The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation were major triumphs for the Civil Rights Movement. ... Since the 1960's, congressional support for civil rights legislation has grown so much that labeling a bill a civil rights measure now almost guarantees its passage. ... As the democrats came in to power, more Bills concerning civil rights were passed. Between 1957 and 1968, five civil rights bills were passed. ... Because the popularity of civil rights was growing, more legislation was passed in favor of civil rights. ...

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The civil rights movement could not have succeeded in the streets of the south without legislative help from the bureaucrats in Washington D.C. ... He did this based upon the recommendations of a committee on civil rights, which he had established in 1946. ... Blacks were routinely beaten, jailed, and killed in the south for attempting to gain equal rights. ... Throughout the civil rights movement, the US government tried to respond calmly and rationally to a topic that was not calm or rational. ... The civil rights movement would claim hundreds, if not thousands of lives, but in the end, ...

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However civil disobedience destroys them. ... For example, In Gezi park movement, similar problems occur between people who different idea about this protest and people were decomposed from each other. ... As a result of these, It ıs true to say that civil disobedience is an undemocratic movement because of causing violation. ... Yet, there is a fact that actually, civil disobedience can be seen as claiming rights by people. ... In some situation civil disobedience can be legally true nonviolent movement. ...

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An ideal government, according to John Locke, acts to protect its citizens' inalienable rights, specifically those in regard to property ownership. ... The movement was founded in 1959, originally as the Boycott Movement, until 1960 when it was named the Anti-Apartheid Movement. The movement campaigned for an end to Apartheid in South Africa. ... This movement shows us how strong the voice of the citizens can be. ... Same goes for the Anti-Apartheid movement. ...

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Martin Luther King was an American religious and civil rights leader who achieved many great things in his life. ... He was a man who changed civil rights for African Americans. ... His involvement with the church influenced his approach to the civil rights movement and he based his non-violent ideas on Christian teachings of love, goodness and forgiveness. In USA during the 1950's and 1960's Martin Luther King was the main leader of the civil rights movement. ... King started his civil rights activities with a protest of Montgomery's segregated bus system in 1955. ...

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Throughout American history women have fought hard against many political issues, from the women's suffrage movement to fair pay. ... This organization was created to aware women of their limited opportunities and unites them to strengthen their rights. ... Many who first started this organization had played a big part in the Civil Rights movement and now it was time to fight for women's inequality. ... The idea of uniting together to get a point across can also be seen in the Civil Rights movement. ... It is always the right time to fight for what is inherently yours, law protects...

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The Progressives were people who were part of a movement that started in the cities. ... One way this group wanted to expand the rights of the citizens was to create laws that would allow prepositions for laws on the ballot. ... Another group of Progressives were the women's rights advocates. ... These clubs gave women organizational and civil experience. ... There were two subgroups in this part of the Progressive movement. ...

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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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The revolution changed a wealth oriented country into a country of equal rights and power. This movement changed world views on government, human rights, and just reality in general. ... The most anciently held, general belief being that the movement was caused by the changing social and economic role of the french middle class within the society. ... They created the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen." in an attempt to protect the commoners well-being. Other results were social changes, giving everyone equal civil rights. ...

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This brought democracy closer to the people in the absence of civil society and independent interest groups. Community mobilization also became a means of empowerment of more social groups such as the unification of Dalits under Scheduled Caste movement culminating in the formation of a political party and rich rural peasantry mobilising through the demands of reservation for Other Backward Castes. While casteism has been a negative force in Indian politics it has also seen a decline due to the expansion of private space and maturation of civil society groups with secular demands (such as the ...

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Nonvoting Among College Students In the 1960's, controversial worldly issues created a situation in which most American college students became politically aware. Issues such as the civil rights movement, the JFK assassination, and the Cold War gave students a reason to become involved in politic...

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Jackson saw the bank as a weapon against states rights, increasing the economic power of the national government. ... Jackson wasn't the only influential Jacksonian who was responsible for the movement towards equality. ... When the Women's right movement first began Jackson was a supporter of the cult of domesticity. ... This, some may say, could have contributed to the start of the United States' bloodiest war ever, the Civil War. ...

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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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