Civil Rights
When I think of Civil Rights I think of the Civil War. During a national crisis involving human rights, morale, and economic issues and in some cases, brutal hatred of African Americans the North stood up to help give them their freedom. This was only the beginning though, and some would probably argue this was long before the era where African Americans were actually given Civil Rights, but it was the first step. Due to Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, literacy tests, and other unconstitutional actions by many Southern States many African Americans actually did not get to enjoy the rights they should have until much later. They stood up for their rights and pursued, mostly through nonviolent means, a better future for themselves and their families. Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Ella Baker, and many others helped African Americans reach the place they are today, and helped shape legislation to overcome the inequality they......

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Title: Civil Rights
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