., emphasized the need for civil liberties, while events such as Rosa Park's seat refusal, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Women's Political Caucus, and the establishment of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee sparked the onset of the Civil Right's Movement. ... This order in return created the Executive Order 9981, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, and Order 9980, which became known as the Fair Employment Board that restricted employers to discriminate against it's employees. ... Rosa Parks became a renowned blac...

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On December first, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up a bus seat in Montgomery. ... However, the bus company agreed to the first demand only. ... Segregation on buses ended the next day. ... Commonwealth of Virginia prohibited segregation on interstate buses. A 1960 ruling banned segregation in bus terminals that served interstate routes. ...

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In the south bathrooms, movie theathers, bus seats, train seats, and drinking fountains were often indicated for blacks or whites. ... In disregard of the court decision, there was no legal way to make sure the services was always equal. ... He told people to stop using the buses until they treated blacks and whites To What Extent 5 ...

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Black women eventually earned college and graduate degrees and sought full time employment in higher rates than either black men or white women, while maintaining a community service ethic. ... Robinson led the Women's Political Council, which plotted strategy for a one-day bus boycott in Montgomery following Rosa Parks' arrest. The Council was able to recruit clergy to lend their churches for mass meetings and was able to tap into a new minister in town, Martin Luther King, Jr., to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association, which would coordinate the larger Montgomery Bus Boycotts...

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Since the Civil Rights Movement began, there have been policies and procedures put in place to help ensure females and people of minority backgrounds can obtain an education, receive public contracts, and have access to a variety of services that some in our society take for granted. ... The benefits of racial and gender diversity may be most obvious in the educational and human service areas. ... Women of all races have increased their share of professional position in corporations and there would be no women police officers, fire-fighters, bus drivers or construction workers without affirm...

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Abiding by the store policy the establishment refused to service these men who later became known as the "Greensboro Four". ... People drove in and arrived by bus from all parts of the country to take part in this march, in fact it was reported that over 2,000 buses, 21 special trains, 10 chartered airlines were used to bring people in. ...

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For instance, take the Birmingham Bus System Boycott led by Rosa Parks and Dr. ... In an ABC News story, "tens of thousands of Verizon Communications workers went on strike early today, after unions for phone repair technicians, customer service representatives and cable installers failed to agree on a new contract with the telecommunications company," [Ali11] and this highlights how the conglomerate (upper class) attempts to exert force over the working class. ...

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Through persistence, African Americans were able to pass the Civil rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, along with many more legal achievements1. ...

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