Culture & Diversity: Equal Opportunity

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• Equal Opportunity In The Military
  For much of its history, the U.S. military has been a testing ground for groups seeking inclusion in the mainstream of American society. Today, new groups, including women and homosexuals,... (read more)
   
• Fifty Years of Brown v. Board of Education
  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…" --The Declaration of Independence Since its beginnings, America has stood for the principles expressed in the Declaration ... (read more)
   
• Race and Representation
  Although the Civil War (1861-1865) put an end to slavery, Southern whites after the war sought to maintain white supremacy. One way they did this was to keep blacks from voting.... (read more)
   
• Should Homosexuals Have the Right to Laws Protecting Them From Discrimination?
  In 1993, Colorado voters approved a constitutional amendment that excluded gays and lesbians from all antidiscrimination laws and policies in the state. Does this amendment violate gay people's right ... (read more)
   
• Three Visions for African Americans
  In the early years of the 20th century, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey developed competing visions for the future of African Americans. Civil War Reconstruction failed to ... (read more)
   

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