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Connect - How were the tactics and activism of other Civil Rights movements inspired by the work of Black civil rights activists? Bring in multiple examples from the text.

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Connect - How were the tactics and activism of other Civil Rights movements inspired by the work of Black civil rights activists? Bring in multiple examples from the text.

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Connect- What were some of the shared circumstances and experiences that prompted different civil rights movements? Bring in multiple examples from the text. 

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Connect- What were some of the shared circumstances and experiences that prompted different civil rights movements? Bring in multiple examples from the text. 

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Envision - If you were to create a memorial or monument for one of these movements, activists, or events, which would you focus on? What would you include in your memorial or monument?

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Envision - If you were to create a memorial or monument for one of these movements, activists, or events, which would you focus on? What would you include in your memorial or monument?

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Synthesize- After reading about multiple civil rights movements, what is one key takeaway for you? Why?  Bring in examples and details from the text. 

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Synthesize- After reading about multiple civil rights movements, what is one key takeaway for you? Why?  Bring in examples and details from the text. 

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Question - Many of these movements remain unrecognized or unknown in US society. Why do you think this is?  Bring in examples and details from the text. 

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Question - Many of these movements remain unrecognized or unknown in US society. Why do you think this is?  Bring in examples and details from the text. 

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They were inspired by the civil rights movement because in the text (page 12) it says that Many African women played an important role in the black power movement. They had a movement for black power women to bring attention to gender identity, classism, racism and sexism. There was an organization inspired by them called third women's alliance to lead freedom and grow black feminism.

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In terms of women's civil rights, the civil rights movement prompted many activists to fight for women's rights as well. Many women who were fighting to end slavery realized that they were second class citizens and that then launched the suffrage movement. It then straight up tells us where some of the inspiration for this movement came from, " In the same way, many women who were inspired by the black civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s went on to forge the women's movement."

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My biggest takeaway from reading these texts was the persistence with which each movement fought for their rights. Native, Black, Women, and Latinx/Chicano groups have all worked for years, and even in the face of pushback and a lack of progress continued to press forward. For example, during the Trail of Broken Treaties protest, AIM activists walked all the way across the country, only to have their demands rejected by the Nixon Admin. All of that work came to nothing, yet all of them refused to be discouraged.

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A key takeaway for me is that, people all want the same thing but are too scared to get it because of being too scared. Therese always one brave person to lead everyone to a more free life. In women demand equally(page 2). It says "Many women fough for civil rights later in the years because they had similar paths as the other women". Also in the Latinx and chicano Civil rights, they were planning on getting a group to go boycotting to get the attention for equal rights

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Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez's tactics were nonviolent like Martin Luther King Jr. and they used hunger strikes as a political tool. In 1968 and 1969, Chicano students throughout the Southwest boycotted classes to protest poor education in their schools. In March 1968, Latinx students from many high schools led a series of mass walkouts to demand educational equality within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

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After reading about multiple civil rights my biggest takeaway is how the people protesting kept on pushing for what they wanted. From 1968 to 1975 the native Americans fought for their rights and justice for the land that was taken away from them.

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I would make a scale of Justice in Washington DC and have the lower engraved oppression and the higher one Human Rights then at the base it would say something like "For those who built a nation that didn't support them but punished them. Yet they still refused to yield and became a symbol of hope and change"

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I think this occurs because it's in our government's best interests to keep us from learning about these movements. In general, we've only profitted from the oppression of certain minority groups, so it makes sense that the US would like to keep it this way. I for one, had never heard of the movement for Elderly American Civil Rights. One of their main accomplishments was the creation of Medicare, which costs the government a fair amount of money each year.

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As a memorial for the black civil rights movement. I think it's really important to recognize and learn the importance of what people had to go through back then just for their rights. I would have a building of a museum in Detroit Chicago where MLK was, and add pictures and sculptures of what they had gone through and what made them so powerful to us until today. I would also put up a really huge statue in Detroit of MLK so hes really honored that way.

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Modeled directly off of the black panthers, the Brown Berets were group in LA that worked for housing and employment.

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Women would often times do peaceful protests like marches and boycotts. Martin Luther king lead many marches and Rosa Parks sparked the bus boycott movement.

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Some shared circumstances and experiences that propted different civil right movement are the discrimination and the need for change. There are many examples littered in the text like "Their stated aim was to end racial oppression 'through the power of a consolidated yellow people' yellow power became their slogan"

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I think that there should be a monument for Ed Roberts at UC Berkeley. I feel like that would have a big impact of acknowledging the fact of him changing the way Americans see disable folks. The world has a lot more disabled people than most think so to have him show that disabled people can do what a non disabled person can do breaks the social standards and paves the way for others.

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One key thing that I would focus on would be to have it designed by members of the various communities that these movements have impacted. This would be a chance to promote up and coming young artists, as well as create diversity in the public artwork/monument sector. There's been a lot of talk about replacing Confederate statues with new monuments with better messaging, and this could be a great opportunity to do this.

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I would pick the civil rights movement and make a big timeline on it and put it under a statue of a important figure like MLK. Under the different times I would put descriptions and important information on people that helped and contributed along the way for their rights

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That without determination and persistence nothing could happen and that if you want change you have to make your point clear and you cant give up many of the movements took many years and could even say that they are still being fought in some places. Woman civil right groups were made to show that there were many people who wanted and needed change

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I think I would create a gallery of art dedicated to the Stokely Carmichael with images of him during speeches and marches and put it in a popular museum so that he gets the attention he deserves.

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One thing I noticed was how all of the movements were around the same time. It must have been a very interesting time to live through because of how much unrest and change there was.

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The Latinx & Chicano Civil Rights and Asian American / APIA Civil Rights sections talked about the strike against grape growers. The farmworker struggle in California is one of the most notable campaigns for Latino rights in the 1960s. The strike lasted 5 years and during this time Cesar Chavez organized a national boycott of table grapes that won widespread support. In 1970 grape growers agreed to a contact that granted most of the workers' demands, including union recognition and higher wages and benefits. The strike against California grape growers was launched by an Asian American activists. Larry Itliong played a key role in this strike. He and Filipino activists helped form the United Farm Workers (UFW). This was a growing movement for Asian American rights.

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After reading about several civil rights movements one consistent takeaway is that it always takes deliberate action, and large amounts of people to make changes. In an environment where a minority group is being oppressed, change derives from being active and spreading awareness. When trying to change a system that marginalizes your community taking initiative is important, and being a bystander only perpetuates oppression. Specific examples of people taking initiative to spark change include people like Martin Luther King Jr. who inspired many people and advocated for change under a system that oppressed him.

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I think that after reading these texts and seeing their commonalities a key take away is that there are so many group of people on our planet that are all human beings, but have had to fight so hard just be thought of as an equal human. Our history is filled with movement after movement, fight after fight and yet still our country is far from equal and safe. I just wonder how a person can possibly think less of someone based on their abilities, skin color, gender or sexuality. After all, again, we are all human.

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I think they get left out or avoided because they highlight a time when we were wrong and did the wrong thing. No one wants to see the bad parts about themselves but that is one of the most important things that have to be highlighted. Latinx and Chicano movement shows a large group of people who represent a large amount of Americans being oppressed and refused recognition

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Many of these movements are still unrecognized because people mostly just focus on the civil rights movement for African-Americans. It is important to recognize that many of the movements throughout the 60's and 70's were connected, and that it was an era of change in many areas.

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There were many common circumstances that led to civil rights movements. One example is discrimination, in the civil rights for Americans with disabilities movement, a large contributing factor that may have prompted the movement was the discrimination and poor representation of deaf and blind Americans. Americans with disabilities weren't accommodated for and didn't feel equally represented. Likewise the LGBTQIA+ community also felt poorly represented and discriminated against, due to discriminatory laws like homosexuality being outlawed.

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One key takeaway is that so many groups of people fought for their rights. They made many movements, organizations, and protested for what they think is right. It wasn't easy for many of them because they were discriminated against because of their race, gender, sexuality etc.

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Most civil rights movements were prompted by active discrimination from both government as well as people in communities. Latinx and Chicano laborers before the civil rights movement didn't have a lot of say in working conditions. Latinx and Chicano children weren't getting the help they needed at school, and many people were living in poorer conditions than the white people around them. Dolores Huerta (a teacher in San Joaquin) said that she "couldn't stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes". Disabled people didn't have fair access to school. Ed Roberts was told that because he was paralyzed from Polio and he needed a respirator, that he would be "too disabled for work". Roberts started a program to make it easier for disabled students to attend school. He was the one who introduced ramps, curb cuts, and allowing students to use languages like ASL and Braille. Usually a civil rights movement gains momentum when people advocate for others, they don't stay silent, or they fight against laws being made to prohibit them from having and equal say or having equal access.

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Many common types of protests could have been inspired by black civil rights activists.  Student strikes for Asian American civil rights at San Francisco State University and University of California, may have been inspired by the many peaceful protests that advocated for the rights of African Americans. Another example from the text are the boycotts and strikes employed by Latinx and Chicano Americans were similar to the tactics used when fighting for African American rights.

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I think this happens because people are afraid to admit that things had ever been different from the way they are now. They don't want to admit that there had ever been bad parts or unfair parts in our history. It also might be that they wished that our country is used to be, dominated by straight white men. Other civil rights movements are forgotten because people think they should be, which isn't fair. People should have access to their history, our country's history, without being blocked by people who won't listen to non-dominant sides of the story. I hadn't heard of the Elderly Civil Rights movement before, I didn't know how much the Disability Civil Rights movement affected people's ability to have a job, go to school, or even go out places without being stopped because buildings aren't accommodating.

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My key takeaway is that people being persistent and making their voice known is how change happens. People are willing to take risks, and fight for their say in the conversation. Rallying people together under a common idea makes a difference in how quickly change happens.

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Something that i noticed while reading was how much persistence and dedication is required when trying to start a movement and make a large change. For many it takes many years until the public starts to notice and changes start being made. An example that could be used is the LGBTQIA movement.

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It seems like one thing that all civil rights movements have one thing in common. And thats a group of people that feel as if they have been ignored or neglected. You can see these two commonalities in nearly every civil rights movement.

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A lot of civil rights movements used similar methods as the black civil rights movement. This is largely due to the widespread publicity they got and how effective it was. It was so effective at this because it would usually garner a harsh response from some people, that were often violent, while the protesters wouldnt fight back.

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Other activist groups and tactics were influenced by the work of other Black Civil Rights activists because it states in the text that black women created a movement to bring attention to gender identity, classism, racism, and sexism. Because of this, there was an orginazation invented inspired by them called the Third Women's Alliance, which followed up on the other protest leading others to help gain freedom and spread feminism for all women. -Jack Skelton

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My biggest takeaway is that without percistence, no movement or any form of change can happen. Throughout the 60's and 70's, Native American and women civil right groups across the nation were persistent in creating new movements, points and goals to achieve and gain their rights. These women civil rights groups were special because they truly, more than any other group at the time wanted change. -Jack Skelton

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I believe these movements are really unbeknownst to our society because our government believes to this day these movements were forms of oppression to them and teaching them is sort of teaching about how the government truly treats its people. These movements sort of highlight mistakes or flaws in our government, which due to its general corruptness they choose not to teach it to keep its image high and mighty. -Jack Skelton

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Because of the civil rights movement, a lot of women got inspired to fight for women's rights also. realizing that women are also 2nd class citizens.

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Martin Luther King held a lot of peaceful protests. Many women would go to these peaceful protest and boycotts.

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I think that women's suffrage and civil rights for Black people have a lot of overlap specifically. Ida B. Wells was a pioneer in both of these topics, and Black women were (and still are) one of the most oppressed groups in the U.S. due to continuing inequalities. In the text, for both of these movements, organizing and working together was central to advancement and was a main reason why the groups had any power at all. Without each other, there wouldn't be a movement and so there wouldn't be any real change made.

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I think I'd focus on Stokely Carmichael, mostly because he was a very important activist and contributor to the Black Power movement, and yet he is mostly unheard of. Compared to people like MLK and Malcolm X, who are much more well known, Carmichael deserves to be well known. I think a statue of Carmichael, along with perhaps something that teaches people about who he was at the monument would be useful. A monument would definitely bring more awareness to who he was as an activist and a person.

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I think this is because many of these movements affect minority groups, which (as implied by the name) are usually working towards goals and change for said minority group. However, if the minority is small enough and perhaps not vocal enough, they won't get a lot of attention from outside the group, which is what can help make change.

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Both the Chicano and Black civil rights movements used tactics like having peaceful protests. They also both used the media to bring more attention to their cause. Both were focused on gaining equality and justice for those who were discriminated against.

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I think many of these civil right movements go unrecognized because America wants to keep the reputation of everyone here is free, everyone is equal and everyone has an opportunity to succeed. They don't want to show that America's history is racist and most people were discriminated against.

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My biggest takeaway from the readings was how everyone was kind of inspired by one another and how all of the movements happened in the same period of time. It's surprising how many people were discriminated against, such as the elderly, I had never heard of that movement previously.

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Some tactics that other groups used were inspired by black civil right activist like for example, they would do marches/protests and boycott things to get their point across just like how Black people were in more poorer education involvements and wanted to better it, they went on a protest to boycott and so did Chicanos when  they wanted a better education "Chicano students throughout the southwest boycotted classes to protest poor education in their school". But those protests were all peaceful and not violent "Like Martin Luther King Jr., Chavez & Huerta replied on non-violent civil disobedience in the struggle for equal rights" (page 5). - Marbella H.J.

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Some tactics that other groups used were inspired by black civil right activist like for example, they would do marches/protests and boycott things to get their point across just like how Black people were in more poorer education involvements and wanted to better it, they went on a protest to boycott and so did Chicanos when  they wanted a better education "Chicano students throughout the southwest boycotted classes to protest poor education in their school". But those protests were all peaceful and not violent "Like Martin Luther King Jr., Chavez & Huerta replied on non-violent civil disobedience in the struggle for equal rights" (page 5). - Marbella H.J.

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Many different circumstances and experiences have led to civil rights movements. Most shared experiences is because of discrimination, segregation, sexism, and unequal based on race, gender, sexual orientation or any other minority group who are not privileged. Some shared experiences these groups might have gone through is violence like when Chicano's would wear a lot of fabric during the world war ll and were hunted down to often get beaten or shot to death by authorities just like how in 1966 when the black movement "March against fear" was first created by James Meredith because black people were beaten up for simply trying to vote. James was shot to death the following day by a white armed man. To this day we have been issued with guns mostly by police who use them to target black and Latinos.

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After reading multiple civil rights movements, one key takeaway for me is how all these movements were all mostly created because of racism and the superiority of white people.  To this day, a lot of those that we are reading right now to this day are fighting for the their rights after years. (a bit of Question 4) which concludes to question 4: the US doesn't want to look  like the victim. They want to wipe away our history because we have a lot of those problems in the US. And when they do try and educate people about civil right movement  or minority groups that have fought for justice, they always end up white washing history so it later on gets forgotten. It barely gets talked about.               - Marbella H.J        

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After reading multiple civil rights movements, one key takeaway for me is how all these movements were all mostly created because of racism and the superiority of white people.  To this day, a lot of those that we are reading right now to this day are fighting for the their rights after years. (a bit of Question 4) which concludes to question 4: the US doesn't want to look  like the victim. They want to wipe away our history because we have a lot of those problems in the US. And when they do try and educate people about civil right movement  or minority groups that have fought for justice, they always end up white washing history so it later on gets forgotten. It barely gets talked about.               - Marbella H.J        

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I would say that the diner sit-ins were very important because it showed how fed up black Americans were with the segregation laws. They would prepare for the sit-ins months before and practiced being abused because they knew that's what would happen when they did it. It is very interesting to me that these were teenagers which is very brave. -Ben

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a key takeaway that happened in most of the civil rights movement was that everyone was pretty scared to be the first one to take action, and most of the civil rights movements happened because of one brave person that spoke up. Also, another key takeaway is how much they persisted, and how they didn't give up no matter what got in their way.

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one of the main reasons these movements remain unknown is definitely because of the bad school systems they had back then. It is getting better now, but even today there are many important moments in history that are forgotten.

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The tactics and activism of black civil rights activists have been a powerful source of inspiration for other civil rights movements. Their emphasis on nonviolent resistance, as seen in the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, influenced many to bring attention to sexism and racism. (page 12

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The tactics and activism of black civil rights activists have been a powerful source of inspiration for other civil rights movements. Their emphasis on nonviolent resistance, as seen in the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, influenced many to bring attention to sexism and racism. (page 12

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All of these movements wether they be hostile or more peaceful they all are about one thing it’s obvious to see that people wanted to make their point across in one or more ways.

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All of these movements wether they be hostile or more peaceful they all are about one thing it’s obvious to see that people wanted to make their point across in one or more ways.

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Because of the smaller impact that these movements had on the different aspects they have fallen into the smaller parts of history or even lost to time due to their bigger brothers. So unless you are become aware of there existence from family,friends or research your probably not going to know.

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While I think it’s important to make memorials and I would want too there is too many people and places to make
Memorials on. I think the most important tho has too be The LGBTQ movements they mean I lot too me as a gay person and I really do think he need to recognize the black LGBTQ community and there struggles

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After reading, I found that the civil rights movement started the idea for many people to fight for women’s rights. A lot of them were fighting to stop slavery, and soon after- created the suffrage movement. Some of their inspiration came from the black civil rights movement in the 1960’s - 1970’s. - Rieli H.

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After reading, I found that the civil rights movement started the idea for many people to fight for women’s rights. A lot of them were fighting to stop slavery, and soon after- created the suffrage movement. Some of their inspiration came from the black civil rights movement in the 1960’s - 1970’s. - Rieli H.

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A few of the shared experiences between Black Americans and Native Americans that prompted their Civil Rights movements were the effects of traditional racism. One example is that both groups were up against walls keeping them from getting education, jobs, houses, and political views. Native Americans had to face forced assimilation policies such as boarding schools and the diminishing of their culture. Black Americans also faced segregation. -Rieli H.

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A few of the shared experiences between Black Americans and Native Americans that prompted their Civil Rights movements were the effects of traditional racism. One example is that both groups were up against walls keeping them from getting education, jobs, houses, and political views. Native Americans had to face forced assimilation policies such as boarding schools and the diminishing of their culture. Black Americans also faced segregation. -Rieli H.

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The LGBTQ movement was created by important Civil Rights leaders. For example, Stokely Carmicheal. They included similar tactics like sit-ins, marches, and other ways of protest to fight discriminatory laws. - Rieli H.

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The LGBTQ movement was created by important Civil Rights leaders. For example, Stokely Carmicheal. They included similar tactics like sit-ins, marches, and other ways of protest to fight discriminatory laws. - Rieli H.

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During the women's suffrage movement they had a lot of peaceful protests such as picketing the white house which was a lot like MLK and his peaceful protest that he advocated for.
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some of the shared experiences that prompted civil rights movements could have included; segregated education experiences that black American's had along with native American tribes. Another example is that a lot of different groups protests for their rights, almost all civil rights groups protests for their own rights of their groups. Another shared experience also include issues with law enforcement a lot of civil rights groups were beaten down or even killed by law enforcements.- seb

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I think a lot of these movements go unrecognized because minority groups are less talked about in schools and most history books are written about white experiences and white stories and don't contain a lot of counter narrative stories which can cause a lot of these bigger civil rights movements to be less taught in school. I also think that our government might want to keep the white stories as the ones taught in school keeping these bigger issues lesser known. - seb

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The text notes that many women who were active in the civil rights and workers' rights movements later became prominent in the women's rights movement. This suggests that these women may have been inspired or influenced by the tactics and strategies they saw in the civil rights movement, as well as by the spirit of activism and demand for equal rights. Like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was a cornerstone of the Black civil rights movement, women's rights activists also turned to legislation to address their concerns. Two such laws are mentioned in the text: the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which also prohibited sex-based discrimination.

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In both movements, there was a shared sense of being treated as second-class citizens. Black civil rights activists fought against racial segregation and systemic discrimination, while women activists fought against sexism and discrimination based on gender. Secondly, both movements were galvanized by a lack of equal rights. For instance, women were fighting against being treated like a minority and being denied the same rights and opportunities as men. This experience mirrors that of Black individuals during the Civil Rights Movement, who were fighting for equal rights and an end to racial discrimination.

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One key takeaway from this text is the recognition of the significant role that social movements, such as the Civil Rights movement, play in influencing and inspiring other movements for social change, like the Women's Rights movement. Activists from various causes often learn from and adapt the strategies and tactics of other movements, as well as form a collective consciousness about shared experiences of inequality and injustice. For example, the text mentions how many women who were active in the Civil Rights movement and workers' rights movement became important figures in the Women's Rights movement. As stated in the text, "Many women who fought for civil rights and workers' rights later became active in the movement for women's rights."

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Well, at the start (or base, if you will) of most of the civil rights movements (of the ones mentioned in the article but also outside of it), they seem to start in a similar way. With the groups that started or helped civil rights movements beginning with them realizing a problem based on evidence and repetitive actions against their group (like how for native american/indigenous civil rights,  "Local activists believed that this imbalance reflected police harassment

of Indians."), or just through them being sick and tired of the hate and discrimination towards them. They also all share the commonality of being different, to each other but also within their own groups. For example, within the black power and black rights, there were Stokely Carmichael who had a strong and powerful focus, not only demanding legal rights and intigration, but "the cultural, political, and economic power to

strengthen black communities so they could determine their own

futures.". While in other parts of the black power movement, Muhammad Ali was fighting injustice and racial inequality from his position as a popular boxer. So while they all did have many similarities, they were also varied and incredibly nuanced.

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Well, while I'm not sure which movement, acticist, or event I would focus on, I think I would try to include important key figures or groups, such as the Indians of All Tribes, the Native American group that occupied alcatraz as a protest. I think its important to show real, solid groups or people, as though it can be a bit narrowing or specific within the movement, it bring a bit more of an emotional side to the memorial/monument. I'd also focus on what that group wanted, like the black panthers 10 point program, outlining what they wanted and what they believed they deserved and what they needed, as that is probably one of the most important things. I don't know what a lot of these groups or individuals in this document need/want, so why not try to share what they were saying, and get that out there, rather than just review it and be done with it.

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Perhaps a reason why this info is kept out just due to later cover ups by those in power. Its obvious that fighting for justice, equality, and civil/individual rights was a large task. Its still being fought for today, and its due to large opposition to it, from racism to sexism, albeism, and other. So it would be the most surprising, unfortunately, that this history was just covered up. Though more likely, I think, is just its lack of discussion over it, and less focus on it, which could still very well be for the same reason, but just in a less forward process. Another reason is just becuase our government, and many in it haven't been able to own up to the mistakes they have made towards minorites and others in this country that haven't been protected just talked about enough, as part of the U.S's history. Much of what the document discusses is a lot of active civil rights for individual groups, be it black people, asian american /APIA, women, people with disabilites, older people, ect. And while its focus isn't purely on the immense knowledge, discovery, progress, and work done by many in the U.S. who aren't talked about or taught enough, all that this document is about is definetly worth and needed to be recognized and known in US society. Because its a part of history. And history deserves to be learned