However, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and favorable Supreme Court rulings, times began to change. ... Due to the context in which the Freedom Summer movement occurred, the movement was unable to achieve all of its goals but still benefitted the civil rights movement through attracting national coverage and breaking down the post-Reconstruction barriers to black political participation. ... Second, the movement wanted to register black voters to help them fulfill their political rights. ... Whether the uptick in registration was inevitable because civil rights legislation ...

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The black civil right's movement in the 50's and 60's was a time when "separate but equal" was the reality. ... But Medgar Evers, known for his endless contributions to the civil rights movement, was one of the firsts. ... This led to the beginning of his involvement in the civil rights movement. ... Medgar Evers contributed greatly to the civil rights movement, and on June 12, 1963 he gave his life. ... The loss of Medgar Evers changed the civil rights struggle forever. ...

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Feminism is a movement for social, political and educational equality and change. ... The feminist movement can be traced back to the 18th century in the intellectual works of Mary Wollstonecraft. ... This was the first recognised movement for equality. ... Education was a large issue for the feminist movement. ... As the feminist movement progressed the government began to take more notice of the wants and desires of more than half the population. ...

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Servosse fought on the Union side during the Civil War and once he returned home decided to move himself and his family to the South. ... Servosse fights for the rights of the newly freed blacks and is an activist in the anti-slavery movement in the south. ... Servosse was a civil rights leader who fought a fight that was almost impossible to win. One quote from the book that tells the reader of how he felt was "bestowal of equal civil and political rights upon all men, without regard to previous rank and station." ... Tourgee was a fighter for the rights of blacks in the south during rec...

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The Emancipation Proclamation was the first political movement to equality; in 1863 it proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten rebelling states. Ward believes "the Emancipation Proclamation stands as a monumental landmark in the advancement of liberty1" In contrast US history writes, "the search for equal rights was far from over with the passage of the 14th Amendment2" as the Supreme Court did nothing to ensure that the 14th Amendment, which stated that no "State [should] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,3" was made a meaningful reality. ... ...

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Then the movement took place when Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat to a white man on a bus. ... She said she was tired and on this fateful day she bgan the turning wheels of the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement took place and gave blacks their future as they have now. ... Positive helpers in the role of black's rights were Dr. ... Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions. ...

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The 14th Amendment was proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868, guaranteeing citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States (except Native Americans), and granting them federal civil rights. ... During the reconstruction, President Gran's efforts opposed the KKK, enforced voting laws, and civil rights, but his reputation suffered due to a number of scandals or instances of federal corruption for his administration from 1869 to 1877, such as the Black Friday and the Whiskey Ring. ... Supreme Court, whose key court rulings in the 1870s and 1880s effectively repealed the F...

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The first victory for the Radicals was the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. ... Jackson immediately vetoed the Civil Rights Act as soon as he could. ... The last of the Reconstruction Act was the Civil Rights Act of 1875. ... -Civil Rights Act of 1875. ... These were the first steps toward equality and would eventually lead to the civil rights movement later in history. ...

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One of the main leaders of the movement for the defense of the right civiler and important defender of the not violent resistance to the repression racial. ... To the following year left its pastorate in Montgomery to exercise with its father to permit him to participate more efficiently in the leverage national of the prospering civil movement of rights. ... In 1963 it directed a multitudinaria campaign in favor of the civil rights in Birmingham (Alabama) to achieve the black census of voters, to put an end to the segregation and to obtain a better education and lodging in the sout...

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After the bombing this tragedy served as a galvanizing force for the civil rights movement. ... (www.useekufind.com/peace, internet) The bombing out raged the nation and gave four little faces to the civil rights movement. The blast contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights of 1965, and the death of segregation in the South. ... The 4 bombing out raged the nation and gave four little faces to the civil rights movement. The blast contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights of 1965, and the death of segregation in the...

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Rosa Parks Rosa Parks started the Civil rights movement. ... Rosa Parks was often called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement." The one little thing that started the Civil Rights Movement was when Parks sat at the front of the bus. ...

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The life story of The Civil Rights Patriot Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929. ... Was a Baptist minister and also preached for civil rights. ... This was his first victory in the civil rights movement. ... In 1963 he was back in Birmingham, Alabama, where he led a massive civil rights campaign, organizing drives for black voter registration, desegregation, and better education throughout the South. ... It was the end of his civil rights crusade. ...

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Question: Was it right for "outsiders" to come to southern towns to spark confrontations over civil rights? ... During the 1960's, with the civil rights movement spreading rapidly, the government in turn had to go with the flow and at the same time fix corruption. ... In the case of the three civil rights activists killed in 1964 in Mississippi, it was evident that the majority of the town knew that the three people were killed. ... Technically none the bystanders were guilty of anything, but morally they were all guilty of staying silent causing the deaths of the civil rights activists t...

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The earlier Civil War (1861-1865) had seen slavery abolished which had been the first "real" mark of the black's fight for Civil Rights. ... Blacks were also forced to live in the "ghettos" of cities.The northern states of the U.S.A still suffered from racism and segregation but not on the level of the South states.The Civil rights movement made a big leap forward when the Government made segregation illegal and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.These 2 events gave the Civil Rights 2 stepping stones towards the Civil Rights they so badly wanted. ...

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Take African-Americans, before the Million Men March, Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, black people were given less respect than dogs. For the first century of our countryexistence, blacks were slaves with no rights. Even after the Civil War freed them, there was no equal opportunity and much oppression of them by whites, particularly in the South. ... Martin Luther King Jr.civil rights movement was the first step towards a truly de-segregated America. ...

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The KKK still exists, but it no longer has the strong presence it did when the big civil rights movements started in the 1950s and 1960s. Along with civil rights during this time, women pushed for more equal treatment of females in the workforce and at home. This was the beginning of a strong feminist movement. ... As the baby boomers became of age in the 60s and 70s, a large counterculture movement developed. ... This movement was heavily influenced by musicians, artists, writers, and movie producers of the time. ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. was the fuel behind the American Civil Rights Movement and without him relentlessly driving for desegregation; it's hard to say where we would be at socially in our country today. ... In a section of the letter, he talks about how African-Americans waited more than 340 years for their constitutional and God-given rights. ... He goes to show that he was arrested for "parading without a permit" but it seems so ridiculous to charge someone for that because the first amendment in our rights is the privilege of a peaceful assembly and protest. ... " All...

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The Ku Klux Klan was started as an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the Civil War. Most of the Ku Klux Klan was made up of past confederate soldiers After the end of the Civil War members of Congress tried to get rid of the power that the confederate states had. ... Johnson also vetoed the Civil Rights Bill. ... He was an ex-cavalry leader in the Civil War. ...

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The Ku Klux Klan was started as an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the Civil War. Most of the Ku Klux Klan was made up of past confederate soldiers After the end of the Civil War members of Congress tried to get rid of the power that the confederate states had. ... Johnson also vetoed the Civil Rights Bill. ... He was an ex-cavalry leader in the Civil War. ...

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In response to the movement, the Ku Klux Klan planned to put a stop to this progressive movement among the African American community. With this in mind, "The Klan's goals included political defeat of the Republican Party and the maintenance of absolute white supremacy in response to newly gained civil and political rights by southern blacks after the Civil War" (Bryant 2014). ... They only accept white heterosexual Christians, which they say are they only ones who deserve civil rights. ... They also oppose civil rights for Jews, gays, Catholics, and other ethnic and religious g...

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Due to the biased policies of the United States government, the movement of woman suffrage was introduced in the mid-19th century to ensure that women received fair treatment. The perseverance of this powerful movement and its followers paid off in 1920, when the 19th amendment was ratified. ... However, one particular group of people was forgotten in the struggle for equal rights, the blacks. Although, women gained the privilege of voting, the black woman was put on the "back burner" for equal rights. ... As a child, she was encouraged to fight for equality and civil rights while she was s...

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The process of rebuilding after the American Civil War is known as The Reconstruction. ... Although these questions uprooted during the Civil War and continued for decades, the Reconstruction lasted from the end of the Civil War, 1865, to 1877. ... Later in the Civil War, several plans were projected for the political organization of states captured. ... Shady local governments and law enforcements only worsened the situation; however, in the 1950's blacks started a Civil Rights Movement. ... All of these acts of courage paid off when the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 to ...

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The Lynching of Emmett Till The murder of Emmett Till was a reminder of to the blacks in the North, as well as in the South of the severe segregation being experienced by the blacks. Emmett Till visited relatives near Money, Mississippi in August of 1955. Before he left Chicago his mother, M...

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The south was faced with this problem after their Civil War defeat. ... In order to keep their southern beliefs in white supremacy, the Ku Klux Klan was organized after the Civil War to keep the freed slaves from gaining political power, to stop the Republican Party from gaining strength, and to scare the blacks in general to keep them in their place. The Ku Klux Klan was started shortly after the end of the Civil War to continue their beliefs of white supremacy. ... The black and white voters would be threatened, beaten, or even killed because of their support of the movement (Ku Klux ...

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It was begun almost accidentally; many people just needed a distraction from the hard times after the Civil War. ... After the Civil War many southerners felt that with such weak local governments they needed to take action and that is just what they did. ... Today;s KKK stands for many rights as a "normal" American, but to them it should only be supported and given to the white race. They believe in the concepts of private property, free enterprise, representative government, parental rights, freedom of speech, right to trial by jury, right to address the government for a redress of grieva...

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