The Civil Rights campaigns and methods of protest were ideal at this time, because of post war disappointment as Americans were displeased with the governments decisions, therefore it was easier to oppose the governments actions, and accuse them of wrong doing, regarding both National and International relations. ... In the time period of 1956 to 1968 there were international activities, such as African states being independent, attempts to end communism in countries such as Cuba, China, and The Soviet Union. ... Concluding, the methods used for fighting for equality only worked because there ...

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It was against the law, so she was arrested. ... After seeing the actions taken by the court and president, Congress passed laws too. In 1957 and 1960, two federal laws called the Civil Rights Act were passed. They reaffirmed equality of the races and made many racist state laws known as Jim Crow Laws. ... During the 1950's and 60's he acheived international fame by leading numerous peaceful marches, boycotts, and sit-ins. ...

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Shuttlesworth issued the "Birmingham Manifesto," which explained the black community's decision to act: "We act today in full concert with our Hebraic-Christian tradition, the laws of morality and the Constitution of our nation," Shuttlesworth proclaimed. ...

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In December 1956, the United States of America Supreme Court proclaimed that Alabama's segregation laws were unconstitutional. ... King preached that there were just laws and unjust laws and they had the right to go against the unjust laws. ...

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In 1955, Ray broke his first federal law, stealing and forging postal money orders. ... Martin Luther King Jr., kill the most influential civil rights leader of the era and evade an international manhunt for more than two months, only to be busted by Scotland Yard going through a customs checkpoint he wasn't supposed to be at. ...

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He was always running from the law, and by the time he was twenty he was in a Massachusetts's prison for burglary. ... He said that the black revolution "is international in scope- and, "knows no compromise."" ...

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He was always running from the law, and by the time he was twenty he was in a Massachusetts's prison for burglary. ... He said that the black revolution "is international in scope- and, "knows no compromise."" ...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and dec...

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The Black Codes and the Jim Crow laws were set up to limit the movement and rights of the Blacks. ... The law, jobs, political affairs and the mass media were still controlled by the white man. ... With the help of the Christian church they managed to start a kind of non-violent revolution which finally made the white people understand the injustice of segregation, so that discrimination by law was finally abolished. ...

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• Grade Level: High School