Because of the changes in segregation there were more successful musicians due to the Civil Rights movement. ... The Civil Rights Movement also changed the way people treated women. ... Women were also denied basic rights before the Civil Rights Movement, like voting and getting a job. ... He was also one of the greatest civil rights leaders and inspired both black and white people. ... The Civil Rights Movement had a big effect on the cultural changes in the 1960's. ...

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It was because of a fine leader and president by the name of Abraham Lincoln who decided it was time to rid the United States of slavery and passed what is called the emancipation proclamation. This was one of the first steps toward a long civil rights movement. ... It was this part of the act that proved to be one of the biggest turning points in the whole civil rights movement since it started. ...

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His involvement in the movement, far from minimal, was apart of the bigger picture: The movement for social change. ... He had no hesitation about diving into the movement. ... He realized that the movement was intense and spoke wherever he could. ... His diligent work with the anti-war movement did not go in vain. ... Fascism has been seen to be a leader in wars and death perpetuated by these governments who run on this system. ...

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King was one of the most heroic and respected leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. ... As a committed leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he traveled about 780,000 miles and made 208 speeches. ... Over Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Movement led a man to make one of the greatest speeches in American History. ... The Civil Rights Movement led a wave of motions that are still fighting for equality for all people today. ... He was just what the world needed to get the civil rights movement going. ...

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This was also, unfortunately, the time that the assassinations of important leaders took place. ... Street marchers were no longer effective and the civil rights movement was breaking up (Chalmers 44). ... The 1960's also had many other people that were important to the development of the civil rights movement. ... Stokely Carmichael attended Howard University in 1960 and became active in the civil rights movement. ... Bobby Seale was the founder and leader of the Black Panther Party. ...

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Martin Luther King was an American religious and civil rights leader who achieved many great things in his life. ... His involvement with the church influenced his approach to the civil rights movement and he based his non-violent ideas on Christian teachings of love, goodness and forgiveness. In USA during the 1950's and 1960's Martin Luther King was the main leader of the civil rights movement. ... The leaders of the organization urged blacks to refuse to use the cities buses; this eventually led to supreme courts decision outlawing discrimination in public transport after a ye...

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The civil rights movement had been a growing cause since the 13th, 14th, and amendments were passed in the 19th century. ... He was a major advocate for civil rights and worked together with many leaders of the movement to draft acts that would lead to equality in the future. ...

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Many Black leaders had sided with Kennedy in the presidential race because Kennedy claimed to be a strong believer in civil rights. ... With leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement grew to be one of the most important movement in the sixties. ... By early 1965 a new black leader had arose, whose name was Malcolm X. ... Another movement that started in the sixties, was the environmental movement. ... The Women's Movement took flight in the sixties also. ...

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JFK- wore wrinkled khaki's to Congress PET- wore sandals to house of commons JFK-Cuban Missle Crisis PET- War Measures Act JFK-Civil Rights Movement-pushed equality on the top of nations agenda PET-Official Languages Act JFK- "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country- inaugural speech PET- "The Government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation- JFK-new level of idealism and activism PET- Charter of Rights and Freedoms, JFK-Televised debate, he won- Radio-Nixon won- awesome speaker, good presence PET-Same thing, used the me...

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Her choice sparked the African American movement during the sixties, igniting others into the bus boycott in Selma Alabama. ... The Brown decision sparked a host of other actions in the Southern civil rights movement. ... The growing power of the civil rights movement was demonstrated on August 23, 1962 when more than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators marched on Washington, D.C. ... More remarkable, General Powell was appointed as the United States Military Leader and Secretary of State under Bush. ... One of the most hopeful signs of racial progress during the decade was civil rights leader, ...

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Ren stepped up and became the "leader" of the teenagers, representing Martin Luther King Jr. who was the leader of the African Americans in their protest for civil rights. ... In Footloose the parents relate to the white people in the civil rights movement. ... He was the leader of the teenagers. ... He was the leader of the African Americans. ... A bunch of the teenagers got together, with Ren as the leader, to try to get a senior prom. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... America was destined for another, more far-reaching civil rights movement. ... With the passing of breakthrough legislation, several leaders emerged to lead this new civil rights movement. ... However, this civil rights movement did not accomplish its goals to the fullest due to the lack of government enforcement. ... The civil rights movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's wa...

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• Grade Level: High School

India and the United States of America are among the two largest countries in the world. They are located in two different continents and on the other side of the earth from each other, but the United States of America and India have some similarities. The two countries" history is alike. Both I...

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Martin Luther King Jr. had a large impact on modern American history. He spoke of non-violent ways to create a society of equality that stirred in many people's hearts. He fought with his words and beliefs, not with violence. He reached many people in his speeches and even got to speak to thousands ...

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Either to help South Vietnam, which was highly impossible because South Vietnam had only consisted of armies with low morale, and all the corrupted leaders and officials, or to fight against communism, which was another hard task to accomplish because if they were to fight communism, they would have to fight communism in the surrounding countries, including Russia and China. ... The American troops had relied too much on the high tech equipment; in the forests it was impossible for them to track them down, because of all the movement going on from tree to tree. ...

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Nixon thought that calmness had to be restored in America and ending the war with his "secret plan," and encouraging the civil rights movement. ... McCarthy at times would be seven points ahead of Nixon, the leader most of the time in the race. ... Secondly, the race would bring out the yearning of the American people for a leader who would guide them into the next decade and try to make sense of all that had happened in the last one. ...

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The United States society is portrayed in a negative way according to Paul Potter, a young student leader, John F. ... When addressing all of these issues, Potter believes that we must create a movement or system that works not just in Washington, but in communities and with the problems that face people throughout society. This movement would also understand the nation of Vietnam rather than allow the State Department and the Pentagon to use it as a "laboratory of experimentation". ...

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Known by the common person as an American defeat, the Vietnam War has scarred our country with past mistakes but necessary lessons learned. Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. We failed to accomplish the goals we created in the beginni...

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Attaining Justice Prejudice, racism, and sexism have all been issues that have plagued the United States. These three issues all connect with the idealism of justice. Though each has a distinct meaning, they are interlinked by the struggles and hardships a common group went through to attain e...

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Equality for All Since the birth of the United States, African-Americans have continued the fight for equality in America. From 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified to the 1965 passage of the Voting Rights Act, African-Americans have seen an increase in their legal rights; but the laws ...

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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. ... The black codes were aimed at stopping the movement of equality in the "de jure" sense, demonstrated by the vagrancy laws which saw homeless unemployed black Americans arrested and fined. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Third, it "expanded and reorganized" the executive office and made it the head and uncontested leader of the government. ... Combined with the civil rights movement and the war on poverty, many American thought that Johnson was giving too much importance to African Americans and other minorities; this caused antagonism toward Johnson and liberal government... (17) The African American leaders were insulted because they said the Report saw black families as unstable, and it viewed white families as "normal" and the bar for all people to measure up to. ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School