Civil Rights

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This paper presents a brief discussion on the topic of civil rights. The paper defines civil rights as the measures countrymen expect from their government to defend them in the application of their rights against an unfair execution of such rights by governments, groups or persons. The paper offers an overview of various laws instated in order to protect American citizens' civil rights.

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"A civil right is an obligatory right or privilege, which in case meddled with by another results in an action for injury. Freedom of speech, fourth estate, assembly, exercise of one's franchise, liberty from involuntary enslavement, and the right to enjoy equal rights in public places are all instances of civil rights. In the event of denial or obstruction of civil rights due to owning allegiance to a specific set or class, incidence of inequity happens. Laws have been framed to check discrimination because of ethnic status, sex, religion, age, initial state of enslavement, bodily disadvantage, country to which they belong and in certain cases sexual preference. (Civil Rights: An Overview) "

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