Essays on Civil Rights

Civil Society Civil society is a powerful, yet vague theoretical concept and everyday practice. Whenever members of international organizations refer to democracy promotion or consolidation, local politicians talk about prosperity and welfare in their town or any non-governmental organization (NGO) writes a grant application, civil...

Human rights have recently been grounded firmly as a universal, cross-cultural concept that affects the way operations are undertaken. Social credit as a system introduced by the Chinese government has some impacts on these universal human rights. The system monitors and assesses people and businesses...

A police officer’s job is to serve and protect people and property. Their day to day duties can include, patrolling an area, arrest citizens, enforce the laws, issue citations, and that’s only a few to be named. There are many officers who wear this badge...

National Right to Life was founded in 1968 as the first nationwide right to life group. Carlo Tobias, National Right to Life President, said that the abortion issue played a major role in every election since Ronald Reagan was elected as a president in 1980....

Introduction Advocating, developing international human rights standards, monitoring human rights violations, service delivery and activism on human rights issues are the salient functions of several Non-government organizations (NGOs) especially in third world countries. In the globalized world order, the NGOs tend to fill the geographical...

For Unit 4 of the AP Human Geography course I decided to use the article, “How Michigan is an extreme example of gerrymandering,” by Eric Lupher. The article discusses how gerrymandering is a problem all over the United States, but some places have it much...

Human Rights has become a common topic of conversation within many social media platforms today. These important conversations help to educate us in what is happening around the world concerning the rights of human beings and also what rights we actually possess depending on where...

Human rights are moral principles and values that establish the standard of human decency and conduct, and are protected by local and international law through natural and legal rights. Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: ‘No one shall be enslaved or...

Though slavery was the major cause of the Civil War, it was the issues of state rights that played the second most important role. The Confederation was created with thirteen colonies coming together and forming a central government. It was believed that all the thirteen...

This essay is about Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist fighting for the equal and fair treatment of African Americans. She had such a huge impact she was later called the first lady of civil rights by the United Congress and she is also called...

Justice Paul Heath stated “most fundamental aspect of a democracy…the right of all citizens to elect those who will govern on their behalf.” Taking away the right to vote is contrary to the function of a democracy. As Heath mentioned all citizens have the right...

The Magna Carta was one of the first documents that kept power in check between a single authoritarian figure and the soon to be called bureaucrats of the land in the early medieval age period. The king was crossing lines in what he can do...

For hundreds of years america has been seen as the shining country of both a new start and a successful start to a new life. Race, religion, and national origin, among others, have shaped society’s beliefs and attitudes towards their fellow citizens through repeated examples...

Abstract W.E.B Du Bois is one of the renowned scholars in the field of history, civil rights activism and above all, sociology. There is an interesting story of his life, deep-rooted in his well-spent years of success in the career of sociology. W.E.B Du Bois...

Myanmar is one of the most disaster-prone countries in Asia. It ranks third out of 187 countries in the Global Climate Risk Index and is prone to a range of natural hazards including cyclones, storms, floods, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, drought and forest fires. Since 2002,...

Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, many leaders emerged that captured the attention of the American public. During this period, the leaders used different tactics in order to achieve change. Two strong civil rights leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were very well known...

Imagine bus doors open and you walk in. You pay your fare and walk through the middle aisle. All around you, the white’s began pulling disgusted faces and spat where you walked. You did not seem bothered by this as this was an everyday occurrence,...

In the United States, along with many parts of the world, lack of Gender Equality has created many cases of harassment and discriminatory conduct and comments towards women in the work place. Women are typically paid less than men and women typically hold smaller positions...

One of the most important factors in the development of African-American civil rights was the process of reconstruction and the growth of grass root Black leaders. They laid the groundwork for activists such as MLK and members of the NAACP. The Radical Reconstruction that took...

Article 25 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 states that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social...

The Harlem Renaissance was a time of mass creativity within the black community in the Harlem neighborhood in New York. Their creative abilities shown through many ways such as spoken word and poetry, writing, artistry, and music. The time period also held some great intellectuals...

Manuscript A free world is a happy world. Human trafficking strips individuals of freedom. How does human trafficking happen? How do people in the modern world become enslaved? Human trafficking is an enterprise that has plagued humanity since the dawn of civilization from the time...

Introduction I believe that Martin Luther King Jr brought awareness to the civil rights cause by harnessing the power of the media and the public which led to change in the public’s attitude towards black people. However, he couldn’t have succeeded without the change to...

The foundations of the United Nations are built upon the very core idea of human rights, therefore, they strive to progress towards the goal of obtaining and maintaining equal human rights. Every country is signed to the Treaty of Universal Human Rights, meaning that human...

Introduction States should be permitted to use military force to end widespread and grave violations of human rights in other states, regardless of whether the state consents, firstly on the grounds that human rights should be prioritised over sovereignty for the sake of justice and...

According to Kaiser Health News, health care has become more expensive due to a variety of factors such as the fee-for-service system, disease burden, and advancements in both medical and technological advancements, insurance tax, to name a few. Similarly in my opinion if I should...

In the antebellum era, there was an inextricable link between the issue of slavery, and the call for states’ rights and the weakening of the federal platform. These rights reserved a set of powers for state governments, powers that the federal government could not touch....

Introduction Human rights have been considered as the external conditions necessary for individual growth throughout history arising from mans basic social character fundamental rights are the sustaining foundations of democracy as a form of government and way of life although has left the European Union...