the constitution
civil rights
the rights of minorities from discrimination PLATO
The president during the Civil Rights Movement was John F Kennedy :)
segregation
That would be the Ohio Civil Rights Act of 1959.
They had all rights because they were given to them by their Creator and not by any government. Their rights were not being protected by the government who's sole purpose is to protect our rights. The government failed them and had to be changed.
The Union was at war and to protect people rights had to be suspended. The confederates had spies and were willing to take over the government. Lincoln had to protect the structure of the government and to do what was needed.
wezzles says: civil rights
Civil liberties, civil rights
civil rights act 1866
Bill of Rights and The Fourteenth Amendment.
Why does Leonard Pitts believe his sobs should visit the batleground of the civil rights movement