The government passed laws that were more restrictive and harsh, and the movement of the African National Congress (ANC) responded with violence. In 1952, the government passed a law called the Natives Act. ... The government was an increase of restriction due to apartheid for they just restricted the old law they had called Pass Laws. The Natives Laws humiliated the blacks. ... The Blacks on the other hand also grew more violent and mad about the idea of apartheid and the Native Act, for they were infuriated that the government would take a law that was already despised and make it harsh...

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The fist racial discrimination laws were passed in 1931 with the pass-laws. ... In 1953 the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the Criminal Law Amendment Act (CLAA) were passed which allowed the government to declare a state of emergency and increase penalties for protesting or support the repeal of law. ... In 1960 a large group of black people refused to carry their pass-books in Sharpville and the government declared a state of emergency allowing them to attack the non-violent protest. ... The PSA and CLAA laws were frequently used on non-violent protests including a non-violent protest among yo...

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The federal government attempted to use many laws to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves, such as the Civil rights Act of 1866, which gave African Americans the right of citizenship and forbade other states from passing their own discriminatory laws. ... In the end, although the laws may have seemed like they failed or brought grief to the newly freed slaves, I feel the laws saved lives, and yet gave the African Americans a new feeling that they were a part of their country and mattered because they able to vote. I happen to think the laws passed to protect the rights of freed s...

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It has happened from not only civilians but from people with power in the government. ... "In the covenant of marriage, she is becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master – the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.... King died trying to make that dream come true and it is our duty, and the government's, to fulfill his dream. ... In conclusion, the government needs to uphold their duty to protect the rights of all American people. ... Women's rights weren't the only unjust actions of the government. ...

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The idea of reparations has become a growing concern for government officials. ... However, only African Americans had the laws that forced them to be demoralized. ... The government should have given an apology long ago about slavery. ... No present government officials were around 250 years ago. ... The government did do the things that were stated and these actions were wrong. ...

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Social developments that led to the revolution include the expansion of industry, the federal government gaining more power, and the first welfare system in America. ... By having a national currency, it could be easier to maintain the government; state authority does not come before federal authority. ... Although the federal government had these laws in place, that does not mean that people followed them. ... Now that the federal government had more power, there was a chance for ex-slaves to gain more rights and a higher status within society. ... The federal government could create Amendm...

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Equal Under Law? Even though the Constitution states that every man is equal under the law, this is not true. ... Based on the events told in To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee does not believe that all men are equal under the law. ... Bob Ewell is white trash and lives of government money-which he uses on alcohol anyway. ... Harper Lee believes that all men are not equal under the law, and that there is always discrimination and prejudice based on race. ...

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These laws were designed to control and suppress the freedom of blacks. ... These rules were called Jim Crow Laws. ... The Jim Crow Laws were the most immoral laws supported by the US legislation in history. ... In New Orleans, a law was adopted which segregated black and white prostitutes. ... Their only outlet of these absurd conditions was to get some kind of representation in government, but the intolerant whites would not allow it. ...

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With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized. ... Non-compliance with the race laws was dealt with harshly. ... In 1953, the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act were passed, which empowered the government to declare stringent states of emergency and increased penalties for protesting against or supporting the repeal of a law. ... Wielding the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, the white regime had no intention of changing the unjust laws of apartheid. ... The government then declared a state of emergency a...

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Law separated blacks and whites. ... They issued a series of laws to keep the blacks down and away, but available for work. ... Below are the most important apartheid laws, together with a brief description... (Black and White in South Africa, Le May) The government was putting harsher laws to keep the blacks down, and ensure the continued domination of whites. ... In 1986 the pass laws were abolished. ...

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Malan was elected into the government in 1948, and he put the apartheid into play. ... This included the law that whites could not marry nonwhites. ... Only the Africans had to go by the unjust laws, and face harsh punishment if they laws were to be broken. ... In 1951 the Bantu Authorities Act set aside land that each African was assigned to by the government. ... The citizens overcame the harsh laws, and rebuilt their lives. ...

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Another example given is that of a male teacher who did not receive his promotions due to the same law. ... They feel that this law is unfair, taking away more gifts that I can give to myself or my family. ... The government indeed did make the law of affirmative action for the people; but do the high office holders truly believe in what they promote? ... Herzberger, the debate is whether the government truly believes in their laws or if they are simply using it as campaign fuel. ... This law sets quotas that puts a race above the other. ...

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The old Jim Crow laws governed all aspects of their existence, from the schoolroom to the rest room. ... The civil rights movement during the late 1800's and early 1900's provided the foundations for the current civil rights laws achieved throughout the 1960's. ... In the South, the Jim Crow laws emerged, segregating blacks in public places, including hotels and restaurants. ... Ferguson (1896), Jim Crow Laws, and the ignorance of black voting rights. ... Government jobs an...

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In the south, Reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy, establishing new state and local governments and a new social structure between whites and newly freed African Americans. ... "For example, in Mississippi there was a law that allowed sheriffs to hire out the labor of prisoner Negros who could not pay their fines; this law was especially controversial in the North because it appeared to be a step toward the re-enslavement of the blacks. ... The laws would discourage the African American of being vagrant and idle by restricting his mobility. The laws were supposed to strengthen hi...

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The indigenous government of the former colony reached into Africa's glorious past to rename themselves Ghana. ... The colonial governments in western universities educated an elite class of Africans. ... Liberia is unique among African nations in that a colonial government has never controlled it. ... The British government paid owners for their slaves, but the Boers complained the payments were too small. ... Pass Laws required non-whites to carry a "pass" to prove they had permission to travel in white areas. ...

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The delegates drew up laws and designed a flag. ... Imperial government opposed Garvey's ideas and "The Negro World."" ... Spies for the government also joined UNIA to keep track of his every move. ... The main focus of the PPP were: self-government for Jamaica, a minimum wage for workers, land reform, and 8-hour work day, free secondary education, a public library system, encouragement of local industries, protection for nave labor, a law to punish judges who act unfairly, politics, and race. The PPP's law to punish judges who acted unfairly got Garvey into trouble. ...

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Derrida says "France has had a certain tendency to portray itself as being more open to political refugees in contradiction to other European countries, but the motives behind such a policy of opening up to the foreigner have, however, never been "ethical"- in the sense of the moral law or the law of the land-, or, indeed law of hospitality. ... John Rawls book The Laws of Peoples; he describes the basic features of these peoples. ... For liberal peoples have a certain moral character Rawls states "Like citizens in domestic society, liberal peoples are both reasonable and rational, and thei...

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African-Americans pleaded with the government to do something to stop the lynching. "The government which had made the Negro a citizen found itself unable to protect him. ... The introduction of the Jim Crow laws did not help the lynching any. ... The Jim Crow laws made it even harder to suppress the lynching and hate of the white man towards the African-Americans. ... Between 1890 and 1940 some states passed Anti-Lynching laws. ...

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The reason for that being was the fact that they ran most of the cities or governments. ... If you did not follow the law you had to pay the price. ... They use the government and courts to get their voices heard. ... He went to government leaders and went against dominant groups and told to desegregate. ... They displayed that the same laws that was holding the people down would be the same laws to put the up one-day. ...

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The constitution and government and state regulations prohibit any open attack or assault on blacks. ... There are a lot of black people working for the government in the USA. This means that the federal states and the government believes in the black people and trusts them with high importance jobs. ... The solution could be for the government to make better laws for black people. These laws should cover every area of daily and general life. ...

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With out any opposition from the blacks and the unity of the strong central government there was no need to create a laws constricting the power of the Afro Brazilian population. ... Natives were given the hope that if the British won they would be given their freedom and a say in the new government. ... Once slavery was abolished South Africa developed Apartheid which was a centrally based form of segregation and Jim Crow laws. South Africa was more of a centrally power based government rather than a regionally based or state based government like the United States form of federalism. ... Eve...

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On the other hand, other presidents wrote these words: "When the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe", and "No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free none ever will", "The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral, and social being". I don't believe that the government should regulate this medium/industry in order to preserve the rights of our society and its members. ... He said that the First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other country, as far as he knows,...

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Another problem which was a significant disadvantage was the Jim Crow laws, named after a black character in a programme in that year. ... The other major problem was the schooling under the Jim Crow laws. ... The segregation in the army, however was ended on July 30th,1948.Another disadvantage was the Jim Crow laws (mentioned before).Although the Northern states weren't as bad in the racism department as the Southern states there was still the odd racist attack/remark in the Northern states. There were a lot of economical, political and social disadvantages made out by Jim Crow laws. ......

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A smart child, who took the wrong path as a youth, soon grew into an active student who looked to the law as his passion. It was through this passion for law that he would become influenced by the black voice in the community. ... We want trials by a jury of peers for all persons charged with so called crimes under the laws of this country. ... That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolis...

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It took a long time for America to reach a point where the laws protected all races from all kinds of discrimination and racism. But even though the laws protect us from being discriminated, they don't prevent us from ourselves. ... As in the 17th century, government does not protect them because they are illegal immigrants, repeating the history when the government approved the Dred-Scott. ... They are excellent workers and they will never protest because as black slaves, they are not protected by the laws of our country. ... Their governments are corrupt and make promises that they cann...

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