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…Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. were civil right activists who took a form of action to obtain equal rights amongst their society. Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to serve the Indian population after failing to establish a legal…

…the constitution can become altered. In the mid 19th century through the years of 1860 – 1877, America endured a great revolution through a Civil War. Social and Constitutional developments in equal rights led to this revolutionary period that would forever change…

…a decade after the end of the Civil War, devoted her life to ensuring the right to education and freedom from discrimination for black Americans. Bethune believed that through education, blacks could begin to earn a living in a country that still opposed racial…

…could sit on the bus and anywhere they wanted. The boycott brought King (only in his twenties) national attention as one of the most powerful leaders of the civil rights movement. Consequently, this put him in danger when in 1956, his home was bombed…

…"Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a clearly written essay that explains the reasons behind, and the methods of nonviolent civil disobedience, and gently expresses King's disappointment with those who are generally supportive of equal rights for African…

…website. 1999. http://members.tripod.com/~Andrew_Dehart/index-4.html. All rights reserved. Morris, James M, Dr. America’s Armed Forces: A History. Second Edition. Chapter 5. pg 121-125 Personal Notes. Civil War Lecture. American Military History 380…

…MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. On January 19th, 1929, in the big city of Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr., the man who would forever change the course of the civil rights movement for blacks in America, was born. On this day, the man who would…

…Thurgood Marshall was America's leading radical. He led a civil rights revolution in the 20th century that forever changed the history of the American society. However, he is the least well known of the three leading black figures of this century…

…, blacks would give up demands for social equality and civil rights. His message to the Negro was that political and social equality were less important to immediate goals than economic respectability and independence. Washington believed that if blacks gained…

…Relationship Between Civil Rights Movement and Feminist Agenda In this Essay I will examine relationship between Civil Rights Movement and how the feminist agenda of second wave feminism. Furthermore, I will explain how women shaped the Civil Rights…