The organization was founded in 1909 as the NNC in an effort to renew the struggle for political and civil liberty among Blacks in a White America. ... This group has lead the way for many African Americans to have the same God given rights as White Americans in their own communities. They have also provided a sense of security among Black communities struggling for civil equality as they have been at the head of some of the most significant and effective systems of breaking down racial barriers in history. ... Also in 1948 President Truman signed the Truman Executve order stating that no Fede...

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As a result of these factors, many Republicans became affiliated with the Progressive Movement, a reform movement designed to assist the working class attain better working conditions in the form of religious fundamentalism. ... He states that it was clear to minorities that the Democratic Party was more supportive of civil rights versus Republicans due to their lack of voting support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ... According to Klarman (2004) the civil rights movement caused southerners to cling to the Republican Party and gave the Democratic Party mor...

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The anti-federalists flat out did not want anything to do with this new social contract that the founding fathers were drafting up because they felt it gave up all individual rights of citizens, so they compromised with the federalists in order to form the current Bill of Rights. ... The next stage of constitutional development is the Civil War Era, or it really should be called the Post-Civil War Era since everything significant that happened to the Constitution occurred after or as a result of the Civil War. ... As the Civil War Era came to an end, there wouldn't be any more major const...

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Born in the midst of the modern civil rights movement, affirmative action was originally a phrase in a government order demanding that employers look beyond traditional labor sources in order to recruit African Americans for jobs that had previously been closed to them.1 The link between affirmative action and civil rights was first made by John Kennedy in 1961, just months after taking office. ... By 1964, the movement for racial equality had gained more support, both in the government and private sectors alike. Because of this growing support a civil rights law was introduced in Congress....

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Michelle Alexander discusses how every progressive, national civil rights organization in the country have mobilized and taken affirmative action on the injustice brought to them by a corrupted and bias government. ... President Nixon, President Reagan, The 1960's, Civil Rights Movement, ACLU, The United States, and The Republican Party all help bring more of an explanation to the overall thesis. ... On page 42 it suggests, "To prevent the formal dismantling of the Jim Crow system, it proved highly effective in appealing to poor and working-class whites, particularly in the South, w...

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The FBI was able to know every single movement he said or made because they intercepted every type of communication he had. ... Upper Congressmen knowing the wiretapping happening four years ago, knowing it was unconstitutional, violating civil rights, but keeping in silence was more convenient for them, than 317 billion people's freedom. ... Even if he really does, the wiretapping is not the safest way for a country to investigate others, he is fighting civil rights. Civil Rights concerning citizen's privacy have reached its highest point. ... It is completely certain that all t...

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Another thing that prevents what's happening in Hong Kong in America is the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. ... In the U.S. there are millions Americans that support and follow the Constitution and Bill of Rights, that will fight for it or die trying. ... For example, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, led by black Americans, to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerate...

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As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights are a very intricate part of our existence. ... In response to the civil rights movement, President John F. ... In 1964 after this term was coined, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act increased the authority of affirmative action agents to institute quotas and preferential hiring to increase representation of minorities and to ameliorate discrimination. ... Although affirmative action in the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination within minority groups involving employment, it did not cover...

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But with the agreement that personal liberties would be addressed in the form of a bill of rights all states agreed to the new form of government. ... As far a government structure at that time it was relatively new and with the exception of the bill of rights and two additional amendments it remained static and can be described by a copy of the document itself. ... Carolina but those requirements were abolished before the Civil war. ... The party quick to seize in time for the Civil war was the modern Republican Party, which was mainly favored in the northern states. ... In this era relig...

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In attempt to calm part of the storm, President Lyndon Johnson requested and received the most comprehensive civil rights act in history. ... Thus began the next stage in the battle for civil rights. ... However, some civil rights groups had recovered from the famine they had been put through during the 80's. ... The new movement called for an improvement upon the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ... In reaction to several Supreme Court decisions, the Civil Rights Act of 1990 (although it was not passed until a year later) was written, "To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to restore and strength...

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At this moment, the word transformation invites a very positive notion of the growing progressive social movement in this country, the transformation of our national consciousness. We've seen the build up to this in the past civil rights movements of the post-World War II era. ... The movement towards a reclamation of our popular sovereignty is on the brink of success, only lacking in one important aspect. ... Those opposed to such a transformation understand this and have attempted to derail the movement by offering up wolves in sheep's clothing with catchphrases such as "I"m a u...

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The Anti-Federalist Party in particular claimed that unless certain rights were spelled out in a Bill of Rights, the government would easily take over these rights and abuse the people. ... In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War, including them under the umbrella phrase "all persons born or naturalized in the United States.... Prohibition was a movement started by Protestant congregations and women's groups who wished...

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This attempt to level the playing field and reestablish constitutional rights was a step in the right direction, but the issue itself seemly gets lost in a system that is slow to bring about change. ... To further muddy the waters claims of "reverse discrimination" create more controversy and slow the momentum of the movement. ... The implementation of affirmative action has lost momentum and awaits a passionate movement that will bring about social change. ... Democrats lambasted Bush's decision "to continue to side with those who oppose civil rights and oppose diversity in this coun...

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A wave of middle- class social reformers followed Riis, namely Jane Addams, leader of the settlement house movement who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889, Florence Kelley, who pioneered laws to protect consumers, workers, and women, and John Dewey, who believed that, "...education was the fundamental process of social progress and reform" (Orr 10/01/02). ... The New Deal's foundation was quite similar to that of the Progressive movement: to uplift the very poor while exposing the corruption of the wealthy. ... The first legislative attempt to destroy corruption within government ran...

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Reformers in this era detected the harmful effects of the industrial revolution and sought to resolve controversy regarding women's rights, child labor, monopolies, and other important issues of the time. ... During this era, the African American population was still segregated and President Roosevelt as well as reformers failed to overcome racism and incorporate blacks in the civil rights movement. ...

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For instance in 2011, it became a public policy when the then President of Ghana, President John Mills decided not to do anything about the Cote d'Ivoire civil war. ... The President shall report to parliament at least once a year all the steps taken to ensure the realization of the policy objectives contained in this chapter and, in particular, the realization of basic human rights, a healthy economy, the right to work, the right to good health care and he right to education ( article 34:2). ... In case the President wants to travel outside the country, even though he enjoys the freedom ...

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In the world we live in, vast impersonal forces are making for the centralization of power and a regimented society" (Huxley, Education for Freedom, para. 2). The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which originally formed as a branch of Al-Qaeda in 2006, has been responsible for the killing, enslaving, and raping of thousands of Iranian and Syrian civilians. The main countries involved in ISIS' threats are the United States, the United Kingdom, Iran, and Syria, although the United Nations has showed drastic support in relief efforts. Throughout the whole ordeal, media has been ...

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