Gautreaux Vs Cha was a lawsuit that was made for public housing segregation. It was filed by Dorothy Gautreaux in 1969 through federal court and the case went on although she was dead. “The Chicago Housing Authority and HUD had violated the US constitution which states that everyone is equal.” The purpose was to develop a law that would help all race, the riches and the poor to integrate. HUD and CHA created a plan that specifically had African- Americans to mobilize in to the white areas surrounding the city. In order to relocate 7100 families, it took well over 20 years.
The freedom rides were when civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the southern US in 1961 to test the supreme courts decision of ruling segregation on interstate transport illegal. As soon as the riders hit Montgomery, they were mobbed and attacked by white southerners. Each of these actions showed the world that peaceful means were being used to try and gain true equality as well as including whites this meant the movement widened. The Albany campaign in November 1961 was recognised as a major defeat. Under William Anderson, a number of local black organisations were formed in an attempt to desegregate the city.
Before we began our protest we got support from the aboriginal mission. Once we had received support from the aboriginal mission we headed for the pools and attempted to walk in with a few aboriginal children. We were rejected and told ‘sorry no darkies allowed’. So we calmly walked back out and blocked the entrance of the pools. The white Australians became extremely vicious and began to throw food at us.
How important was the Montgomery bus boycott in changing the civil rights of African-Americans? The Montgomery bus boycott was an event that started in the, 1st, December 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus to a white man, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott to occur. I think this event was the most important in changing the civil rights of African-Americans. However, other event like ‘little rock’ and the ‘sit-ins’ were also very important events in changing civil rights. I believe the Montgomery bus boycott was the most important event in the 1950s -1960s in changing the civil rights for African-Americans, because this event gained internationally attention.
Small student organizations at Berkeley, from the 1930’s through the 1950’s, protested fascism and totalitarianism through “peace strikes.” In the late 50’s students organized a campus political party, SLATE. The group was formed to promote the right for students to support off-campus issues. The university had a ban on activities surrounding “on-campus” political issues. In 1964, the “Free Speech Movement” established a “sit-in” protest, which was the first of its kind. This particular protest was under the leadership of students Mario Savio, Michael Rossman, Brian Turner, Bettina Aptheker, Steve Weissman, Art Goldberg and Jackie Goldberg along with others unnamed.
After the police officer gave me the ticket I should have contacted my fire team leader, fire team leader CPL Walls. I did not do this, which was my first mistake, I got the ticket 2 weeks ago about an hour after getting off for the memorial day 96. I was roughly about 50 miles away still in the county The ticket came out to be 30 dollars, and the court cost was 188 dollars, which is a grand total of 218 dollars. The court date is set at the end of the month of June. This is the first ticket or anything I've done bad while driving a car.
This was one of the first major steps in the civil rights movement. The Freedom Riders were a group of civil rights activists whose sole aim was to end racial segregation. It started in 1961 when student protestors rioted against racial segregation. Many rode on buses to segregated states in USA in order to test the laws of segregation. There were even white people who sat next to the black people in order to show their support that they were all equal.
Birmingham consisted of adults and children as young as 6 years old quietly and peacefully protesting in the streets through sit-ins, pray-ins, marches, boycotts and non-violent direct action. King knew Birmingham was a rigidly segregated city with a white supremacist police chief that would get media coverage. During the protest, King was arrested and wrote “A Letter from Birmingham Jail”- a call for African Americans to take non-violent action and make a stand against racism. His next protest was Washington in August 1963 where he made his “I Have A Dream” speech which later went on to receive worldwide recognition. This speech showed America that King was an extremely charismatic person with a powerful speaking ability.
Australia is the nation built on the principles of freedom and equality for everybody, but this is not true for Aboriginal people – the first owners of this land. From 1909 to 1969, the Australian government implemented the policy that forced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to leave their parents’ arms in order to assimilate these children and declared that they were adequately protected and given a better life (Reconciliaction, 2007). The statistics of the Bringing Them Home report suggests that there were about one-tenth and one-third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken away from their families (Bringing Them Home, 1997, p. 31). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children separated from their families were called the “stolen generations” (Australia Human Rights Commission, 2012). These children had to live in poor conditions, poor quality and received a strange
In the 18th century, when the first British settled down here, Australia became a colony of Britain. (Wikipedia 2014) From then on, the symbol of Britain or Europe can be seen everywhere in Australia. For instance, the national flag of Australia has the Union Jack on the top of left corner, although Australia is an independent country rather than a dependency of Britain. The flag is the most important symbol of a country, because it stands for the country in the world. It makes us focus on the Australian Flag Debate.