I have read about the Alabama governor George Wallace and his attempts of stopping segregation in Alabama schools; I have read about the Ku Klux Klan and their extremist views; I have read many literary works on the Civil War and the different points of view on what it was exactly about; I grew up learning about the Civil Rights movement and all those who took a stand for their rights; I have been taught the way life used to be when "the colored" and "whites" lived completely separate lives , and I have learned about the many protest and riots that filled my own streets decades before I was bo...

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King had a dream; a dream that one day we could all live in peace, no matter what one's skin colour may be. ... He was separated from one of his only friends, a young white boy whose parents despised blacks But this did not make King grow hostile. ... It was because of these amazing achievements that King was made Time Magazine's "Man of the Year", and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. ...

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The United States had embraced a "separate but equal" attitude toward black and white education. ... Although all the schools in a "separate but equal" community were supposed to be the same, most schools that only allowed African Americans were far inferior to their white counterparts. ... After arguing that the "separate but equal" system was affecting children's ability to learn. ... The case was appealed to the Supreme Court where the court found the "separate but equal" educational system unconstitutional. ... While part of the SCLC, King encouraged nothing but peace and tranquility ...

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Segregation is to separate by races. ... It caused the United States to split into two separate populations .One population was made up of white people and the other population was the black people. ... He brought a type of nonviolence, peace, and understanding to desegregation. ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both fighting the same war for the same people. Their methods were different but both achieved, in time, what they were trying to bring across. Never did they back down from their beliefs or compromised them. They were the embodiment of integrity. King a...

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Ferguson, the Supreme Court defined separate but equal standards. ... Board of Education, declared that separate schools based on race was unconstitutional (Microsoft). ... King was then awarded the Nobel Peace Prize later on that year, December 10. ...

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Gravey wanted blacks to move back to Africa because he believed that they could not find peace in America. ... On March 8th 1964 Malcolm announced that he had separated himself from Elijah Muhammad. ...

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Gravey wanted blacks to move back to Africa because he believed that they could not find peace in America. ... On March 8th 1964 Malcolm announced that he had separated himself from Elijah Muhammad. ...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people ei...

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"To the slave, your celebration is a sham your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery .There is not a nation on the Earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States," stated Frederick Douglass...

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