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Memorable Essays on Civil Rights in America:
Summary: Although separated by 100 years, a civil rights' essay by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony on the need for women's civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on civil rights for blacks have very similar themes. They both condemn the injustice of current laws and use their faith in God to show how these laws are unjust.
It was Thomas Jefferson who uttered the words "That all men are created equal...." However, over one hundred years would pass before these words would mean anything. Equality among all Americans would come with the adoption of the fifteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-fourth Amendments. Before these amendments were passed not everyone had equal rights. African-Americans and white women had almost no rights at all. Their road to equality is large due to three very important individuals. For African-Americans, it was Martin Luther King. For women, it was Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Even though they were separated by almost one hundred years and were fighting for a different group of people, their ideas were one and the same, equal rights. To reach out to as many people as possible, these civil rights activists often gave speeches, held conventions, etc. "Letters from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King...
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