One of the main leaders of the movement for the defense of the right civiler and important defender of the not violent resistance to the repression racial. ... The boycott of Montgomery was an evident victory of the not violent protest and King arose like a leader very respected. Consciences of it, the black clergymen of all the South founded the south Christian Conference of Leaders (SCLC), being chosen King their president. ... However, at the beginning of 1967, King had associated the leaders of the movement against the war, independently of its color. ... Martin Luther King wa...

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Currently, affirmative action may be said to be a child of the civil right's movement, which began with Mr. ... Although the program was first initiated for positive purposes, any new form of movement, which involves favouritism of a certain race, comes along with the glaring eyes of a distrustful nation. ... The Bakke decision further reinforced the thriving white opposition to "reverse discrimination", but did not weaken the strength of the affirmative action movement. "You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying, now you are free to go where you ...

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The book portrays her fight from when she was a small child on a plantation farm until she became a great civil rights leader in Mississippi. ... It shows life in a Mississippi town during the civil rights movement of the 1940's and 1950's. ...

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The leaders of the twenty-first century, whoever they are, he states, must motivate, activate, and invigorate us for a freer, more stable America. He says: "We need leaders-neither saints nor sparkling television personalities-who can situate them- selves within a larger historical narrative of this country and our world, who can grasp the complex dynamics of our peoplehood and imagine a future grounded in the best of our past, yet who are attuned to the frightening obstacles that now perplex us...". ... Bell has in the past and continues in this text to see...

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While in prison, Malcolm read widely and developed an interest in the Nation of Islam, a Black Nationalist religious movement whose members were known as Black Muslims. Malcolm studied the teachings of the leader of the Black Muslims, Elijah Muhammad, who advocated an independent black state. ... His personal journey from petty criminal to spiritual leader was unique. ...

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In 1960, the Pan-African Congress leaders organized nationwide peaceful demonstrations against 'pass laws' that restricted individual freedom. ... Steve Biko, a leader of black consciousness, once said "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed"(Document 5). ... Biko's death promised great sorrow within the anitiapartheid movement and he is remembered as a martyr. ... A great leader once said that he was willing to die for a cause he truely believes in. This great leader was an inspiration to those who wanted to end apartheid. ...

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Portrayed as both extremely intelligent and charismatic, Derek entices many young whites, to join the movement. ... As punishment for submitting an essay on Hitler's Mein Kampf for an assignment on a civil rights leader, Principal Sweeney ordered Danny to attend a daily history seminar with him entitled "American History X". ...

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Although they were a thorn in the black's side they fell in power when a KKK leader was jailed for the rape and torture of a young black woman. ... Blacks were also forced to live in the "ghettos" of cities.The northern states of the U.S.A still suffered from racism and segregation but not on the level of the South states.The Civil rights movement made a big leap forward when the Government made segregation illegal and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.These 2 events gave the Civil Rights 2 stepping stones towards the Civil Rights they so badly wanted. ...

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They helped get a message across to many African Americans at the time of the civil rights movement. ... Langston Hughes was a leader in this battle of equality for all people, and he will be a role model for all people who are oppressed by society. ...

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The Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK can be separated into different periods, each period led by a different leader. ... Suddenly everyone, including their new leader, wanted to be involved in such a daring and exciting organization. ... Simmons and the top leaders grew enormously rich by charging members a ten-dollar initiation fee, one-dollar monthly fee and six dollars and fifty cents for a white robe and hood. ... The government has taken action against the KKK for many years, especially during the Civil Rights Movement. ...

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Both are synonymous with black and equal rights and the civil rights movement of the 1950's and early 60's. ... Influenced By Mahatma Gandhi and the victory Gandhi gained with his non-violent civil disobedience policy, Martin as an African American leader, urged his people to act in a civil well mannered way; but to resist oppression, a hybrid method of "fighting back the system" while showing that African Americans can have eloquence and defy violent negative stereotypes; he called it nonviolent resistance. ... With the gift of commentary and the power to influence and mov...

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Derek developes his hate from his father murder, so now he becomes the leader of a local white power mevement. ... The workers employed in the store were also vandalized, the white power movement beat the workers and vandalized the store. ...

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Carrie Hughes, a prominent activist in the Abolitionist Movement, had big dreams of becoming an actress, but her dreams were as well crushed by racism. ... After a Russian leader that Hughes admired signed a treaty with Hitler, he broke all ties that he had with the Communists, leading him out of the radical politics that he once believed in (Berry 36). ... His funeral was attended by nearly three hundred writers, musicians, and black political leaders (Berry 43). ...

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America proclaimed the idea of, "all men are equal," in the Constitution. "All men," however did not include African Americans. Ever since the Civil War, they were strongly discriminated against and had limited freedoms compared to white people. Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist leader le...

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