The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement had three main goals: to end segregation‚ to gain civil rights laws‚ and for equality for all. The civil rights movement that started in the 1960’s was a success for the African Americans because of their visible protesting‚ the changing of minds‚ and laws‚ and setting the stage for the future generations. However‚ throughout this long process that still continues today‚ there were many deaths and misfortunate events that have occurred. Events such
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1. The civil rights movement was a struggle by African-Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to whites‚ including equal opportunity in employment‚ housing‚ and education‚ as well as the right to vote‚ the right of equal access to public facilities‚ and the right to be free of racial discrimination. This movement wanted to restore to African-Americans the rights of citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.Leaders of the movement predicted‚ the
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960s BY YVONNE M. CANNON February 26‚ 2015 HIS 114 (United States History II: 1865 to Present) Dr. Megan Sethi As I reflect on the history of the United States of America during the twentieth century and those accomplishments made‚ I am reminded that the Civil Rights Movement played the most significant role in social and political changes that continue to impact our society today. The goals of the Civil Rights Movement were to end racial segregation‚ to give
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have been many social changes. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was the most powerful and compelling change to occur in our history. The Civil Rights Movement was a time dedicated to activism for equal rights and fairness for African Americans in the United States. The people pushed for nothing more than social‚ legal‚ and political changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation. Though Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery was one step in the right direction‚ there was still serious conflict
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The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell" policy; the first civil unions; the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ New York; and more. 1924 The Society for Human Rights in Chicago becomes the country’s earliest known gay rights organization. 1948 Alfred Kinsey
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4‚ 2012 Gay Liberation Strongly influenced by occurring civil right movements gays began their own movement. The Stonewall Riot was the first major revolt in which gays fought back against those who oppressed them and it helped push forward the Gay liberation movement. There had previously been many violent events previous to stonewall that involve gay bashing and cruel treatment of gays. One night at the Stonewall Inn‚ what seemed to be normal night‚ turned out to be a major event in Gay Liberation
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Sociology Research #3 Gay Rights In our country this year there is many movements for the gay community coming together. The gay community has significantly stood up for there rights over the last few years and we should expect a lot more. The gay community has recently gained many large voices to their movement‚ from congressmen and celebrities to even former President Bill Clinton (Wong Huffington Post). I believe 2013 is going to be a big year for not only the gay community but the transgender
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that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke the same quest for individual rights by another completely different group of people‚ this time the Gay and Lesbians of society. The quest for equal rights by people‚ who had unjustifiably been repressed for hundreds of years‚ would
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Monroe Gay Rights “I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid‚ I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people‚ what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”- Paul Newman‚ an actor who gave his thoughts on the gay rights movement. The Gay rights
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In 1960‚ the united states of America play a vital role because it was something bring new changes and social order in the government. Student Movement‚ Vietnam Movement‚ Women Movement‚ Gay Right Movement and Environmental Movement are the last movements that happen on that era to bring a new change in the U.S. Student Movement in 1960: The student movement worked mainly to fight racism and hardship‚ increase student rights‚ and to end the Vietnam War. The students expect to hand power to the people
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