The Treatment of African-Americans in Pre- and Post-Civil
War America : A 6 page paper briefly examining
similarities and differences in how Blacks were treated in
the late 1700’s and through the 19th century. Bibliography
lists 9 sources. Afrtreat.wps

Abandoning The Freed Men - Civil Rights In The Late 19th
Century : A 6 page research paper which discusses the
Compromise of 1877. There was an incredibly close
Presidential election in which the Democratic candidate,
Tilden, won the popular vote, and the Republican candidate,
Rutherford Hayes, won the electoral college. This threw the
race into the House of Representatives to be decided. The
compromise which was worked out gave the election to the
Republicans in exchange for concessions which effectively
nullified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, and
condemned Blacks to a subordinate role to whites which
lasted till the time of the 1960s Civil Rights movement.
Bibliography lists 5 sources. Abanfree.wps

M.L. King’s “Why We Can’t Wait” : 5 pages worth of
notes, analysis, & information pertinent to Martin Luther
King Jr.'s book Why We Can't Wait. No sources are listed.
Whywait.wps

The Birmingham Protest : A 12 page paper discussing the
civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in April of
1963 and the history of amendments to the United States
Constitution which purported to grant equal rights to
African-American citizens. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Birming.rtf

Civil Rights in the United States : A brief, 4 page overview
of the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Covers
relevant politics and law-making from 1870 to the present.
Bibliography lists 3 sources. Civilrig.wps

The Civil Rights Movement in America : A 50 page
research paper chronicling in great detail the modern civil
rights movement. The writer describes the historical and
political background that led to the formation of the
African-American civil rights movement in the 1950s and
traces the movements efforts. Bibilography lists 12+
sources. Civilri.wps

Civil Rights : This 5 page paper compares the civil rights
movement of the sixties as with those that occurred during
the earlier part of the century. Figures such as Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B.DuBois are discussed. The
September 1998 racial disturbances in New York are used
as examples of why the fight for equality is still not over.
Bibliography lists 5 sources. Civrite.wps

The Importance of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B.
DuBois to African-American Education & Intellectual
Thought : A 5 page paper which examines the diverse
influences of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois in
terms of early twentieth-century African-American
education and intellectual thought, including their differing
definitions of education, their interpretations of education to
the freed slave, the basis for their beliefs, and a
consideration of Washington's "Atlanta Compromise."
Bibliography lists 5 sources. TGbtweb.wps

The Civil Rights Movement / Its Importance to Educational
Equality : A 3 page overview of the positive results of the
Civil Rights Movement on Education. Identifies bilingual
education and the Civil Rights Act as being perhaps the two
most important spin-offs of this movement. Relies heavily
on “Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society” (1998)
by Donna Gollnick and Philip Chinn. No additional sources
cited. Eduequa2.wps

President Kennedy’s Civil Rights Legacy Analyzed :
A 5 page paper which questions whether President John F.
Kennedy actually left behind a legacy of civil rights, or if it
was merely a facade created to perpetuate the slain leader’s
memory. Specifically considered are whether or not JFK
actually achieved anything in civil rights, why or why not,
and the motives behind his involvement in civil rights.
Bibliography lists 4 sources. Jfkcivil.wps

Robert Weisbrot’s “Freedom Bound: A History of the Civil
Rights Movement” : This 3 page report is an overview of
Weisbrot’s chronicle of the major events of America’s civil
rights movement. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Freeboun.wps

The American Civil Rights Movement / Philadelphia :
A 5 page paper discussing the civil rights movement
particularly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bibliography lists
eight sources which are all taken from newspaper reports.
Philly.doc
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