Civil Rights
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This 5 page paper compares the civil rights movement of the sixties as with those that occurred during the earlier part of the century. Figures such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.DuBois are discussed. The September 1998 racial disturbances in New York are used as examples of why the fight for equality is still not over. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Civrite.wps

Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century - The African American Reality
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This 12 page report discusses civil rights and the civil rights movement of the past century. While it was a time of social change in America that was unprecedented, it is also essential to understand that while it accomplished much, it did not solve America's civil liberty and racial problems. No other ethnic group has had this more carefully documented in the past fifty years than the African American community. Information is available from sources ranging from popular fiction to the scholarly archives of hundreds of universities. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWciv20.wps

James Meredith
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This 5 page report discusses the young man who in 1962 found himself as the focal point of the civil rights movement when he became the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi, 'Ole Miss.' Four years later, he was gunned down while leading the 'March Against Fear,' an effort to encourage African Americans to vote. He has remained active in civil rights but his conservative views have alienated many. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWmered.rtf

Robert Weisbrot's 'Freedom Bound: A History of the Civil Rights Movement'
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This 3 page report is an overview of Weisbrot's chronicle of the major events of America's civil rights movement. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Freeboun.wps

The Civil Rights Era and the Student Movement
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This 7 page paper looks at the civil rights and student movements and compares their objectives and techniques. The discussion includes reasons why the movements began peacefully but ended with violence. The movements are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA26Civ.wps

The Civil Rights Movement & the Black Middle Class
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A 11 page research paper, plus a 1 page proposal for that paper, that examines how the civil rights movement has caused the creation of a large, African-American middle class in contemporary America. The writer offers an overview of the civil rights era and argues that this large black middle class has reaped the benefits of that era, as well as furthering its goals. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 90civil.rtf

The Civil Rights Movement in America
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This 6 page paper looks at the consequences of civil rights law and the movement itself. It answers that question as to whether or not people are better off today, as a result. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SACivil.doc