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…of the color of their friends' skins, blacks were unable to enter the theater with their friends. Because of incidents like this, Moody got involved with the Civil Rights Movement while in college. She joined the NAACP, CORE, and SNCC to help blacks in the south…

…in the United States. Once the Brown decision was handed down, the African-American community placed pressure on the legal and political system to bring an end to state-supported segregation in all public facilities through the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil…

…Ella Baker To document Ella Baker's life is to recount the history of the civil rights movement. Whenever there was a cause to fight for or a group to organize, this dedicated women was there. Ella was born 1903, she grew up and received her…

…under law as are granted to spouses in a marriage (www.thefreedictionary.com). <Tab/>Some politicians support Civil Unions, but not gay marriage. What exactly does this mean? Some even say they support equal rights for gays and lesbians…

…States. Dr. King, like Thoreau, was willing to suffer for his views, especially when he found himself faced with disciplinary laws denying civil rights to all citizens. King used peaceful sit-ins and rallies to unite the black community. Blacks were forced…

…and property, but also with the right of freedom to choose one's own religious beilef. Locke holds that the use of force by the state to get people to hold a certain belief or engage in certain ceremonies or practices is illegitimate. The chief means which the civil…

…of a superior race. White Supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan acting in biased behaviour taunted Negroes to defy the racism. This led to the establishment of Civil Rights organisations, primarily symbolised by Martin Luther King Jr. Segregation laws were…

…Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, the federal and southern state/local government battled each other on many issues. When the federal government set mandates, often times the southern state/local government had much resistance with complying…

…because the church is far too conservative, the Church may become extreme and the Church may attempt to take away civil rights. First, Church and State should be separate because the Church is far too conservative. The country may become weaker, because…

…white extremist such as the Ku Klux Klan. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with other leaders of the Civil Rights movement, rose to the occasion to help make this so-called "great nation" into a nation that was worthy of being called great by bringing…