Civil Rights

the people’s rights and not take them away. Benjamin Franklin said “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority”. This demonstrates the people of the United States should stand up for their liberties. Not only should one question authority, but they should research, inform and impact towards change. Peaceful resistance to a problem causes change in a community, raises concerns about injustices in society and preserve the liberties of the people. The civil right…

commonly named “White Supremacists” who believe that only white people have done anything good to contribute to the society we live in. It is 2018 and we still are in our own version of the 1955 Civil Rights Movement. The reason I am choosing to make a documentary about the current CRM that is happening right in front of our eyes is, if someone…

jobs seriously and provide quality services. This was a time when standards, civil service, promotions and testing of select officers were put in place (Gaines & Kappeler, 2011). In the 1920s reformer sought to…

conquer any battle. The Civil Rights Movement was a time of bravery in the United States. Rights were not spread equally, meaning not everyone was under the same freedom. Some of the rights were even different between the northern and southern part of the United States. The movements helped change how society acted in these areas. The need for labor also shifted in the United States. In the long run, all of America changed forever, and is still changing today. The Civil Rights Movement was a…

X of the Civil Rights Movement relied on assertiveness to fight for their freedoms. This trait allowed them to stand tall, stand strong, and stay calm in the chaos. In modern…

American male age 37 who was fatally shot on July 5, 2016 by police outside of a convenience store. According to police reports Alton Sterling was shot because he was said to be selling CD’s and armed. “I feel as if we are moving backwards with the civil rights of individuals in America,” said CCNY Graduate student Kai Simmonds. The protest against police brutality is an epidemic that still affects us today. There is clearly a divide between the African American community and the police for…

certain events from 1619 to 1980 from the back of her head, I certainly cannot accomplish that. From 1619, when the first recorded Africans arrived in the United States of America as indentured servants, all the way up to 1964, when Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 was signed into law, the United States of America has come a long way. I found it of particular significance that quotas are not permitted, this is actually…

together as one. During the 1960’s was one of America’s greatest fights for human rights, the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, John Dominis captured the powerful image of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two African-American sprinters, raising black gloved fists on the podium as a silent protest to the treatment of blacks in America. This picture is one of the many instances of the fight for civil…

shifts in social dynamics. Social movements carry the potential of causing terrorism when there are misconceptions or genuine interpretations of change that is viewed as either necessary, unnecessary or disruptive; for example, the Irish Catholic civil rights movement that took place in Northern Ireland in the 1960’s, while the same decade furnished…

Harper Lee's novel; To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates that black people will never fully have their civil rights (by law) because of the segregation in the small town of Maycomb Alabama. Racism is still in effect as of today, it is apparent in our daily lives and in how black people are treated by our society. Harper Lee does it by using the character Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson and everyone else that had something to do with the case. They accuse a black man, Tom, of raping and beating…