Ho Chi minh one of the most well known Vietnamese because of his leading role in the war between North and South Vietnam known as Vietnam war. ... Eventually led to the escalation and official documentation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam National liberation front- it was formed in 1960 to effect the overthrow of south Vietnamese government and the reunification of north and south Vietnam. ... It must be made by the governments and by the people of the states affected by those wars not by America. Rosa Parks- black American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat5...

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The Civil War is important because it affected African Americans and their future in America. ... Slavery had become a common practice, which began in the late 1400's, when the North and South America began receiving shipments of slaves from Africa. ... She traveled to their air base in southern Italy, from where the "Tuskegee Airmen- flew sorties into southern Europe and North Africa (Memory). ... The most famous sit-in was in 1960 when four freshmen from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro strolled into the F.W. ... Two weeks later similar demonstrations h...

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The civil rights movement is understood to be a popular movement that aimed to secure equal access to basic United States of America (US) citizenship privileges for African Americans. ... King mobilised the African-American community within the movement. ... In 1963, the governor of Alabama, George Wallace attempted to deny American American's enrolment into the University of Alabama(Austin,2003). ... This organisation expanded and reached African Americans in college. ... These sit-ins were done at a segregated department store's lunch counter in North Carolina called Woolworth&#x...

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African American History It is often taught that the social and economic conditions of African Americans have been one of America's greatest struggles. ... The first African brought to the English colonies in North America came on a Dutch privateer that landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in August 1619. ... African Americans has come a far way. ... African Americans achievements continued when L. ... In 1983 Vanessa Williams became the first African American to win the Miss America Contest. ...

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In summary, the Vietnam War led to a new type of counterculture that sparked American youths' interest in politics and social justice while the Civil Rights movement was becoming successful in tearing down white supremacy; both being turning points in American society. The war in Vietnam began because America was taking a stand in the fight against communism. Viet Cong were North Vietnamese who were in favor of communism while the South Vietnamese were democrats supported by America. ... Therefore, much of the public was turned against the war; some Americans fled to avoid the draft whi...

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Diem was against peace discussions with the North. ... Martin Luther King also brought up the point of how the war affected Americas poor. ... America concentrated more on war than helping the poor advance. ... King also visited ghettos in North America. ... In order for America to get on the right side of the world revolution, we would have to be less arrogant and materialistic and more concerned about people less fortunate than ourselves. ...

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Racial oppression was brought to white Americans as black Americans fought for equal rights during the Civil Rights Movement. The North was embarrassed and ashamed that the South ignored and resisted the change. ... This was a time when millions of black Americans from the South moved up to the urban North. ... He did not include that of only the injustices of black Americans, but of all Americans. ... Protests and boycotts affected business for white Americans, to whom the black Americans were fighting against. ...

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North Americans felt sympathetic for black southerners. ... These activities meant it was time for change, the world was changing its views and the way different people were treated, and America was the only country that was still holding on past customs. ... Due to the non-violent protests, which fueled tempered reactions from White Southerners, in particular Northerners, who were sympathetic for black Southerners and supported the movement, viewed these opposing protestors as immoral, black Americans were labeled victims and had a moral high ground. ... Black Americans feeling so passion...

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Nixon on the other hand was looked on as the patsy of America before and during his presidency. ... Both said that Johnson was doing two things that were hurting America. ... Kennedy's main point in his campaign was to bring together the minorities of America and call for civil rights. ... Kennedy would call for the war to be ended, with him saying that peace talks should start to take place between North and South Vietnam. ... The election in 1968 would be one that would bring many thoughts to the surface of the American people. ...

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The national media event dramatized the seriousness of the desegregation for many Americans. ... Within days sit-ins had spread throughout North Carolina, and within weeks were taking place in cities across the South. From the Sit-ins sprang the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), founded in April 1960 in Raleigh, North Carolina by Ella Baker. ... One of the earlier organizations was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), founded in 1942 to challenge segregation in public accommodations in the North. ... It was an inspirational speech that defined what America should be. ...

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The protest was started when an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person. ... After her arrest, all African Americans were told to boycott the bus system. ... On Monday December 5 none of the African Americans used the buses, but instead used alternate transportation. ... "On Feb. 1, 1960, four black students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair Jr., sat down at the counter of a Woolworth's and asked to be served" (Douglass). ... During the 1950s and...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. ... When America was discovered in 1492, Europeans soon realised that Africans were more able to work in the hot sun than native Americans and were also easier to identify as slaves than ...

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It was an ongoing, coast to coast effort demanding freedom and equality for African Americans who had been denied many basic American rights. ... By the end of the decade African Americans were given the full rights as all other Americans and thus began the adjustment to the changes the Civil Rights Movement brought. ... On February 1st at 4:30 pm four students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat down at a whites only lunch counter inside a Woolsworth's Department Store in Greensboro, North Carolina and requested to be served. ... This speech is one of ...

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August 28, 1963 will be forever remembered by every American. ... Although freedom to all, including blacks, was the main theme of his speech, the way in which he kept referring to it is what made the real statement; his use of many states of the south, along with his referral to some states and cities in the north. ... It gave every person who was listening, watching, or reading this speech, a picture to draw in their mind of the future America. ... I think since he so strongly believed in making a difference and changing the ways of American life, that, that is what made his speech so inf...

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The 1950's had some major protesting going on. The biggest ones were nuclear arms race, and the other was racial discrimination. The rights of minorities were taking the back burner for the nuclear arms. The civil rights movement started with things like the Plessy vs. Ferguson. This was a case ...

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When Angelou returned to the United States after a performances in Ghana while acting, she wrote several screenplays and became the first African-American woman to have a feature film adapted from one of her own stories. ... Some mentionable awards include The American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award in 1990, The Legacy Association National Award in 1996, The Humanitarian Contribution Award in 1997, The Alston/Jones International Civil & Human Rights Award in 1998, The Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature in 1999, The Presidential Medal of Arts 2000, and a Lifetime Memb...

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The influence of the African-American arts and writing gave James Baldwin the confidence to become an African-American writer. ... Baldwin's step father, David Baldwin, was a preacher who had followed the Great Migration North from his home in New Orleans in the 1920. ... Harlem was an area where many African-Americans resided. This was why many of them had migrated to the North from the South (Brach 1-2). ... Paris had long been open to American writers and African-American artists, and Baldwin was glad to be away from the chaotic drive of New York City. ...

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We were not in the South but you still have to be careful of what you said or did ever here in the North. ... He transformed the minds of millions and our rights were being enforced for African Americans. ... However the movement finally did product some positive results for African American. ... These were dangerous times for them both and they were brave enough to took it up on their selves to seek a change to the lives of African American. ... Our books would always come for a school on the north side or some white suburban. ...

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African Americans have overcome many struggles as well as obstacles in the early years which have still not been terminated. African Americans have fought for freedom from enslavement, the right to earn a living, have land and a job, have equal justice, good quality education, to escape from oppression, the right to self pride and an end to stereotyping. ... The rise of the modern civil rights movement began when a group of first- year students from North Carolina and Agricultural and Technical College decided to seat themselves at a segregated lunch counter and refused to leave until the were...

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All across America, the saying, "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" can be heard amongst the school children. ... Richard is so shocked that he had been selling such anti-Negro papers; he becomes conscious of the hatred in words being disseminated all throughout America, even in the Northern states. ... Richard found hope in moving to Northern states, but now he discovers the truth of how prejudice all of the states in America are. Richard had so much faith in the North, that he could not believe the words coming from the newspaper. ...

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The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. Yet, prior to the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans were still enslaved. ... Laws, called Black Codes, were imposed to severely restrict the rights of African Americans. ... In 1960, soon after a group of black students sat in a North Carolina restaurant until it closed without being served, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed. ... Many African Americans were outraged by the continued inferiority placed on people of color. ...

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Adult African Americans were seldom afforded titles of respect by whites, as described by Mr. ... Immediate relief from this oppression was found in the flight of millions of African-Americans to the North, commonly known as The Great Migration. ... No true democracy would result until the rights of African-Americans were placed back into their own hands. This American dissention was especially dangerous and important because of its un-American stance. ... Similar patterns occurred after World War II, when over a million and a half African Americans left the South. ...

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A word that has form American History, Especially during the 1900s, America has been through its up and downs because of segregation. ... The Ku Klux Klan became a driving racist force and Operated in over twenty-seven states in America with memberships over 100,000.The Ku Klux Klan was larger then any political party. ... They left the South and migrated to the North. They did that because they were trying to get more opportunities that were up North. ...

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As time went by the abolitionist movement had begun and caused an issue between the North and the South (Slavery in America, 2015). ... African Americans felt as if this law was not necessary and began to protest and fight for what they believed in, to have the same rights as White Americans do.  ... This act really did not end racial discrimination but it opened many opportunities for African Americans. Not all White American were happy when President Lyndon B. ... Even though it took time for some White Americans to get used to the changes, they eventually did.   ...

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Parks' act started a citywide boycott of the bus system by African-Americans that lasted for more than a year. ... In all, she is believed to have delivered approximately 300 persons to freedom in the North. ... The four people cited above played a very important role in American history. They are not acknowledged like other significant figures whom are not of the African-American race. They are all examples of courage, determination, and an inspiration for all Americans to remain free. ...

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