The right not to be segregated and despised because of your color

The social movements of the 1960s questioned how the “inalienable rights” of all Americans were being actualized in this country. If we are all created equal, then everyone in this country should have:

1. The right not to be segregated and despised because of your color
2. The right to vote and be represented by someone like yourself
3. The right to walk down the street unmolested, without fear of violence
4. The right to protest without being labeled a subversive
5. The right to equal access to education, housing, and jobs without regard to race or gender
6. The right to love whom you want, when you want, and how you want
7. The right to be left alone, to privacy, and to have control over your own body (p. 2)

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The social movements of the 1960s questioned how the “inalienable rights” of all Americans were being actualized in this country. According to Gosse (2008), if we are all created equal, then everyone in this country should have:

1. The right not to be segregated and despised because of your color
2. The right to vote and be represented by someone like yourself
3. The right to walk down the street unmolested, without fear of violence
4. The right to protest without being labeled a subversive
5. The right to equal access to education, housing, and jobs without regard to race or gender
6. The right to love whom you want, when you want, and how you want
7. The right to be left alone, to privacy, and to have control over your own body (p. 2)

Choose one of these seven rights mentioned above and explain how one key event from the 1960s contributed to this right being honored more in our society.

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Everyone has a right not to be segregated because of color. This right was achieved due to various events that occurred in the 1960’s. One such event was the Greensboro sit-ins. Here, four black students staged a sit in inside the Woolworth store in North Carolina where the blacks were not supposed to mix with the whites. There was a lunch counter for the whites only. These students went into the whites only counter and ordered to be served. They were denied service and sat there until the store closed. This was followed by similar protests and more black students joined the sit- ins until the management of the Woolworth store agreed to their demands. It was one of the peaceful efforts in the fight for civil rights that was witnessed in the US……………..

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