Civil Rights  (tagged articles)

Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument

Esme Trahair - On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs concerning segregation and civil rights, and made a point of contextualizing the civil rights movement globally. Toward the beginning... Keep Reading »

Fetal Homicide Laws: The Policing of Women's Bodies

Chancey B. Herbolsheimer - Over the last few decades, fetal homicide laws have become the topic of fierce debate. Some argue they are necessary to protect pregnant women from violence and provide for restitution in cases of assault that result in the loss of the fetus. Others contend it is simply... Keep Reading »

The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans

Emily Dalgo - What is the meaning of the American Dream for educated black Americans? How do perceptions of the equality and the achievability of the American Dream among educated black Americans correlate with the dominant discourse on the subject? This research project determines... Keep Reading »

The "Roving Ambassador:" Bayard Rustin's Quaker Cosmopolitanism and the Civil Rights Movement

Sebastian C. Galbo - Just eight months after Gandhi's assassination, Rustin arrived in India to give a series of lectures to pacifist organizations. Between 1947 and 1952, Rustin made several important trips to Africa and India where he met and exchanged ideas with other prominent social... Keep Reading »

Title IX and the Gender Binary: Trajectories of Equality

Jennifer J. Luther - Prior to 1970, women were severely underrepresented in high school and college math, science, and business courses, and were almost invisible in high school technical courses.[1] Even professional schools barred access to women for all programs but teaching, nursing... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Civil Rights is tagged in the following 10 articles.

Decolonization
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument
By Esme Trahair
On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs concerning segregation and Civil Rights, and made a point of contextualizing the Civil Rights movement globally... Read Article »
Mau Mau Kenya Decolonization Sub-Saharan Africa Civil Rights Movement Revolution Colonialism
Reproductive Rights
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Fetal Homicide Laws: The Policing of Women's Bodies
By Chancey B. Herbolsheimer
Over the last few decades, fetal homicide laws have become the topic of fierce debate. Some argue they are necessary to protect pregnant women from violence and provide for restitution in cases of assault that result in the loss of the fetus. Others... Read Article »
Reproductive Rights Women's Rights Civil Rights Abortion Pregnancy Fetus Personhood
Race in America
2016, Vol. 6 No. 2
The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans
By Emily Dalgo
Published by Clocks and Clouds
What is the meaning of the American Dream for educated black Americans? How do perceptions of the equality and the achievability of the American Dream among educated black Americans correlate with the dominant discourse on the subject? This research... Read Article »
American Dream Race in America Inequality Higher Education Barack Obama Social Justice Civil Rights
Civil Rights
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
The "Roving Ambassador:" Bayard Rustin's Quaker Cosmopolitanism and the Civil Rights Movement
By Sebastian C. Galbo
Just eight months after Gandhi's assassination, Rustin arrived in India to give a series of lectures to pacifist organizations. Between 1947 and 1952, Rustin made several important trips to Africa and India where he met and exchanged ideas with... Read Article »
Civil Rights Bayard Rustin American History Quakers Pacifism Cosmopolitanism
Civil Rights
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
Title IX and the Gender Binary: Trajectories of Equality
By Jennifer J. Luther
Prior to 1970, women were severely underrepresented in high school and college math, science, and business courses, and were almost invisible in high school technical courses.[1] Even professional schools barred access to women for all programs... Read Article »
Title IX Sports Law Gender Issues Equality Discrimination Sports Civil Rights
Media
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
Visual Persuasion: The Media's Use of Images in Framing People Groups
By Caitlin O'Donnell
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This article compares the media's framing of five groups in response to a societal catalyst that propelled them into the public and media spotlight: Native Americans during the Indian Wars; women during the suffrage movement; African Americans during... Read Article »
Native Americans Women's Rights African Americans Muslim Americans Japanese Americans Pearl Harbor September 11th Suffrage Civil Rights Movement
Government Oversight
2012, Vol. 4 No. 10
Diverging Discontent: Examining the PATRIOT Act's Passage in Congress Under the Bush Administration
By Alexander E. Hopkins
On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Act, by Congress just six weeks after the attacks with virtually no public debate, greatly-expanded the executive... Read Article »
George W. Bush Presidency Patriot Act September 11th Terrorism Congress Civil Liberties Civil Rights George W. Bush
American Civil War
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
A Nation Divided: Civil War Politics and Emancipation
By Joshua A. Jones
The Emancipation Proclamation was arguably the United States’ first step away from hypocrisy and toward true racial equality. However, commentators often obscure its pivotal role in bringing the Civil War to a close by inferring that it was... Read Article »
Civil War Abraham Lincoln Slavery Emancipation Civil Rights Thirteenth Amendment American History
2011, Vol. 3 No. 10
Remembering Tuskegee: Comparing Two Approaches to Studying the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
By Sujay Kulshrestha
History selectively chooses which events in our past gain notoriety in the present. This selectivity has some basis in the events’ significance, but it is also related to our natural curiosity about the past. Unfortunately, for many, the Tuskegee... Read Article »
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Civil Rights Ethics Institutional Review Boards Fred Gray Susan Reverby
Civil Rights
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
The X Factor: How Malcolm X Internationalized the Civil Rights Movement
By Jed S. Serrano
“You don’t do any singing, you’re too busy swinging”[i]. Thus spoke Malcolm X. He promulgated the new paradigm of anti-nonviolence[ii] he helped popularize during the 1960s. It had been around a decade since Brown v. Board... Read Article »
Malcolm X Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King John Lewis Pan-Africanism Civil Rights

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