Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"" speech in comparison with George Wallace's inaugural address highlights the issue of segregation and seems to imply the philosophical views of the two men with regard to positive verses natural law, a subject's duty to obey the law, how law should or should not be used to promote the common good, the harm to others principle, and the roles paternalism, autonomy, and morality should play in determining the aims of law. ... King implies that until the morally unjust laws cease to be thrust upon generations of Negros they cannot be satisfied...

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During the late 19th century, local governments passed segregation laws that were known as the Jim Crow laws. ... These laws limited the civil liberties of the people that were affected by them mainly African-Americans, these laws also enlisted them to be inferior (Hall,2005). ... In 1954, the US Supreme Court had a landmark decision that ended racial segregation in public schools. ... The NAACP was seen as an important factor to the movement as they played a vital role in the organizational strength of the movement .The success of the Brown case can be seen in the city called Little Rock in 1...

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Busses, lunch counters, drinking fountains, schools, occupations, and neighborhoods were all segregated by law and were custom. ... Similarly, laws forbidding sex and marriage between people of different races were ended. ... Many Urban areas across the nation have become predominantly Black with poor housing and run-down, crumbling schools. Whites, on the other hand, have been fleeing to suburban areas of the country since the end of the Second World War where nice houses and newer schools are located throughout. ... Racial profiling has become common for most urban law enforcement, thus lead...

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He believes that by living in a society and accepting its benefits (such as protection, schools, markets and roads), one must also accept the burdens, and by receiving services from the government, an individual owes service to the government in return. ... Socrates believes that any person who would disobey these laws creates a deliberate attempt to weaken the laws, as well as the society that imposed them. ... For example, the Declaration of Conscience of 1950 broke the draft law by encouraging others to refuse to serve for the Vietnam War. ... The purpose of civil disobedience, in other ...

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In school, Martin was a very intelligent and thriving student, he graduated from Booker T. Washington high school, doing good enough to skip 2 grades and graduate at 15 and finished college, top of his class at 19, getting a Bachelor of Divinity following it up with becoming a minister just like his father, preaching tolerance and the Christian belief of loving your neighbor. ... Malcolm had many troubles his father was killed by a white mob and his mother institutionalized; although he was advanced in his studies and wanted to be a lawyer, he became discouraged by the discrimination and the r...

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Laws, called Black Codes, were imposed to severely restrict the rights of African Americans. ... From 1900 to 1920 full extension of segregation was exercised, not only in public transportation and schools, but in hospitals, churches, and jails as well. ... People were sent on trips to assess the implementation of anti-segregation laws in airports and in bus and train stations. Regardless of the laws, most of the time the freedom riders were received with brutality. ... Laws protecting the rights of minorities are still being passed today and will continue to be passed long into the future...

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Aquinas instilled that all human or positive laws were to be deduced by their compliance to the natural law. An unreasonable law is not a law, in the full feeling of the word. ... New Mexico State University stated that, "There are two natural law hypotheses around two distinct things: i) a natural law theory of ethical quality, or what's good and bad, and ii) a natural law theory of positive law, or what's lawful and unlawful.... Lawful positivism and the natural law theory of positive law are opponent perspectives about what is law and what is its connection to equity/profound...

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During the 1950s and 1960s several laws were passed in congress concerning black Americans and segregation, but whether the movement achieved a great deal is questionable. ... The source shows estimated figures of black people attending integrated schools in 11 southern states between 1957 and 1962, it also shows the percentage for this in December 1961. ...

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For example the rights to good jobs, schools, houses, as well as voting. ... Additionally, cause of these events the anti-segregation laws were passed in favour of the Black Americans and it gave the civil rights a huge boost. ... Little rock nine was movement that started off a nine young black students going into a white school. ... As before the schools were segregated which was a disadvantage to young black Americans student who wanted to educate themselves. ... The media portrayed white students as being racist and this meant people saw how black students where being treated and they saw ...

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King's speech was clearly about ending segregation in facilities, schools, and other services. ... The "Jim Crow" laws in the South were then abolished, and it became illegal to force segregation of races in schools, housing, or hiring (History). ... Thanks to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, people of different color are now able to attend the same schools, access the same facilities and share lives together. ...

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A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law. ...

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African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. This social movement looked to outlaw discrimination towards black Americans and obtain their right to vote. The movement did not turn to violence to get what they wanted, instead they demanded political and economic self-sufficiency. The movement was filled with major campaigns of civil resistance. ...

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