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- 201: The 1960's
- ... what was meant by “ tune in, turn on, drop out.” Every person knows why we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. All of the social issues are reflected in today’ s society: the civil rights movement, the student movement, space exploration, the sexual revolution, the environment, medicine and health, and fun and fashion. The power and enthusiasm of the previous decade's civil movement led by Reverend Martin Luther king ... devised, to push forward for full equality. White resistance, however, often resulted in violence. This violence spilled across TV screens nationwide. The average, neutral American, after seeing his/her TV screen, turned into a civil rights supporter (Ascher 36). Black unity and white support continued to grow. In 1962, with the first large-scale public protest against racial discrimination, Martin Luther King, jr. gave a dramatic and inspirational speech in Washington ... brotherhood." (King 18) Everyone agreed the march was a success and they wanted action now. But, now remained a long way off. President Kennedy was never able to mobilize sufficient support to pass a civil rights bill with teeth over the opposition of segregationist southern members of congress. But after his assassination, President Johnson, drawing on the Kennedy legacy and on the press coverage of civil rights marches and protests, ...
- 202: Animal Rights
- Animal Rights "Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife--birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes--by the million in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed ... SUPERIORITY. Over 7 Billion animals die at the hands of humans, in the US, every year. Out of those 7 Billion animals, about 95% of them are killed for uses as food. Advocates for animal rights justify their research by presenting the obvious differences that exist between humans and animals. These include size, status, strength, and ability. Sometimes, one who is against animal rights will take the attitude that “God gave them [animals] to us to use.” What these researchers fail to recognize is PAIN. All creatures are capable of feeling pain. If a creature is capable of ...
- 203: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... Pennsylvania in 1951, he went to Boston University where he earned a doctoral degree in systematic theology in 1955. King’s public-speaking abilities—which would become renowned as his stature grew in the civil rights movement – developed slowly during his collegiate years. The first couple of years at Crozer his public-speaking was looked upon as average and he received C’s in each of his public-speaking classes in ... by someone who could unify the community. Unlike the NAACP, the recently arrived King had no enemies. Furthermore the NAACP saw King’s public-speaking gifts as great assets in the battle for black civil rights in Montgomery. King was soon chosen as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization that directed the bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott lasted for more than a year. Incidents of violence against black ... attorney for the MIA filed a lawsuit in federal seeking an injunction against Montgomery’s segregated seating practices. The federal court ruled in favor of the MIA, ordering the city buses to be desegregated. CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERSHIP In 1957 King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization of black church and ministers that aimed to challenge racial segregation. The SCLC protested discrimination through marches, demonstrations, and boycotts. King ...
- 204: Human Rights
- Human Rights The hot humid air is smothering, and the scorching sun is blazing down over the vast endless fields of cotton. Little colored heads are the only thing stoppable from the large white pillared mansion on ... on by the servants. Many people have worked to stop civil injustice acts like this, but it still happens in some form, or another today. White or black, straight or gay, male or female, equal rights should never be compromised. Of course, the United States has come a long way from the times of slavery. America has suffered from many things, and has made many people suffer. It has crushed the will, and the lives of thousands of American Indians, African and Hispanic Americans, and far too many others to count. It has killed, murdered, and ignored the human rights of billions in the name of Progress. Through the blood, sweat and tears of those who were here before us, this “Great Nation” has formed. What difference does it make whether a person is ...
- 205: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- ... woman in America because I dared to ask for the unthinkable- the right to vote. I challenged my culture's basic assumptions about men and women, and dedicated my life to the pursuit of equal rights for all women. My name is Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I was born in Johnstown, New York, on the 12th of November, 1815. My father is the prominent attorney and judge Daniel Cady and my mother ... get scissors and snip out every unfair law. But my father stopped me, explaining that only the legislature could change or remove them. This was the key moment in my career as a women's rights reformer. As I grew older, my intellectual interests and masculine activities embarrassed my father. He told me they were inappropriate in a young lady, especially the daughter of a prominent man. I was educated at ... passed the bar, we lived briefly in Boston before settling permanently at Seneca Falls, New York. From my home in the small town near the Canadian border, the start of the struggle for women's rights began. Lucretia Mott and I organized the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, along with the draft of the Declaration of Sentiments. Susan B. Anthony and I grew to be the most ...
- 206: The Federalists vs. The Anti-Federalists
- ... a division between the American people. These two groups were the federalists, who believed that the constitution was good, and the anti-federalists who thought that the constitution would not be able to protect the rights of the people. These two groups had conflicting views but together, they both wanted the same thing. The same thing was that America should be controlled by the people by the principles of federalism. Both ... foreign powers. The view of the anti-federalists were obviously different. They believed that the power given to the congress was not safe since it put them too much in control. Hence they created the Bill of Rights to "establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity and provide for the common defense..." The anti-federalists feared that the actual people would not be fairly represented by their new government since they would have the ...
- 207: Indian Removal Act
- ... in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land (see Indian Removal Bill of 1828). Aided by his bias against the Indians, General Jackson set the Indian removal into effect in the war of 1812 when he battled the great Tecumseh and conquered him. Then General, later to ... distributed them in unequal ways. In 1828 when Jackson was running for President his platform was based upon Indian Removal, a popular issue which was working its way through Congress in the form of a Bill. Jackson won a sweeping victory and began to formulate his strategies which he would use in an "Indian Removal campaign". In 1829, upon seeing that his beloved Bill was not being enforced Jackson began dealing with the Indian tribes and offering them "untouchable" tracts of lands west of the Mississippi River if they would only cede their lands to the US and ...
- 208: Democracy
- ... of Europe, people lived under a feudal system. Under feudalism, people pledged their skils and loyalty to other people in exchange for land, food, and protection. Another idea feudalism supported was that individuals had certain rights and privileges. During the middle ages, the Magna Carta was signed by King John in England. This document has become a very important symbol of human freedom and liberty. It was used to support demands ... King Charles I was beheaded. The Revolution of 1688 established the supremacy of Parliament and John Locke, a philosopher of the revolution stated the power should belong to the people. In 1689 Parliament passed the Bill of Rights, which assured people many basic civil rights. He also stated that the government was there for protecting the peoples liberties, property, and lives. In 1689 Parliament passed the Bill of Rights, which assured people ...
- 209: Gay Marriages-Acceptable to God and America?
- ... orientation that hate starts to grow. It is sad that there are those “in the closet” who commit suicide, or suffer years of depression and anxiety blaming themselves for being gay. I believe in equal rights for everyone, after all what is this country founded on? Homosexuality is prevalent in U.S. history, I heard that some presidents were even gay! ( I am not sure which one, I think it was ... seems that hate crimes against homosexuals are on the rise. Along with the number of offenses on the rise, groups such as the Christian Coalition and American Family Association are bent upon taking away the rights of homosexuals. I remember being appalled at President Clinton signing a bill called the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. This was designed to retaliate the consideration of gay marriages in Hawaii’s courts. The bill defines marriage in federal law as the union of a ...
- 210: John Kennedy
- ... new generation of Americans. Born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the small undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you ... and programs. One of these was the Alliance For Progress program. The Organization of American States (OAS) selected it on March 13, 1961. It was known as the International Economic Development Program for Americas. The bill provided an aid program for promotion of economic development and political reform in Latin American countries. What Kennedy wanted to do was decrease the threat of revolutionary takeovers and decrease the chance of Communism spreading ... sort of welfare. During the Kennedy government the 23rd Amendment was ratified. It declared that Washington citizens could have the right to vote in elections. Throughout Kennedy's time there was much movement involving Civil Rights in the US. On June 11, 1963, president Kennedy delivered a national address on civil rights. It was one of the most potent, significant expressions on behalf of equality ever delivered by a president. ...
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