Faced with the emergence and reemergence of internal conflict, state elites in South Africa and the United States found the crutch of exclusion was too large if a benefit to ignore. ... As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US foreign Policy toward south Africa during the late 1950s was firstly, a growing civil rights movement striving for the political equality of African Americans ensured greater official attention to the issues of race in both domestic and international policies...Reverend Martin Luther King led a demonstration on D...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. ... Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. ... Few in this country would argue with the fact that the United States criminal justice system possesses discrepancies, which adversely affect Blacks in this country. ... Although numerous articles and books have been published devising means by which to reduce variance within ...

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The Civil Rights Movement in the American South in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most significant and successful social movements in the 20th century. ... This paper explores the connection between the Civil Rights Movement and the events of the Women's Liberation Movement, occurring in the 1970s-1980s. ... Similarly, important was the role black women on an individual level played in offering a model for white women to follow. Because black men had a harder time finding employment, black women had a history of working outside the home while balancing their role as a mother. ... The ...

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"(Stasio) However, despite this presumed irrelevance in the 21st century, the book is still banned in a number of schools and prisons across the southern United States. There are different reasons stated for the permanent or temporary removal of "A Time to Kill" from the libraries; when asked about the book banning in his home state of Mississippi, John Grisham himself assumed that it was because of the "graphic rape scene" in the first chapter. ... Most white protagonists, however, are working in white-collar jobs. ... "(Report of The Sentencing Project to the U...

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