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    because “Anthony saw in the amendment a legal case for the right of women to vote. The 14th Amendment also said that ¨No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge [lessen] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.¨ Well, said Anthony, weren't women citizens of the United States? And if citizens could not be denied the right to vote, it seemed plain enough that women could not be denied that right.¨ The second text evidence of why the theme is being different…

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    sides of being the Help. Skeeter ends up publishing the maid’s stories, positive and negative, and titles her book “Help”, using different alias’ for the woman. With the power of the Help’s words, the book influences the community to be aware of civil rights issues. Overall, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett explores themes of race, society, the home, love, and justice through its use of 1960s segregation in its prime. By learning of these behaviors through the first person point of view of three…

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    respect others and their insight on religious differences, keeping them on equal footing so all views were equally valid. This further promoted the separation of church and state, provoking the concepts of “free expression” and “natural individual rights” (Forst). A French man called Montesquieu promoted “the toleration of different religions for the purpose of preserving political unity and peace,” which was adopted and became a means of preserving individual liberty in government and religion.…

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    Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s book; Forward Together, A Moral Message for the Nation, with Barbara Zelter, both authors talk about the historical context of the civil rights movement and the need for a moral movement their state of North Carolina and ultimately in the whole of the Unites States. Rev Barber sees this movement toward right wing extremists in the Republican Party; and sees them as coming to hurt minorities and poor through their policy implementation. The book progresses with…

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    animals rights. In Animal Farm, the pigs “Ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death,”(Orwell 46). These pigs are being genuinely unfair to the hens by cutting off their food supply and are punishing the other animals that are trying to help them by killing them without reason. In August 28, 1963, King and “Over 250,000 black and white citizens assembled in Washington, D.C., for a mass civil rights…

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    Enemy Of The States

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    declaration, the earliest form of the United States government promised to secure a set of unalienable rights for all men – the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Today, the United States still strives to secure and protect these values for all American citizens. Via policing and military action, the government confronts and disbands any perceived threats to these unalienable rights – threats such as crime and terrorism. Advancements in both human and computer technology have…

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    LGBT Civil Rights

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    LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS In the recent years things have became widely accepted across this country and being homosexual is one of them. Now in the past it was looked down upon always and is still looked down by some people today. Though this has changed vastly with more people accepting people as who they are then just based of their sexuality. That is why I support the decision of legalizing gay marriage in our country. Our country is based on Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, by passing…

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    The Triangle fire was a horrific landmark disaster that occurred on March 25, 1911, killing 146 factory workers. David Von Drehle depicts the accounts of the harsh conditions and circumstances that the women in the garment industry, specifically at the Triangle Shritwaist Company, had to endure that led up to the fire. As well as the aftermath and the court case rulings. In Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, he touches on the strike in 1909 igniting a labor movement versus the unethical…

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    America has been through many different tragedies in its lifetime. Three of the biggest disaster that occurred in early American history were the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and the flu epidemic. Many citizens have lost their lives for things like doing a job to make ends meet, being on a vacation, or even just living an everyday lifestyle, which is why these disasters had such a high impact on the American Population. It may seem like people don’t care about…

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    Women throughout history have not been treated the same way as men however, this did not discourage them. One excellent example of women being extraordinary is Frances Perkins a young lady who grew up in a Republican household and whose parents made sure she understood the importance of hard work and her education. The interesting fact about Perkins life is that even though it was rare during her time period her parents expected her to go to college. Once in college, Mount Holyoke, she was…

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