People say it helps them identify with their roots and their culture. ... After World War II the economy shot up with the growth of suburbs and consumerism. ... So organizations try to shape and mold our world. ... The answer I think brings us back to the definition of culture as encompassing the abstract things such as religion, art and other abstract things. ... When we apply it to the titles that different people use it is clear that they are trying to connect to their ancestry. ...

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Freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, and of fair and equal treatment are the basic civil rights. ... The old Jim Crow laws governed all aspects of their existence, from the schoolroom to the rest room. ... The civil rights movement during the late 1800's and early 1900's provided the foundations for the current civil rights laws achieved throughout the 1960's. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and...

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