…

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    citizens of the United States and its government have debated over the controversy surrounding civil rights and civil liberties, most importantly civil liberties. Civil liberties are “the restraints on the actions of government against individuals” (Bardes, Schmidt, and Shelley 106). The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, describes these liberties. Originally, the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal governments due to our forefathers’ fear of the possibility of…

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    According to the law, civil rights are something everyone is given. However, history has shown that this is not always the case. Claudette Colvin didn’t give her seat up to a white person because she wanted to end segregation. Claudette got thrown into jail for doing that which is not fair. But without Claudette the world wouldn’t be like it is today. In the United states, civil rights are supposed to be for all people have had to fight for their rights, when others tried to deny them, today all…

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    1. Analyze the achievements of the civil rights movements in the United States. Highlight at least four major challenges confronting women’s rights advocates during the formative years of human rights movements in America. Throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, our nation had made an outstanding effort to end separation and hatred by simply giving African Americans equal rights. Black men wanted to be considered strong, capable of success, and smart. The African American community wanted to be…

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    The Civil Rights movement was a movement mainly organized by African Americans to gain their rights. The rights that were promised to African Americans after the end of the Civil War were not upheld or were disenfranchised by Southerners. The civil rights movement reached its highest achievements in mid and end of the 20th century. Some of the significant events and people were; Rosa Parks, Sit-ins, Birmingham Campaign, the Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee and the Civil Rights Act of…

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    The Civil Rights Movement was a movement to protect equal opportunities and rights for African Americans as a U.S citizen. The movement created impacts that have affected the U.S for a lifetime; such as the people that died and the laws created. At some points, members of the movement faced violence and even deaths. There were deaths of young children; such as Emmett Till. . Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was tortured and killed because of the accusation of “whistling” at the white…

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    Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley, impacted the 20th Century by helping to initiate the Civil Rights movement, dismantling the Segregation Laws, and the founding of the Institution for Self-Development. At an early age Mrs. Parks faced many injustices wherever she went. This encouraged her to take action instead of sitting back and doing nothing. “She soon became actively involved in civil rights issues by joining the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943, serving as the chapter’s youth…

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    Civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social equality. One of the major goals of the American Civil Rights movement was to give all people, regardless of race, equal rights. In the United States, civil rights are supposed to be for all people. Throughout history, people have had to fight for their rights when others tried to deny them. Today, all people enjoy the benefits of civil rights advocates. Susan B. Anthony changed the course of history. Without Susan B. Anthony,…

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