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…for to begin with. With the Civil War in the United States, everyone said the war was about states’ rights when the deeper meaning of the war was mostly about the slavery of African -Americans. No war, of course, is a good war but some have to be fought…

…The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the oldest, largest and strongest civil rights organization in the United States. The principal objective of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic…

…to forgive me."(King) King also believed that all people should be treated with equality and fairness; anything less was unjust. This became the basis for the Civil Rights Movement. The fairness King sought was one value that allowed King's followers to have so…

…The Romans and Greeks both gave many things to Western Civilization. Although the Romans copied many aspects Greek culture, they also made distinct contributions. Greece had the first democracy. All citizens could participate in the government…

…. Discrepancies came about in many elements of the social structure. Women and citizenship were two of the main discrepancies. In Greece, women were viewed as property and had very few civil rights; often if, a child was born a female, she would be left to die…

…in the postwar south, I would follow Du Bois as his views were more satisfying and would prove to be a more effective way to pursue the goals of achieving recognition of the civil and political rights promised by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments…

…. Considered one of the more radical African Americans of his time Du Bois was instrumental in the early civil rights movement in this nation, including helping establish the NAACP. In this book, The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois suggests that the time…

…that whenever in any State civil or political rights or privilege shall be denied or abridged on account of race or color, all persons of such race or color shall be excluded from the basis of representation or taxation." Ratification of the document took…

…in the African American Civil Rights movement. He knew that racism could not be ended with violent protest; on the contrary, he advocated love and peaceful means of protest. Because of his background as a minister, King inspired the African American community…

…commanded these black officers, while in some cases, black troops were integrated with French troops once they arrived in Europe. During the civil rights era, a group called the Black Panther Party was extremely active in promoting civil rights for the black…