... two things he anticipated his children accomplishing: working hard at pursuing their education and serving others. Conceivably, it was this beneficial rearing that impelled Marian into an accomplished career in law, but definitely helped her become of the nation's top activists for children. Studying at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, Edelman became concerned with the civil rights movement, which motivated ... for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal and Defense Fund in New York and then moved to Mississippi, where she became the first African American woman to practice ...

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... breaking of some laws. Martian Luther felt there were two types of laws, the just and the unjust. A just law is a man-made code that agrees with morality or God's law and uplifts human personality, an unjust law is out of harmony with moral law and degrades human personality. Segregation is morally wrong and sinful yet legal, just as what Hitler did in Germany was ... ...

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... changes in many other issues, most notably the abolishment of slavery. Because of their skin color and a law called the Jim Crow laws, blacks were told they were inferior to the whites in all ways, including the color of their skin, English accents, intelligence, morality, and civilized behavior. During this period of time the blacks were separated from the whites, in buses ... are not as good as whites, that blacks are screwed up, that blacks are born bad. They build their society on that lie. The big lie receives the backing of law, religion and science. But it does not quite work; th...

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... . Washington's schools were very helpful in spending time on practical information that can be applied to life and not wasting time on trivial, unimportant information. His schools also taught about morality and religion. From Fortune's viewpoint, Washington's value for blacks is very apparent in the society. Although Fortune took a positive view in his article on Washington, there were some who wrote ... For Colored Only. This is good and bad for the blacks. It shows that the backs were separate but equal since they both got water fountains. The separate but equal law became legal with ...

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• Grade Level: High School