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    spokesman during the Civil Rights Movement (American Women’s History).He gave many speeches to the African Americans, telling them his judgement on the matter, and what he thought should be done to deal with the situation. He helped bring faith back to all of the African Americans, and he helped to encourage and inspire them to keep pushing for what they believe in. His famous “I Have a Dream” speech gave everyone (including some whites) a good deal courage. Before the Civil Rights Movement was…

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    for Civil and Political Rights), the right to a fair trial is mandatory throughout all nations that have signed onto the organisation, however many nations of course, that have accepted…

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    Civil Rights Struggles

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    Fighting for Civil Rights Civil rights will always be a movement. It’s something the United States, the land of the free, has always struggled with. Every time an issue about civil rights is brought up, millions fight against making a change. The United States has come such a long way with civil rights, but it’s foolish to think that the civil rights movement is over. The fight is still going on and will continue to go on until this country values all lives equally. Malcolm X fought for equal…

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    says it is immoral and because God gave man woman, so he would not be alone, he did not give man another man. God does all things with a purpose, including creating humans, to bring glory to him. That is why I am refuting same sex marriage and the rights that come along with same sex marriage.. First off to discuss this we need to go back to why the United States of America was formed, people came over from Europe. The three main nations that came over, were from England, Spain, and…

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    Ethel Provo Essay

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    Caucasians that made up the population of Montgomery county. Ethel stated that African Americans were treated as second class citizens during that time period; they didn’t have the freedoms and rights we share in today’s society. Ethnicity made a big difference in how you were treated. African Americans didn’t have a right to vote, and very few of them were given the opportunity to own something. You spent your time working for someone else, building their businesses. You didn’t have the…

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    racist apartheid system which excluded blacks from many areas of society. Back in the day mainly starting in the 1800’s, many people had to fight and stand up for injustice. One of these people was Dr. Martin Luther King, who was a non-violent civil rights leader and went through many battles to receive greater equality. Dr. martin Luther King motivated his audience to stand against injustice in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, through rhetorical devices such as pathos,…

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    Civil Disobedience

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    Jr. and Gandhi, it is crystalline that these memorable figures inspired change through civil disobedience. I firmly agree in Wilde’s statement due to the fact that he is being a realist and putting his assertion in a pellucid approach, which makes it easy for the audience to decipher what he is saying. In addition, he is showing us that the world isn't perfect and due…

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    Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws. They rode the bus segregation is unconstitutional under the 14th amendment which addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American civil war. Another event leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott protest was the Baton Rouge bus boycott which happened February 25, 1953. Before this boy car, black people were forced to…

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    The Ballot or the Bullet is a persuasive speech given by Malcolm X who had a significant impact at the time when there is Civil Rights Movement. The speech takes place in the 1960’s and in Kings Solomon Baptist Church. It portrayed the African Americans as an oppressed group to make the audience aware of their own rights, and beliefs. Ethos was an element that is encountered in the speech it is one of the most common used persuasive techniques that aims to gather the society members. Therefore,…

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    segregation between Blacks and Whites (IMDb 1990). This film portrays two inspirational women: Odessa Cotter and Miriam Thompson. Both are on the opposite ends of the social chain but are able to connect through their moral beliefs on what is wrong and right during a fragile protest taking event. The goal of this movie is to educate the audience about racism, segregation and sexism, all for a just cause in order to gain equality for an individual’s skin color. Odessa Cotter is a black woman…

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