Similarly, laws forbidding sex and marriage between people of different races were ended. ... The Movement also brought about important non-legislative impact on the American people. ... When examining the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement, one very important aspect of change is missing. ... When describing his high-school experience, Malcolm writes, "it has historically been the case with white people, in their regard for black people, that even though we might be with them, we weren't considered of them. ... Whites, on the other hand, have been fleeing to suburban areas of th...

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The American government began taking actions against racism during the times of the Civil War, when a war was waged between the North and the South over whether or not the South could secede from the Union and permit slavery. The North eventually won the war, and with the 13th Amendment, slavery was outlawed in the United States. ... Unfortunately, African-Americans faced severe intolerance after the Civil War, as many white people found it hard to accept a former slave as their equal citizen. ... In the 1960s, the African American community overcame even more obstacles with the passage of ...

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For Black Americans, this society existed in the south after the end of the civil war. ... The problems with race relations originated in the south during the reconstruction era after the civil war. ... This way, white plantation owners could assert their superiority over blacks and maintain the same social positions that had been in place before the civil war. ... So fearing defeat, the democrats used violence and intimidation to keep black voters away from the polls during important elections. ... After the civil war, some blacks moved north to try and make a living, but most stayed in the S...

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This setting is the most important fictional element that affected the theme of racism in To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Decades after the civil war, Southerns still were incensed that they lost the war. ... During the year of Jem and Scout's father's case; "the school buzzed with talk about him(Atticus) defending Tom Robinson, none of which was complimentary."... Southererns disliked blacks since the black gained more rights after the civil war. ... Since the white people did not know the black people well, they just assumed bad things about them and believed untrue rumors about t...

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The period that occurs after the Civil War is known as the Reconstruction. During this period of time many people suffered in the south. ... Violence was the direct result of the South's racist attitude and it was an important part of the Southern atmosphere. ... "The only important clause in the oath of membership was a promise of absolute secrecy. ... The Freedman's Bureau was an agency of the Federal government set up in 1865 to help former slaves and other persons suffering from the effects of the Civil War. ...

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Within the films Glory and Django Unchained, there are several depictions of how whites viewed blacks during the time of the Civil War. ... Although white Union soldiers were fighting for the freedom of enslaved African Americans, many of the whites in Glory still viewed blacks as slaves as opposed to their counterparts in the Civil War. ... Colonel Montgomery acted as if all blacks were uneducated and unable to grasp the basic functions that were essential to a soldier's success within the Civil War. ... For soldiers within the Civil War, shoes were an essential part of their training. ....

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During that time of the Civil War, the African-Americans who fought experienced racial discrimination and abuse. ... One of the people that we see who mistreated the African-Americans was Colonel James Montgomery. ... These soldiers endured a lot of pain to gain equality, such as unequal pay and getting the proper equipment for the war. Uniform and shoes were an important gear for the war. ... This movie changed the public views on them, they proved to the people of that time, that they're part of the country and people like them deserve acceptance and equality....

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Equality can be defined as when a specific society or isolated group has identical status in political and social respects; these three factors are most important when judging equality as they have the most impact upon people's lives. ... The two historians and myself disagree with Borritt who chooses to write that "it would be more accurate, even if more awkward, to call it the war for the American Dream.8" However, Borritt does not consider that Lincoln once told a friend that his "paramount object [was] the struggle to save the union and it [was] not either to save or de...

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A Time of Change During the years of and following World War Two, there was a colossal shift that occurred in racial politics in the United States. ... Written in the first person of a man named Robert Jones, the novel reflects on these years of intense social change that arose during and after the war. ... These post war changes and changes in racial relations were not only restricted to African-Americans, but also Japanese-Americans had a particularly difficult time during and after the war too. ... This internal migration was important not only culturally, but also one, because of its e...

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The book is set in the 1930s in Southern America just after the civil war when blacks were seen as an inferior race and whites are superior. ... Each character in the book is 'infected' by other people's fear, which creates a society of people who conform. ... Terrorism and terrorist attacks create fear and can quite often be the cause of wars but are all people from these countries terrorists? ... A great example of this is when Boo doesn't come out of the Radley house during the day so the town's people fear him and make up a cruel nicknames that claim he is a monst...

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During the 1960s black playwright, LeRoi Jones, founded the Black Arts Movement to inspire art that was by, for, and about black people. ... Lula represent the whites power in America during that time. ... But it does not quite work; the country cracks apart into war between the slave south and the free north. ... The play primarily pointed out several fault of people and of the society as a whole. ... The accommodationist ideology of the Civil Rights movement was about to be challenged by the new, often separatist, accents of Black Nationalism. ...

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About 50 % of the kidnapped Africans died during the journey. ... After the Civil War and the Emancipation Declaration which abolished slavery, everything at first seemed to change. ... A turning point in the Blacks' relation to America was the Second World War. ... Another important incident occurred in 1957. ... During such a sit-in King was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in jail on the pretext of "violating a probated sentence in a traffic arrest case." ...

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I've heard of African-Americans being oppressed by the white-Americans since they created slave codes of the pre-civil war era that were later replaced by segregation laws and practices to discriminate against the blacks. ... In the military during WWII, American minorities always demonstrated patriotism on the battlefield. 37,000 black soldiers died for the Union during the Civil War while they fought to create and defend the nation. ... During this time Hitler ordered great works of literature to be destroyed. ... Ordinary people were also involved in the annihilation of the Jews. ... S...

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During 1865–1877 the Reconstruction period was in action. The government of the United States of America tried to assemble the nation after the Civil War. ... These reasons include the creation of the black codes, the sharecropping system and most importantly the Ku Klux Klan. ... Additionally, Document H portrays that theme of white people obtaining control over African Americans. ...

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During 1865–1877 the Reconstruction period was in action. The government of the United States of America tried to assemble the nation after the Civil War. ... These reasons include the creation of the black codes, the sharecropping system and most importantly the Ku Klux Klan. ... Additionally, Document H portrays that theme of white people obtaining control over African Americans. ...

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During 1865–1877 the Reconstruction period was in action. The government of the United States of America tried to assemble the nation after the Civil War. ... These reasons include the creation of the black codes, the sharecropping system and most importantly the Ku Klux Klan. ... Additionally, Document H portrays that theme of white people obtaining control over African Americans. ...

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He directed the movie Mephisto in 1981, a movie about the life of a German actor during Nazi's rule pre-World War II. ... In everything he did, his only end was fame and acknowledgment from people. ... He did not realize that by convincing other people, he was actually convincing himself too. ... He just had to suffer alienation from other people as a result of his wrongdoings. ... He started as the seller trying to sell the Nazis' "goods- to Germany people, but ended up as one of the buyers himself. ...

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Not to mention that each state has their own civil right agencies internally that also spend millions of dollars a year. Choosing one state at random, Maryland spent about 3 million dollars on Civil Rights Agencies in 2012 alone. ... Besides that, every major agency of government has its own civil rights division making the entire budget of combatting racism a rough total of around 1 trillion dollars a year. (freedomoutpost.com) With numbers like that the existence of racism keeps very important figures in this country in nice suits, cars, and houses. ... Namely Obama, whom, by the way, appoi...

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Violence is a fundamental part of the theater of war and conquest--needless to say, on the part of both combatants. ... During the 1980s and 90s, the image of Columbus as a hero was tarnished by criticism from Native Americans and revisionist historians. ... It does not seem as apparent, after the Civil Rights Movement, many people believe everything to be fine and well. ... When it comes to hate crimes against homosexuals it is generally a different group of people. ... This makes it somewhat more difficult to distinguish people who are gay from people who seem gay. ...

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In a society there are people high in rank and others low in rank. ... The ideas of categorizing the people were not new even during the Anglo-Saxon time period; the trend has adapted to each environment since its earliest creations almost as far back as the earliest writings (Appiah 276). ... "There was no such thing as equality among the people- (Cheyney 42). ... Slavery alone could have even triggered several battles among the tribes; this occurrence was seen in the Civil War many centuries following the Anglo-Saxon reign. ... Someone could have been born and raised in slavery, brought ...

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Even during slavery, African-Americans did indeed still manage to stand tall in the public eye. ... Wells and the different accomplishments that she achieved during her tenure in the public spotlight. ...

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