1. Civil Rights Movement
By examining the events prior to Martin Luther King, Jr.'... However, Martin Luther King Jr. saw the situation as one that could be solved by incorporating the philosophy of Gandhian nonviolence with the love and compassion of Christianity. ...
Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no jurisdiction to interfere with the rights of the Cherokee and removal of them would violate treaties between them and the U.S. ... However, Jackson, not liking these decisions was reported of saying "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." ... Even though Jackson wasn't in office at the time and is not a part of his presidency, his effluence still existed through his predecessor, Martin Van Burin. ...
In order to decipher what it means to be an American you have to look at the past and what has brought this freedom upon us. George Washington once said "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitution of government." Up until 1776 when the War en...
Kennedy agrees with Rawley's view stating "The Emancipation Proclamation did not free those held in bondage.10" Conversely, I agree with Martin who believes "the Emancipation Proclamation gave African American slaves the hope of freedom,11" as demonstrated when many slaves began to desert their plantations, refused to work or, in Louisiana, "erect gallows from which to hang their oppressors.12" Therefore, the 14th Amendment may have granted effective equality in the "de jure" sense but I believe it is clear Lincoln himself did not desire eq...