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   Who created the Civil Rights Movement?

   • Created in 1969 by Shirley Chisholm (D-NY, 1924-2005) and others, it joined together a new critical mass of African American representatives as it enabled them to speak with a common voice on issues of concern to their constituents. After the 1960s the civil rights movement confronted new issues and forged new alliances.

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   Did the Civil Rights Movement end in 1968?

   • The civil rights movement did not end in 1968. It shifted to a new phase. The long official story line of the civil rights movement runs from Montgomery to Memphis, from the 1955 bus boycott that introduced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) to the nation, to the final 1968 struggle where an assassin stole his life.

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   Does the Civil Rights Amendment address racial discrimination by private individuals?

   • Abridgment or denial of those civil rights by private persons is not addressed by this amendment. The Supreme Court held in Civil Rights Cases (1883) that the amendment was limited to "state action" and, therefore, did not authorize the Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals or organizations.

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   What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

   • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not simply open public accommodations, such as lunch counters and bus stations. It made possible the first large-scale progress in breaking down job segregation, a primary goal of civil rights activists from at least the 1940s onward.

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   3 days ago · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Section 1: Citizenship and civil rights. Section 2: Apportionment of Representatives. Section 3: Disqualification from office for insurrection or rebellion. Section 4: Validity of public debt. Section 5: Power of enforcement. Selected Supreme Court cases.

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   2 days ago · The Bill of Rights thus imposes legal limits on the powers of governments and acts as an anti-majoritarian/minoritarian safeguard by providing deeply entrenched legal protection for various civil liberties and fundamental rights.

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5. www.britannica.com › biography › Martin-Luther-King-JrMartin Luther King, Jr. | Biography, Speeches, Facts ...

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   5 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

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   3 days ago · For other uses, see Self-determination (disambiguation). Rights. Theoretical distinctions. Claim rights and liberty rights. Individual and group rights. Natural rights and legal rights. Negative and positive rights. Human rights. Civil and political. Economic, social and cultural. Three generations. Rights by beneficiary. Accused. Animals. Children

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   6 days ago · International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and its Optional Protocols. Unlike the covenants, the UDHR is not a treaty and has not been signed or ratified by states. See...

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   2 days ago · The UN Universal Human Rights Index provides access to country-specific human rights information emanating from international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system: the Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

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   5 days ago · The civil rights legislation of the mid-1960s set the stage for the real work of equality in jobs, education, politics, and the military. Looking back, it’s clear now that the real work of winning equal treatment began after the legislative victories once thought to signal the movement’s denouement.