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Language Cases of Discrimination

by speaking only in Spanish, even while they leered in her direction. Upon investigation, the salesmen proclaimed their innocence,...

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King on Black Manhood

that fight. Black manhood to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. seems to be equivalent to standing up for individual rights. T...

South Africa and the Impact of Nelson Mandela

is something which has frequently been reiterated by other civil rights activists: in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, for instanc...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Achievements

the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed and Dr. King was deemed president (1998). It was on that same day that the well...

Discussion Questions on American History

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at American history. Discussion questions are answered in short essays about civil righ...

The Civil Rights Act - An Overview

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at the Civil Rights Act. All eleven titles are examined in detail, with emphasis on tit...

Post-Reconstruction, African American Leaders

This essay begins by describing the stance of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Marcus Garvey on the...

American Liberty, 1820-1877, Overview of Issues

This research paper/essay discusses various issues in American history pertaining to liberty. This includes the factors that led u...

Defending Immigration, the Immorality of Racism

This essay presents an argument based on the idea that fear of immigration, which is promoted by conservatives, is unraveling the ...

Langston Hughes, Three Poems

This essay considers three of Langston Hughes's poems, "Harlem," "I, Too," and "Ballad of the Landlord" and argues that they are r...

Anne Moody's 1968 Memoir

Anne Moody was raised in the rural South where she suffered extreme racism throughout school and beyond. She was a very active mem...

Equal Rights for African Americans

This 6 page paper gives an overview of the fight post Civil War for African American equal rights. This paper includes the formati...

Significant Events in American History between the late 1950s and 2002

in the world, the nation that had not been directly or severely attacked by a foreign enemy since its founding was attacked (The H...

Hugo Black

States had boundaries over which he was not permitted to cross. This, however, was not immediately evident when Truman "ordered s...

Civil Rights Movement and Exodus Theme

the slavery imposed upon the Hebrews and the social slavery imposed upon supposedly "free" African Americans were both forms of ri...

Civil Rights Movement and the Involvement of Martin Luther King Jr.

possessed. But, these opportunities and these rights were more difficult for them to obtain than the average white person. They co...

Civil Rights Movement and Its Origins

We would be living in Utopia, Nirvana, Serendipity or some other mythical place of perfection were it possible for that principle ...

Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

2002). In the wake of the bus boycott launched by black residents in 1955 in response to the Rosa Parks incident on a Montgomery c...

Segregation in the 21 Century

Diversity remains political economic challenge even in this new century. This paper reviews racial housing segregation as it has ...

Letter from Birmingham Jail/King

This paper described the impact of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Rev. Martin Luther King and its importance to the civil right...

Traans parency and other Issues

This essay discusses accountability and transparency in government or other civil service positions. Why is it important? What doe...

Civil Rights and Differing Perceptions Contained Within Congressional Committee on Domestic Affairs Testimony

when the nation was desperately trying to establish policies and procedures which would act to protect the rights of the freed sla...

Balancing Intrusion by the Government and Safety

She is right in this evaluation. During the Second World War, the U.S. supported Japanese internment camps. It was something that ...

Concept of the Social Contract According to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

In six pages Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Second Treatise of Civil Government by John Locke are discussed in an examination of h...

The 1966 Miranda v Arizona Case and Civil Rights

This paper analyzes this US Supreme Court case in terms of its lasting significance and impact upon criminal defendants' civil and...

The Civil Rights Era

free, and actual citizens, for many decades. Yet, despite this reality, African Americans were still not allowed the same freedoms...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

In five pages this paper discusses a case's implications when the Civil Rights Act's Title VII is applied. One source is cited in...

Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper discusses the boycotting of Montgomery buses that inspired this 1958 text and led to the civil rights mov...

Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

In five pages this research paper examines the 'revolutionary' presidencies of JFK and LBJ with an emphasis upon the civil rights...

Societal Structural Changes and the Influence of Malcolm X

In seven pages this paper discusses how Malcolm X exerted a profound influence regarding American social changes that occurred as ...