... In the 1930s, Joe Sr. became a major backer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, making large donations to the Democratic Party and even penning a book, in 1936, entitled I'm for Roosevelt. Later, his support for some of Roosevelt's more radical fiscal policies cooled, but he remained an enthusiastic Democrat and ... this buzz, and began laying the groundwork for a presidential bid by accepting frequent speaking engagements around the country. Nor did it hurt that his book, Profiles in Courage, was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957. That JFK's well-written, ...

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... in order for women to succeed they must "learn to play the game as men do". (ER qtd. in Weisen, 1992) In her first book, It's Up To the Women, published in 1933, ER writes, "I"m not interested in the abstract idea of equality with men. It only enables ... by the segregation rules that had her seated on the white side of the auditorium.(Goodwin, 1998) Eleanor rejected the Supreme Courts doctrine on separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites. She argued "The basic fact of segregation, which warps and twists the lives of our Negro ... condemned the Red Scare. ER's first specific ...

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... that blacks could not go to the same school with whites, that they had to use separate "colored only- rest rooms and drinking fountains, enter public places such as movie theatres and waiting rooms through separate entrances form whites, and ride in a special section in the back of buses and trains ... , King felt he needed to do even more to get his message out to more people. With this in mind, he began his first book "Stride Toward Freedom-. Meanwhile, opposition to the civil-rights movement continued to be strong. The end of Montgomery boycott had sparked hatred among whites ... have...

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... To keep Blacks from registering to vote, poll taxes were raised, comprehension tests were held and the grandfather-clause was put into practice. The Separate but equal" decision of 1896 confirmed the segregation in the South and soon everything was being segregated, the churches, schools, restaurants, even the ... violence received support from many liberal Whites as well as from presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was awarded the Nobel Price for Peace in 1964. The U.S. Congress voted in favour of a national holiday in his honour, beginning in 1986, on the third Monday i...

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... , protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push for equality. In 1952 the Supreme Court was approached by four states, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and ... civil rights bill. Despite resistance from southern legislators, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. In 1964 King received word that he had been awarded...

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... Topeka, Kansas, and studied art at the University of Nebraska. He later moved to Harlem, New York, and soon became a preeminent artist. Douglas did many paintings, woodcut prints, murals, and book and magazine illustrations. Douglass, Frederick Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (Feb. 7, 1817-Feb. 20, 1895) was an abolitionist, orator and writer who fought against slavery and for women's rights. ... civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Amer...

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