...Cesar Mora-Lopez History 17B Final Essay 12-17-2015 Civil rights The core of the Civil Rights Movement was all based on African Americans changing their natural given rights and being equal to whites. The South of the United States was a lot more racist than the North. The North still had a few people who wanted to keep things segregated or mistreated minorities all in all it was not great, but a bit better for African Americans there than in the South. It was always a struggle to them to feel safe or comfortable in the United States even among their own homes. It is horrible to know that many African Americans died and were tortured; sometimes this happened for the entertainment of white men and even women. Blacks were always labeled to be bad or dangerous when in reality in this time it was the white man people should have been scared of. Many African Americans had fought in the war bravely and put their lives at risk for a country that saw them less of a person. They were heroes for putting themselves at risk for a country they were scared to live in with no rights. Even in the military there was segregation going on. The whites and blacks had different areas to eat and sleep and of course the blacks had more dangerous jobs than the whites. When the war was over instead of blacks being seen as heroes just like many of the whites were seen, blacks were harassed killed and during their arrival had people would throw things at them. Thankfully President Harry Truman...
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...History Homework Source 1 supports the interpretation because Douglass uses different and more of an aggressive approach in his speech. “we must fight to win the prize” this is clearly stating a more aggressive approach to the issue at hand. This may have been because Douglass was addressing a group of people instead of writing it down in a book like the other sources state they have done. Also this is very typical of Douglass as he was seen as a more violent activist. It is clear in his tone that he is looking for a more radical approach to the situation. Source 3 supports the interpretation because the Niagara movement are asking the government for help with there fight for education instead of self-help and looking to other civil right groups. “high school training should be adequately provided for all” this is most likely directed towards the government for support and funding on the matter. Which is typical the niagara movement because despite having vast numbers of people in their movement they suffered from lack of funds. Furthermore booker t Washington undermined the movement, insuring that it received no publicity in the black press this shows a clear divide between the leaders. Source 4 supports the the interpretation because Garvey shows a completely different approach to the problem. Garvey suggests that blacks should return to Africa, “with a view to establishing a Nation in Africa” clearly stating that blacks should go to Africa and “develop themselves”...
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...When one thinks about civil rights what may come to mind? Possibly a person may wonder about over what civil rights they themselves have. Others might remember a certain civil rights leader that was brought out during one of the greatest movements in United States history. However, even though people know of the civil rights movement a person could never really know what struggles thousands of people went through in order to reach and preserve the rights that we all enjoy today. Let us acknowledge how they went about doing so. Within the first section of the constitution it states; all men are created equal under god. Contrary to what this natural right says, if you a minority living up to or during the 1950s – 60s you would know that these were just words on paper, not a guideline that people lived their life by. Even though a natural right looks and appears fine on paper, if people do not abide by it; it means nothing. This was the first problem faced by activists during the civil rights movement, getting a natural right (which was protected under a philosophical basis) and making it a hundred times stronger as a civil right. In essence, this was what the root to what the movement was all about. Throughout the civil rights movement our judicial system sometimes had to act as the final word when it came to a civil rights issue. One of the first victories for civil rights activists occurred in 1954 with the Supreme Court case of Brown V. Board of Education. The court ruled...
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...The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s shows a strong parallel to the years of Apartheid in South Africa. In both cases, Blacks in the United States and Blacks in South Africa were being discriminated against simply because of the color of their skin. In the last decade of the nineteenth century in the United States, racially discriminatory laws and racial violence aimed at African Americans and other minority groups began to flourish and expand. Elected, appointed, or hired government authorities began to require or permit discrimination. There were a number of acts that were permitted that discriminated against African Americans. Segregation was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in the case of, Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1896, legally mandated by Southern states and nationwide at the local level of government, voter suppression or disfranchisement in the southern states, denial of economic opportunity or resources nationwide, and private acts of violence and mass racial violence aimed at African Americans, were unhindered or encouraged by government authorities. Although racial discrimination was present nationwide, the combination of law, public and private acts of discrimination, marginal economic opportunity, and violence directed toward African Americans in the southern states became known as Jim Crow laws or acts. Peaceful protests against the discrimination of African Americans voting rights were demonstrated in Selma, Alabama in 1965 and led by Martin Luther...
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...Analyze the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to determine which part of the act is the most difficult to enforce. Discuss the difficulties you have identified as well as steps that could be taken to address those difficulties. Identify one misconception associated with the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. • Discuss possible additions to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (what other civil rights need to be included?). Explain your rationale or discuss whether you believe the Act still needs to be enforced in 21st century. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is considered by many was a landmark piece of legislation for many reasons. Even though, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 outline several key components to include the main concept of preventing discrimination in public settings, it was not as effective until President John F. Kennedy passionately moved people with his speech suggesting discrimination is to be a thing of the past. As mentioned, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was emulated from the 1875 version with key provisions, which plainly outlined change. Probably one of the most controversial issues surrounding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is title II because of the terminology such as the word “private.” Many business owners consider it their “right” to serve who they want and reserve the right to portray the title “private.” The reason this is a difficult concept is because it plainly spells out discrimination does not apply to private establishments, thus forcing many business...
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...perpetuated the Cold War in each decade from the 1950s-1980s and discuss how the item you selected affected America at home as well. Last, discuss when and why the Cold War ended. 2. Discuss the origins of the Vietnam War, the course of the war over thirty years in the 1940s, and wars' impact on the United States, both at home and in terms of foreign policy. 3. Write an essay on the civil rights movement since 1953 in which you discuss the major factors that have contributed to its success and its major gains. Be sure to discuss more than one group and to cite examples from each decade of the 1950s through the 1990s. 4. Discuss the reasons for America's economic growth or decline in each decade from the 1950s through the 1990s. Then explain how various presidents have dealt with economic problems and why they succeeded or failed. 5. Write an essay about the impact of television on the history of the United States over the past fifty years in which you describe in detail at least one historical event of national importance from each decade of the 1950s - 1990s that was affected by TV. Civil Right: The WWII can be recognized at the origin of the period when United States started it political and economical dominant compare to other nations. WWII reshaped Americans’ understanding of themselves as a people. The struggle against Nazi tyranny and its theory of a master race discredited ethnic and racial inequality. Originally promoted by religious and ethnic minorities in...
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...Final Research Paper The Civil Rights Era, which took place during the years of 1955 till 1968, was indeed the movement that gave African Americans the push to achieve their first major accomplishments of the decade. The Civil Rights Movements goals were to break down the walls of legal segregation in public places, achieve equality and justice for African Americans, and to help make African Americans become more self-conscious when standing for all their interest. This movement not only benefited men, but it also benefited women. African American women played a large role in the history of the civil rights era. According to Lee Sartain, “Female activists were integral to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and often in the front lines of the civil rights struggle. Commentators on the period, however, have generally ignored the role of these activists mainly, because women were not prominent in media reporting on the early struggles for civil rights (Sartain).”Even as of today most NAACP members and most local branch presidents are women. Vivian Malone Jones defied segregationist Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace to enroll in the University of Alabama in 1963 and later worked in the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department. The African American women of the Civil Rights Era were often overlooked, because of the race and their gender. Not only was racism an issue, but also sexism. No one took a woman serious during those times; they...
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...Civil Rights African Americans, like numerous ethnic groups in the U.S., had a long struggle in gaining their civil rights. When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, they think of Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize the following year, secured his fame as the voice of non-violent, mass protest in the 1960s. But "the Movement" achieved its greatest results, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, due to the competing strategies and agendas of diverse individuals. Even black Americans, the primary beneficiaries of this landmark legislation, did not agree on the tactics that should be used to secure the equal protection of their rights. Several important black leaders shaped the debate over how to achieve freedom and equality in a nation that had long denied them their civil rights. Martin Luther King, Jr. first came to national prominence through his leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955-56. This mass protest helped desegregate public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. A gifted preacher and committed pacifist, King thought that non-violent, direct action against racial segregation provided the best means of securing the full integration of blacks into the mainstream of American life. As he wrote in his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," "I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means...
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...Running head: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SIXTIES PAPER Civil Rights in the Sixties Paper Craig Miller University of Phoenix The American Experience Since 1945 HIS/145 Mark Tate May 20, 2010 Civil Rights in the Sixties Paper The Civil Rights Movement refers to era in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring suffrage in Southern states. “The truth is that no bill insuring civil rights to any person can be enforced so long as there are loopholes available in our political systems loopholes that are the progeny of the very basis of that system, federalism”.(Johnpoll,1964) Civil rights are guaranteed by law but took many years to achieve. For example even after the Civil War, African Americans were treated badly. They got the worst jobs and were paid poorly. Blacks and white were segregated. In other words, they were kept separate in public places including at theaters, restrooms, schools and in transportation. In the 1950's and 1960's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became known as the leader for the nonviolent civil rights movement. Malcolm X quickly became very prominent in the movement with his own group of followers. Noted legislative achievements during this phase of the Civil Rights Movement were passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, that banned discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin" in employment practices and public accommodations (n.a.2009). The Voting Rights Act of 1965 that...
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...10/13/06 American History Essence Harden 5/2/00 African-American Civil Rights “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” –Coretta Scott King, page666 The 1960’s were a time of great turmoil in America and throughout the world. One of the main topics that arouse was black civil rights. In my essay I plan to compare the difference of opinion between these particular writers and directors, towards racism and the civil rights movement in the 1960’s The movement truly got underway with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King jr. and Malcolm X in the early 1960’s. Students who wanted to bolt on the equality and protest bandwagon quickly followed. Most of the students went to the Southern states (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, etc.), to stop the racism and hate crimes. The truth of the matter is that the violence and abhorrence would get worse before it got better. The Klan became stronger and more violent, committing many more lynching and gruesome murders. Bit by bit most of the Caucasian Americans came around to the idea of integration, and did not believe that the African Americans as a ‘threat’ anymore. The only reason that this great monumental change occurred was because of the great leadership of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King jr., and not to mention the thousands of other less famous civil rights leaders, that worked to change the views of their community. There also where lobbyist and protesters...
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...shifting in every civil case: - there is a SC that determines nothing in England but attorney fees. * The reality with this is that there is less litigation because any losing party has to pay the others fee. * The cost should be reasonable so you can’t just say that you billed all the amount and now need to be paid. * Civil rights attorney fee: - The second front: - The battle lines for civil rights – there is grudging attitude on court awarded attorney fees – since 1987 we have had the grudging area of the court allowing attorney fees – hard to get fees if prevailing party, hard to calculate – grudging – * The attorney fee is statutory – so congress can change the rules. * The case below – if negotiating on fees as a plaintiff then negotiate the fees in the agreement (attorney fees) – so you negotiate the fee with the settlement decree or you will be out of luck. * Dissent: - * Pg. 912- there is a 2 tier standard for a prevailing P: - * You get the fees regularly absent circumstances that would render the fee unjust. E.g pro se representation. * Garland independent school: - ct held that you don’t need a central issue standard; - just need to point to a ….. Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Award Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 1988(b)) 1. In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of §§ 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this Title, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the court...
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...We have rights, which we get from laws, and we also have responsibilities. Responsibilities can be legal (for example, to pay taxes and obey other laws) or they can be moral. Something that is moral is the correct thing to do, though we are not always forced to do it by law. We have rights, which we get from laws, and we also have responsibilities. Responsibilities can be legal (for example, to pay taxes and obey other laws) or they can be moral. Something that is moral is the correct thing to do, though we are not always forced to do it by law. Task: Using the website provided complete a presentation on what the legal rights in the UK. www.childline.org.uk/explore/crimelaw/pages/rights.aspx (Legal rights referring to work, babysitting, alcohol, crime and law; leaving home; joining the army; gambling; travel etc) 10-13 Year old: You can drink alcohol at home if your parent, carer or another adult is there with you. 14 Year old: You can go to a pub which has a children's certificate, but you can't buy or drink alcohol. 16 Year old: You can drink wine, beer or cider with a meal in a restaurant. 18 Year old: You can buy alcohol but remember it is against the law to buy alcohol for anyone under the age of 18. Are these fair? What legal rights would you like to see introduced and why? I think that these age requirements are quite fair because it been set up in a certain way due to all the crimes that have happened when these laws weren’t around, so the government...
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...Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, segregation in the United States was commonly practiced in many of the Southern and Border States. This segregation while supposed to be separate but equal, was hardly that. Blacks in the South were discriminated against repeatedly while laws did nothing to protect their individual rights. In May 26, 1956, a few Florida A&M students got on the bus to a short trip to downtown Tallahassee, where these two young black woman wanted to seat in front of the bus rather than stand, for the bus was full and no seats were available in the back. When the driver notice that these to black woman were sitting in the front of the bus beside a white woman; he immediately pulled over the bus and told them to get up. When the young ladies kindle said if you refund us we will get off the bus, the driver said no and called the cops, though the white woman they sat next to made no objection. Which further leads to them being arrested and charged with incite a riot, After this story made headlines in the Sunday paper many people such as minster Metz Rollins was hoping for the black community to act with determination and sprit as others did in Montgomery, Alabama a few months prior. (Rabby,10-11) Rev. C. K. Steele and Robert Saunders representing the NAACP began talks while blacks started boycotting the city's buses. This boycott was similar to that in the Montgomery Boycott with Rosa Parks. Former bus patrons began a car pool lasting through May 26 of 1957, several...
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...A Women’s Civil Right The speech ”A Women’s Civil Right” was written in 1969 and the feminist author Betty Friedan delivered it. Betty Friedan was a proponent of the modern women’s movement and claimed that women in 1969 and onwards should not be trapped in the stereotypical housewife role. Friedan was convinces that social barriers in the society kept women imprisoned in “the housewife trap”. She wanted women to have better career opportunities, introduce equality with men and to eliminate the illusion of “the happy housewife”. This specific speech announces that abortion should be a part of a women’s civil right. Betty Friedan singles out women to be the invisible minority in America. The invisible women in the American society are the ones who take an active share in the important resolution of the government and not the women who take care of the domestic duties. Friedan compares the invisibility of forward-looking women to the Afro-American permanent residents in America. For many years, the Afro-American people in the U.S. have been the invisible section of the population in the Southern states. Racial segregation in America became a crucial part of life until the segregation legally ended in 1964 because of the Civil Rights Act. The blacks were in those days invisible according to their voting rights. The voting rights of blacks were systematically restricted because the black’s voting papers did not manage to be registered. Many Afro-American were killed because...
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...Mandy Louis-Jacques ENC 1101-026 The Effect of Technology on the New Civil Rights Marshall Poe’s “The Hive” explores the creation and growth of the “open encyclopedia” that has now become known as Wikipedia. Technology has the potential to allow the new civil rights movement to grow into something much greater than it already is. The anonymity of Wikipedia does add on to the need to cover, while also appealing to others who may not want to make their opinions publicly known. The use of technology has the ability to allow any and everybody to make their stance on an issue known, regardless of if they want their identity to be made public or not. The new civil rights movement has the potential to grow and flourish into something much greater than it already is with the use of technology because it gives people a voice they may not have beyond the internet, to make it even easier to make universal issues known to others, and to spread information about the creation of the new civil rights. In “The New Civil Rights” Yoshino states that “The new civil rights must harness this universal impulse toward authenticity (Yoshino 483)” and the collaborative effort that is Wikipedia and its neutral point of view does encourage the need to cover. If there is such a need for a lack of bias, then a person cannot expect to make their opinion known without receiving feedback from others because that is the way today’s society functions. It is unheard of for someone to state their thoughts...
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