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The Civil Rights Act was passed on July 2, 1964, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It has been over fifty years and still today this Act is disregarded in a lot of parts of the country just as it was in Oxford, North Carolina in the 1970s. Reading about the aftermath of Henry Marrows murder and how similar the aftermath is to the death of Mike Brown last year showed me that even fifty years later our country still is dealing with racism and…

Recently, this type of large-scale protest movement has begun to resurface. In 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement drew global attention by occupying Zuccotti Park in New York’s Financial District for nearly two months. The Occupy Wall Street movement’s key issues were social and economic inequality. The group’s slogan is “We are the 99%,” and according to their website “The movement…aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that…

There were over 1,100 media licenses issued in this double homicide case (Linder). That is crazy when thinks about all the multiple opinions all these sources could churn out in a matter of seconds with the many advances in mobile news castings. The entire case was able to be televised from start to end. America was able to see, like the decades before, the realities of the situation at hand. However, this was not what happened here. The media portrayed this as the LAPD trying to take away a…

Civil rights in Missippi People dream of a day where everyone can look at each other as one. Wheres people dont judge becuase of the color of someones skin but look at personality and who they are as a person. Through history you can see that things have changed from the past and now. Research shows that the rights of African Americans were not equal. The civil rights movement started the passing of federal legislation throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. Although, race relations…

Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party has become a symbol of empowerment for people all around the world. The group started out as one local chapter but soon became a force to be reckoned with. It was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966 in Oakland, California (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia). This was during a time when civil rights activists and African American communities were frustrated with the lack of progress that was occurring in desegregating public places. The…

America in the 1960’s was an extremely important time for civil rights activists nationwide. The South was an especially difficult area for most activists to achieve much change and racist tendencies still remained alive in the minds of most native born white Americans. The movie Mississippi Burning attempts to convey the true story of the murder of three civil rights activists within Southern America during this time period but misses the mark on a few key ideas and important details.…

In the 1940’s , the prologue to the Civil Rights Movement began in Detroit with the thousands of black migrants . Jobs in the auto industry gave blacks an opportunity for work but not equal opportunity in economics . Racial tensions began in Detroit over jobs and use of public spaces . When Pearl Harbor was attacked , the industry in autos began making more bombs than cars and blacks were integrated because of the war efforts . A race war erupted in 1943 , rioting broke out with whites beating…

Book Review From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation is a novel chronicling the more recent events of discrimination in history, especially pertaining to the Black population. The author, Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, gives the reader an analysis on why the #blacklivesmatter movement is essential in the fight for Civil Rights, and she gives us a case for a more radical movement as well. Dr. Taylor first introduces us to the concept of institutional and American racism. She begins to critique…

In the article written by Sue et al. it is noted that the face of racism has changed in the modern age to three new forms of racism that were referred to as ‘modern racism’, ‘averse racism’ and ‘symbolic racism’. It also notes that according to 1998 data, racism is one of the most divisive and ingrained forces America is confronted with, and that many people aren't even aware their actions are racist in part because of the still long lasting legacies of the racism. Summery The article notes that…

In this compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks wholeheartedly analyzes the meaning of civil rights while illustrating her hard times of segregation, discrimination, and bigotry throughout her life. Rosa lived 92 years, born on February 4, 1913 and dying on October 24, 2005 (History.com Staff). Throughout her long life, she made an impact on people through personal relationships, as well as making a legacy in civil rights in the American nation. Parks may not have been a politician, but she made a…