Equality for All Since the birth of the United States, African-Americans have continued the fight for equality in America. ... A prominent court case in moving African-Americans toward equality in was Brown v. ... This march was organized to protest the denial of the African-Americans right to vote. King's actions played a major role in bringing equality to the African-American community. ... This success for the African-American community was a result of many years of hard work and determination by not only Martin Luther King, Jr., but all African-Americans. ...

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Africans had no freedom and the economy was dependent upon slavery. With slavery being the main economic factor in the colonies the Africans could have rebelled by themselves with the growing number of them entering America at this time. ... Ideas about American rights came after the stamp act was imposed. ... The people started thinking of themselves as Americans and not Europeans. ... With more and more people coming to America there was bound to be new ideas on how things should be. ...

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What is an American? ... You ask what an American is? ... America is one big mixture of Asians, Hispanics, Africans and Europeans that come all together and become one strong nation. ... As you see America cares about its people, America looks after everyone and leaves no one behind. ... So what exactly is an American? ...

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African-American's did not appear in the United States Congress until the 81st congress in 1870. ... More African-Americans followed Rev. ... To this present date there are not any African-Americans in the United States Senate. ... Revels was making history as the first African-American Senator, Joseph Hayne Rainey was making history as the first African-American Representative. Over a hundred African-Americans have followed Rep. ...

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Montes steered the Amistad toward Africa but very slowly. At night, he reversed his course, and headed west to America. ... The Africans were described as "ecstatic." ... The 35 surviving Africans and 4 missionaries boarded the ship and headed for West Africa. ... Although every American President from the time of the Amistad decision until 1860, wanted Spain to be compensated, funds were always kept from them. ...

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At first, the African-Americans were just happy to be free: then as time has moved on, they have become determined to get more. ... African American political leaders feel the need for a financial "apology." ... Basically, the article states the idea of paying African Americans for something that happened several centuries ago is unjust. ... The author Randall Robinson states "I don't think that there is very much appreciation in America of a casual relationship between the present condition of the black community and the 246 year crime of American slavery, how it debilitated a whole p...

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REPARATIONS Many people today do not believe that they should have to pay for something they were not even involved in long ago, but the fact is African-Americans were promised by the U.S. ... Before I began put this idea in your head: many Africans were taken from the only place they knew. ... That's what the government did to African-American's. ... (adversity.net) Of course, the situation may be different in some ways but, why should the Japanese be paid and African-Americans not? ... African Americans continue to suffer even through slavery has ended. ...

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We Have No Leaders: African Americans in the Post Civil Rights Era State University of New York Press Albany, NY 1996 Smith writes the book in an attempt to educate the black community on where African-American fit in the scheme of politics and intergovernmental relations. ... Smith feels that blacks have not stepped up in the ways that African-Americans could in regard to leadership and institutional process since the civil rights movement. ... Smith discusses several different sides of the political system and those African-Americans that are present in the system. ... The role of...

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African-Americans were not allowed to vote or own any property. ... African-Americans were not even regarded in state population when it came time to vote for state representatives. Women had a little ore liberties than the African-Americans did. ...

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The Supreme Court ruled that since Dred Scott was an African-American, he could not rule against the court. ... The 13th amendment expanded civil rights because it gave African-Americans much freedom and made them less inferior to their white counterparts. ... Even when the constitution now allows African American men to vote, some federal laws contracted such equality. ... Some African-Americans had to pay to vote; many of them could not afford the poll tax. ... Civil rights in the United States does not only pertain to African Americans. ...

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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." ... Although, slaves were not listed among those brought together as Americans to draw together this document. I guess that even when preparing a document that is supposed to be the foundation for the United States, the African-American slaves, could have no part in...

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Martin Luther King Jr. quite correctly named the civil rights struggles of the mid-twentieth century the Third American Revolution. ... The civil rights movement actually started with legal battles before moving into the streets of American cities. ... As the years went on African Americans became even more willing to stand up for their rights, to the point where MLK led a march on Washington D.C. ... They wanted to end discrimination, to become accepted as American citizens with all the rights, duties and privileges that entails. ...

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Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while 46% say it is more important to control gun ownership. ... More than half of the African American race feels that gun ownership does more to protect people than endanger personal safety. More than half of the American race feels the same as the African Americans do. ... Democrats say that it is more of a priority to control gun ownership than to protect the right of Americans to own guns. ... From this analysis paper and American Government class I've learned that many things work off of a publi...

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The United States fourth President James Madison managed to shape and create many pieces of government documents that would forever change America such as the United States Constitution, Virginia Constitution, Virginia Plan, Checks and Balances, Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights. ... This man not only did so much for America's government but he also helped create the University of Virginia and was the co-founder of the American Colonization Society. ... After college, Madison came back home and joined the Virginia Militia as a Cornel because of the rising tensions between Americ...

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The American prison system is the largest in the world. Too many people are thrown in prison and forgotten about. Ninety-four percent of prisoners are male and almost 50 percent are African American. These people are considered just statistics. It costs about $ 20,000 a year to house an inmate. The...

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The court case that I have chose to represent for the seventeenth Amendment is United States v. aczel consistent with this view federal Courts declared that when local party authorities acting pursuant to Regulations prescribed by a party's state executive committee refused to Permit an African American on account of his race, to vote in a primary to Select candidates for the office of U.S. ...

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African Americans have suffered discrimination initially through the system of slavery, and then through a pattern of exclusion, in the legislation and court decisions. ... This decision established the rights of African Americans to be seated as jurors.  ... Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who at the time was the leader of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union believed that women's exemption from jury service is harmful to them. ...

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According to the Portable Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson expressed in the "Notes on the State of Virginia" his observations of blacks or African-Americans as being "inferior to the whites in both the body and mind" (pg. 192-193), and that "nature has been less bountiful to them in the endowments of the head" (pg. 191). ... Jefferson believed that no degree of power in the government would or could prevent any uprising but it was notable that the American Government was lighter than that of France but heavier than that of England and America had only suffered one rebellion to speak of since the b...

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The United States is known for being the peacemakers of the world, as it helped other countries such as Bosnia, Somalia, and Africa. ... The United States intervening in human rights violations in other countries may cause controversy within American citizens. ... This was a good effort by the American to intervene for the benefit of the citizens of these countries. ...

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The United States is known for being the peacemakers of the world, as it helped other countries such as Bosnia, Somalia, and Africa. ... The United States intervening in human rights violations in other countries may cause controversy within American citizens. ... This was a good effort by the American to intervene for the benefit of the citizens of these countries. ...

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African Americans were not going to put up with unfair laws and fought for equal rights. ... The advertisement illustrated "the wave of terror,"" brought upon African Americans by those who would not permit their right to freedom and equal rights in Montgomery Alabama. ...

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Introduction When is it legal to use deadly force? Should there be times when one person can lawfully kill another person? In South Africa, killing is justified when defending someone. (Bruce, 2002) In Michigan, deadly force can only be used when all other possibilities have been exhausted (...

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