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Civil Rights
Civil Rights refer to the class of rights that protect an individual's freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations and private individuals. They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life, and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, national origin, color, age, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability; and individual rights ...more
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life, and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, national origin, color, age, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability; and individual rights ...more
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Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.
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― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.
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