It highlights the significance of this landmark case for the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation and also focuses on the global impact of the case. ... For example, Mae Mallory, a New York City parent and Civil Rights Movement leader, complained about unequal conditions in New York City segregated schools and initiated a successful lawsuit on Brown's principles (Weiner 55-61). ... The boycott inspired other bus boycotts and, more importantly, it legitimized a new form of racial protest which further opened the way for the Civil Rights Movement (Brinkley 902-903). Cook claims that th...

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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 1960's were a time of movement and struggle for the Chicanos in the United States. ... Their patience held up no more so they all joined together in the walkouts that brought attention to the problems to local parents and leaders. The walkouts eventually gained national attention and began to attract many leaders in support of their beliefs such as Robert Kennedy who was a prominent leader of Civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr. ... Along with Castro, the FBI pinpointed many of the student leaders and other community members as subversives and conspirators. ...

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However, do they have the right to exclude potential leaders that are avowed homosexuals just based on their sexual orientation and not their personal dexterity or aptitude. ... When assimilating this issue with the issue of excluding homosexual leaders, the Boy Scouts do not exclude atheists or agnostics because they"re atheist or agnostic it's because their beliefs and values do not match that of the organization of Scouting. ... It pains the Boy Scouts of America that so many people do not understand the reasoning of not allowing homosexuals to be leaders in scouting units. .....

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According to the editors of the learning kit, Joadson was a black abolitionist ( in the movie he is played by Morgan Freeman) who aided John Quincy Adams in the defense of 53 Negroes and their leader Cinque ( who led the revolt against the ship), before the Supreme Court. ... Which only discusses African American history when it comes to slavery or the civil rights movement. ...

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Equality for All Since the birth of the United States, African-Americans have continued the fight for equality in America. From 1865 when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified to the 1965 passage of the Voting Rights Act, African-Americans have seen an increase in their legal rights; but the laws ...

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The shy, somewhat soft-spoken Mildred became a reluctant activist in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's when she and her husband, Richard Loving, successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage. ... The leader of the intruders, Sheriff R. ...

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The term "war on drugs," first coined by former President Richard Nixon over 30 years ago, is the name of a movement to hinder drug abuse in America. ... While Bush may have been able to arrest or kill several prominent drug leaders during his administration, the cocaine output in the Andes Mountains increased by fifteen percent (2Gray 117). ...

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In "The Working Men's Declaration of Independence," (Doc A) George Henry Evans, a leader in the American Workers" Movement, basically states that he feels that the working class is treated in a much worse way than the upper classes. ...

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