The overall tone of Lewis' speech was angry and strong. For some, the speech sounded too belligerent. John Lewis changed parts of his speech at the request of Martin Luther King, Jr. Lewis said he could not say no to King because King was his hero, his inspiration.
The part where Lewis said they cannot wholeheartedly support the administration's civil rights bill for it is too little and too late was removed from his revised speech.
Lewis' original speech "We will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did" was changed to "we will march with the spirit of love and with the spirit of dignity that we have shown here today"
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There was a series of causes leading up to the American Revolution that took place over many years, most having to do with taxation. TheMolasses Act, the Proclamation of 1763, the Currency Actand the Sugar Act, all caused resentment by restricting colonial trade and ingenuity, in order to benefit the mothercountry at the colonists' expense. The Stamp Act, however, took things to a whole new level. The Stamp Act marked Parliament's very The Stamp Actcalled for various items such as licenses, documents, diplomas and nearly every paper item to be printed on stamped or embossed paper. The paper had a tax on it and had to be bought from a government stamped-paper office. The stamp was not a stamp in the sense of a small piece of paper with glue on the back that is affixed to an envelope like we use today. Instead a more similar modern day equivalent would be the notary stamp that is used to mark official documents. A notary public takes so
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In April 1881, McCarty was tried for and convicted of Brady's murder, and was sentenced to hang in May of that year. He escaped from jail on April 28, killing two sheriff's deputies in the process and evading capture for more than two months.
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Options: the protection of land rights
improved access to education
fair wages for migrant farm workers
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The Chicano movement, like other movements, fought for civil rights. The Chicano movement focused on the inequalities experienced by Mexican Americans in the United States. It started in the 1960s and 1970s by women against racism, unequal access to education, separation in housing, unemployment, discrimination, and police cruelty facing by Mexican communities. As the movement began to spread, they experienced an awakening of consciousness, ethnic pride, and identity.
