civil-rights movement
101movement — n. organized effort to attain a goal 1) to launch a movement 2) to support a movement 3) to oppose; suppress a movement 4) a civil rights; consumer; feminist, women s; labor; peace; political; radical; revolutionary; social movement 5) a movement …
102Movement for Colonial Freedom — The Movement for Colonial Freedom was a UK based political civil rights advocacy group founded in the United Kingdom in 1954.[1] It had the support of many MPs including Harold Wilson, Barbara Castle with Tony Benn as treasurer. It had support… …
103Movement of 1977 — The movement of 1977 was a spontaneous political movement that arose in Italy in 1977. It originated mostly from groups of extra parliamentary left; as for form and substance, it was completely new compared to previous student movements, such as… …
104rights — The idea of ‘rights’ has been championed in many different ways throughout history. However, the modern Western conception of rights may be traced through the English Magna Carta to the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and the… …
105Human rights in the United States — In 1776, Thomas Jefferson proposed a philosophy of human rights inherent to all people in the Declaration of Independence, asserting that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that… …
106Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights — The Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) was formed by a group of Atlanta University Center students in February, 1960. This committee drafted and published An Appeal for Human Rights on March 9, 1960.[1] Six days after publication of …
107American Civil War — American Civil War …
108Disability rights timeline — Disability Theory and models …
109Voting Rights Act — of 1965 Full title An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United S …
110Chicago Freedom Movement — The Chicago Freedom Movement, also known as the Chicago Open Housing Movement, was led by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Al Raby. The movement included a large rally, marches, and demands to the City of Chicago. These specific demands… …
