History of Civil Rights Day America was inhabited by the Aztecs, Mayans, and the Incas before the Europeans came in while searching for spice. Instead, when they found silver and gold they decided to stay and build their kingdoms in the new territory while committing genocide against the native...
Martin Luther King and his speech “I have a dream” encouraged a lot of people fight for their rights. Today in America, we can see that African Americans live with much of equality, freedom and dignity. Even there still have racism in the America or in the world, but we have reason...
A teenager who came to America from Guatemala will be allowed to go to school in Mamaroneck, for now. May 17, 2016 ACLU Calls For Release Of Officers' Names In Shooting Of Trenton Teen The civil rights organization sent a letter to state Attorney General John Hoffman on Wednesday saying...
The Mid-Century Civil Rights Movement: How America Was Changed Forever The Civil Rights Movement fought for African-American rights in America in the early 1900's, and is still in some instances being fought today. However, in almost a century of fighting, the most dynamic and successful era...
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Martin Luther King,Charles K. Steele, andFred L. Shuttlesworthestablish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which King is made the first president. The SCLC becomes a major force in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principles on nonviolence and civil disobedience. Accor...
(D)Martin Luther King was a great American who worked for civil(国民的) rights in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. He fought for the rights of African Americans and many people supported him. In1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atl...
Anya is one of the top civil rights attorneys in the country. She spent her childhood in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. At 16, she left her family behind and came to America on a university scholarship. Her upbringing motivated her to study law and become an advocate for a strong, independent jud...
denied equal rights, denied the opportunity to eat at a restaurant or a lunch counter or go to a movie theater, denied the right to a decent education, denied almost today the right to attend a State university even though qualified. It seems to me that these are matters which concern us...