So as aspects, such as the rise of "black power" and a mutual agreement between the activists and Chicago city Officials were added to the movement; themes such as, coverage on militancy, "disparagement of the movements effectiveness, and emphasis on internal dissension" (Gitlin 27) were added to the already existent frames. ... The basic goal of the movement was to achieve fair housing through two components: the integration of white neighborhoods and to clean up the slum areas that were occupied by blacks. ... In another instance, an Ebony article shows five photographs consisting of po...

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Beside the more visible black male leaders of the Civil Rights Movement both black and white women played important and key roles in the struggle for racial equality. Women's experiences in the Civil Rights Movement can tell us a lot about the lives of ordinary and extraordinary women and their ability to access and be denied power in a movement for black liberation that was based on the idea of equality. ... Women of all different social classes and racial backgrounds participated in many different capacities throughout the black liberation movement. ... One such woman is Ella Baker ...

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Due to the biased policies of the United States government, the movement of woman suffrage was introduced in the mid-19th century to ensure that women received fair treatment. The perseverance of this powerful movement and its followers paid off in 1920, when the 19th amendment was ratified. ... Black women particularly had a difficult time fighting for equal rights, because they had two "strikes" against them; they were women, and more importantly, they were black. ... Angela Davis had an extensive background in activism. ... Angela Davis became the poster child of liberation and activism ...

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Felicia Kornbluh's Black Buying Power: Welfare Rights, Consumerism, and Northern Protest demonstrates how the women's grassroots activism in the South heavily impacted a vast majority of underprivileged black women who were involved in the fight for welfare rights in the North. ... They were run by young radicals from diverse backgrounds who were greatly influenced by the Black Panther Party. ... However, women also played an important role in Black Power movements, "Women were not just sitting in the background in these meetings but doing organizing, often pushing these groups towa...

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They proceeded to fight the segregated public library system where the whites had access to many more resources than blacks. ... His involvement in the movement, far from minimal, was apart of the bigger picture: The movement for social change. ... They did senseless acts of war to established that they are truly are world power. With the same volition of his protest in the Civil Rights Movement, he attacked the United States government for use of imperialism and power to control Vietnam thus having claim in Southeast Asia. ... Zinn's working class background influenced his social chang...

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"She was called the Black Moses. ... Some of the papers were even circulated in the USA because Blacks down there were interested in Blacks from Canada. ... The civil rights movement in 1974 gave Black Canadians self-pride and self-confidence. ... In Halifax, a man named Rocky Jones was a non-violent youth leader who was inspired by American Black Power Leaders. ... There were Blacks all over Canada. ...

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(Jim Crow Laws, 2014 MLK National Historic Site) These laws enforced the segregation public schools, restrooms, restaurants and even drinking fountains for whites and blacks. ... Whilst other leaders at the time, including Malcolm X, chose to implement extreme measures to advocate for freedom, such as violence, King embraced the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance. ... This 13-month mass protest involved thousands of black citizens in Montgomery refusing to use buses until black passengers were granted equal treatment and were completely integrated. ... However, he believes Marthi...

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King also gave pride in ones racial background. ... King instilled a caused desire for equality among Blacks. ... The desire for equality lead blacks to become involved in activities such as boycotting and participating in the Civil Rights movement. ... King held many boycotts and led the Civil Rights movement to put an end to segregation. ... Out of the many Black leaders Dr. ...

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When social prejudice is combined with the power to discriminate against any and all members of a group, it is called racism. ... This boycott lasted for one year and demonstrated the unity and power of the Black community as a whole. ... The late sixties saw a different kind of civil rights movement. ... King was considered by many to represent a more moderate wing of the civil rights movement: he advocated non - violence. ... They wanted power. ...

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"The Night Watch" at the Baroque Period In 17 ~ 18th, there is the baroque period that is a movement in European culture. "Violent movement, strong emotion, and dramatic lighting and coloring" are main points of the baroque. (Bazin 5) Besides, it could be identified that Renaissance period concentrate on harmony, on the other hand, the Baroque period concentrated on expression of power rather than harmony or balance. In Baroque period, there was common view for several trends; it is expression of power instead of harmony of artworks. ... Contrasting for dark background, the dress of girl a...

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In the summer of 1905 DuBois founded an organization entitled the Niagara Movement. ... The mission of the Niagara movement was simply to take direct action against black discrimination and oppression through protest, the use of the courts, and education of the American people. ... DuBois combined his knowledge of literature from his educational background, his understanding of American Culture as a result of his numerous studies, and taking direct force by protesting for equality to represent what he believed would solve racial discrimination of blacks. ... Washington urged fellow blacks, m...

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The fact that both women and African Americans had a background of being discriminated and oppressed allowed them to form an unspoken bond and sympathize with each other. ... Additionally, they gained support of the former black slaves they helped, especially the support of black women. Black women were very important because they were discriminated both for being women and for being black. Black men also sympathized with women's goals and became involved in the movement. ... A great amount slaves sympathized with women because they shared the same discrimination, oppression, and prejudic...

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Abolitionists came from various types of backgrounds and many were Caucasian and women. ... Drafted by William Lloyd Garrison, the declaration pledged its members to work for emancipation through non-violent actions of "moral suasion," or "the overthrow of prejudice by the power of love." ... The fact that the abolitionist movement became more urgent, militant and radical in the 1830s is a historical fact. ... In the process, Garrison challenged the more moderate voices of antislavery, the members of the American Colonization Movement. ... In arguing for gradualism and colonization, the modera...

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To some Caucasian , and other ethnic background people the thought of a Black person running the country literally made them sick, and the more that Blacks protested to be a part of this country the more lynches happened, the more tear gas was used, the more dogs were put out, and the more Blacks were put in jail or killed. ... Because of black nationalists, Caucasian and other ethnic background people let go almost completely of the ideas that all Blacks were ignorant and had no idea of what was right or wrong. They realized that black power was something more than just saying that they want ...

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The development of organized labor during the so-called Progressive Movement organized labor to create better working conditions and opportunities. ... The power of such organization overshadowed the elite class into changing its political and economic views. Many members of the upper class allied themselves with the movement and some actually withdrew from their position of power. ... Louis, Illinois killed forty blacks and nine whites. ... The hostile feelings still have one common thread - the intolerance of people from all backgrounds for inequality. ...

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Eventually, American-born composers realized they were facing a dilemma: much of the music and art they were producing from the English past was alien to Americans of non-English background. ... Black Nationalism is the name given to revitalization movements among black Americans. ... (Black Nationalism, 1) (Third Way, 2) Organized Black Nationalist movements appear to have begun with Paul Cuffe, a black sea captain. ... It has fostered a profound nationalism in black youth. ... It captures the black position of struggle, resistance, righteousness, and exploitation in Black America. ...

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The Color of Water The Color of Water: A Black man's tribute to his white mother by James McBride is the story of a young black man trying to reveal his mothers past and his own identity. ... Her father, Fishel Shilsky was racist towards blacks while Ruth wanted to befriend them. ... While growing up, James often questioned his mother about her background and her past. ... James is also curious about his skin color, his mother is white and his father was black. ... She endured exclusion and ridicule as a Jew living in the South, and later as a white woman living in black neighborh...

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Throughout the struggle for equal rights, there have been courageous Black leaders at the forefront of each discrete movement. ... In order to understand the differences in the philosophies of Washington and Dubois, it is useful to know something about their backgrounds. ... Significantly, he argued for submission to the white majority so as not to offend the power elite. ... To this end, he organized the "Niagara movement," a meeting of 29 Black business and professional men, which led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The crux of the ...

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Richard Wright, one of the most well-known black writers of the late thirties, believed Their Eyes Were Watching God portrayed black people and the lives they lived as being appealing and charming, and in doing so demoralized her own race. ... It is considered the ideal Black novel for those who need to see a black life free from the limitations inevitably put on by the cruel treatment they received from others. The novel shows what life could be like if everyone could get away from the hateful backgrounds we've all been affected by. ... Janie is a black female learning how to exist as...

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I think this was a poor judgment on Ruth's behalf for not telling her son of her background. ... However, I believe Ruth only discouraged him from his ongoing curiosity to protect him, considering all the events going on with the Black Power Movement, and the fact that his peers may no longer accept him. ... For example, she moved out and left her family to marry a black man, and even converted to Christianity later in her life. James, however, was affected by prejudice due to the mystery of his race and family background. ... I really can't blame him for doing this, because I wou...

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With this resentment rapidly growing, we begin to see an emergence of the white supremacist movement that devoured the post-reconstruction South. ... The passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments proved to be two significant barriers to the white supremacist movement. ... It was thought that if a Black man did not assimilate to the ideologies of white supremacy that he would be lynched for trying to hold power (submission = peaceful coexistence). ... Miller, who was of mixed racial background, on a train heading to Wellington. ... Burns and move to the separate car for blacks. ...

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Background of Black Power In the decade of the 1960's America there were riots and rebellions in cities and urban centers. ... Martin Luther King Jr., and Marcus Garvey all were proponents of "Black Power". ... History of Black Power "Black Power" evolved from slavery. ... King and Carmichael to uphold the rights of "Black Power". ... The "Black Power" march was over some blacks were injured, but the result was a positive. ...

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In Jay MacLeod's book, Ain't No Makin" It, The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers come from the same economic background and are of similar age. ... Another reason might be attributed with the civil rights movement of the 1960's. The movement gave hope for social change among people of color, especially blacks. ... While the Brothers and Hallway Hangers share similar backgrounds, a major difference between the two groups is race. The Brothers are predominantly black, while the Hallway Hangers are mostly white. ...

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"The explosion all over the country of RAR reggae/punk gigs, where dreadlocked blacks and safety-pinned white enthusiastically shared the same space for the first time and effectively expelled both the Nazi regalia and actual Nazis from the movement " (Firth,1980). It was the first event of its time that promoted the unity of people from all races and backgrounds, standing together simply as fans of music rather than warring enemies. ... ˜Riot grrrl' was a feminist movement that promoted feminism through America and Europe in the early/mid 1990's. Its ideology gave women a...

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