Civil Rights Movements, Minority Groups, Counter Culture

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Civil Rights & Minority Groups

Before we can look at the struggles of minority groups towards the exercise of their Civil Rights from the 1950's on, we need to define what civil rights is. Civil Rights are the rights & powers of an individual that he can exercise under the jurisdiction of Civil Law. You have to distinguish Civil Rights from human or natural rights as Civil Rights are those that are given by a country towards its citizens as well as subjects who are bound within its territories. Human/Natural rights of an individual are those he/she is born with, therefore inalienable. Many have argued that civil & human rights are of the same nature from political, philosophical & religious points of view. British Philosopher John Locke has heavily influenced the founding fathers during the creation of the American Nation with his views on the nature of human & civil rights especially that relating to one's right to life, property & liberty. Now let's look at Minority Groups. Minority means the 'smaller' grouping, that collection of people which is not considered of major cultural, political & social impact upon a nation. From a political & social point of view, in the US today one may consider the Hispanics, the Asians as well as certain American Indian Nations as minorities. Sociologically speaking, numbers do not necessarily direct a group to be termed as a minority. Sociologists refer to minority groups as disadvantaged, of less power than the rest to enforce and live out their lives in equal basis with the rest of the populace due to their cultural, political & social situations. They are also referred to as subordinate groups & in socio-economics by determination they view elements of ethnicity, disability & gender as well as economic capacity to determine minority.

Now, Civil Rights are guaranteed by law of the country that bestows them and can be argued in its' courtrooms. An example of this is the Right to Privacy which is implied in several cases and had been exercised by people who enforce their right to do so. As I see it, you are asking for assistance in determining civil rights event from the 50's onwards that has shone a light towards understanding Civil Rights and the right of the American Minority to exercise it which also determined the social move to a more equal, more stable society. I will do you one better, I have attached a timeline for you listing all the key movements. One of the key ideas brought about in the 1950's was the idea of Anti-discrimination. In the US to choose someone, say as an employer would, by virtue of race/ethnicity alone is discriminatory termed legally as Racial Discrimination. To discriminate against people by ...