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American civil rights movement, mass protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern U.S. that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s. Its roots were in the centuries-long efforts of enslaved Africans and their descendants to abolish slavery and resist racial oppression. A powerful thread connects the American Revolution and the civil rights movement of the 1960s: the world-shaking proclamation of the Declaration of Independence “that all men are created equal” and have an undeniable right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The Declaration of Independence is a pivotal document in U.S. history and has significantly influenced various civil rights movements globally. This topic covers how its principles of liberty and equality inspired citizens in different nations to advocate for their rights. These historic documents tell the story of how the Declaration inspired the birth of the civil rights movement among African Americans within months of its appearance. Explain how civil rights reformers used at least two of the following documents: The Declaration of Independence, Prince Hall’s 1777 petition, Speech by Frederick Douglass, Constitution’s Preamble, Reconstruction Amendments, 20th Century Constitution Amendments In 1945, the civil rights activists used one of the key values in the declaration of independence, human equality, to ban segregation in public accommodations. This includes bathrooms, water fountains, and government businesses. AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Civil Rights Movement Deyana Faraj On the 4th of July 1776, 56 delegates to the Continental Congress signed a document that would not only declare independence of America from British colonial power but less than 200 years later, become the backbone of a new established America where the walls of discrimination and segregation would finally begin to We explore how the Declaration influenced the drafting of the Constitution itself; the abolitionist movement and Abraham Lincoln’s conception of a new birth of freedom after the Civil War; the Seneca Falls Convention and the campaign for women’s suffrage; the Progressive movement and the New Deal; Dr. King and the Civil Rights revolution Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change in the Constitution – guaranteeing women the right to vote. Some suffragists used more confrontational tactics such as picketing, silent vigils, and hunger strikes. Read more The Declaration of Independence declared that "all men are created equal," and in 1788, the U.S. Constitution purported to "secure the blessings of liberty" to the American people. These rights and liberties, however, were meant only for white men of property. Both The Declaration of Independence and Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" use declarative tones to advocate for rights and justice, reflecting the American Revolution and Civil Rights Such civil disobedience by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. stressed the importance of mass civil disobedience, the practice of which brought such notable changes to the law including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Civil disobedience produces results, and generally only the most passionate will participate The civil rights movement [b] was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which most commonly affected African Americans. David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement. June 18, 2025 6:40PM ET. when we learned how the Declaration of Independence led to the Civil War,” snarked former journalist Landon Hall. More than 250,000 blacks and whites, young and old, clergy and laity, descended upon the capital in support of the proposed civil rights bill. King offered high praise for the “architects of our republic” who wrote the “magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.” Declaration of Independence (July 1, 2021) Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality (February 18, 2021) The Lives and Works of Phillis Wheatley and Elizabeth Keckley (February 4, 2021) Women’s Suffrage (October 15, 2020) SPOTLIGHTS ON PRIMARY SOURCES. Declaration of Independence, 1776 The women’s rights movement after the Civil War, 1866 Trump used the occasion to attack “the left” multiple times, and his political opponent, Joe Biden. After winning a second term four years later, President Trump ordered the Declaration of Independence to be displayed in the Oval Office—the same revered space where he also chose to hang the police booking mug shot from his criminal arrest. On July 4, 1876, during the Centennial Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, the National Woman Suffrage Association adopted a ringing Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States. The association sought equal rights for women and particularly the right to vote. The ideas in the Declaration of Independence, particularly the assertion that all men are created equal and have the right to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,' served as a foundational principle for the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement showed that self-government, embodied by the right to speak, broadcast, assemble, and petition also requires that citizens possess the virtue of courage. C.S. Lewis said that “courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality”(C.S
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