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…for racial justice. In December 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, Rosa parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger. She was arrested and civil rights leaders (including Dr. martin Luther King Jr.) organized a bus boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days…

…. By 1970, 40 percent of married women were working outside of the home in America. The civil rights movement tremendously helped the feminist movement with advent of the Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination based on race and sex. But at its height…

…The period of reconstruction was a time for change. This was a time to “reconstruct” the nation after the civil war. A huge part of this plan was to give the newly freed slaves to have equal rights in society. It didn’t exactly turn out as the “black…

…. Not until after the Civil War ended in 1865 did blacks begin to share in the most basic rights of citizenship. Three Constitutional amendments were passed and ratified between 1865 and 1870. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment…

…began to work for the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Along with Charles Houston, a mentor of Marshall's from Howard University, Thurgood won his first major civil rights case, in the summer of 1935…

…began to work for the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP). Along with Charles Houston, a mentor of Marshall's from Howard University, Thurgood won his first major civil rights case, in the summer of 1935…

…the institution of slavery and did not recognize the equal rights of women. Secondly there are black slaves, whose freedom was gained through the white people in the north gaining them their freedom through the civil war. This was perhaps the most outstanding…

…“He had a Dream” “I have a dream today.” This speech was given August 28, 1963, by one of histories most famous and influential civil rights activists of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King wanted nothing more than for the oppressed…

…. The right to bear arms has been a part of the U.S. history dating back to the signing of the Constitution amendments. Many people are not too ecstatic when a gun control law is passed because the government is taking away their civil rights. Having the right…

…<Tab/>In the Postclassical Era, the overall role of women and the roles they played in society began to change. The three major civilizations of China, Japan and the Mongol Empire were no exceptions. The everyday rights of women varied…