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Definition: Civil Rights |
Civil RightsNoun1. Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, or gender. (references) |
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Civil rights may include the right to vote, right to property, right to bear arms, right to free speech, right to privacy, right to associate, etc.
Civil rights movements have existed in many countries.
The United States Constitution and its amendments guarantee a number of rights to its citizens.
In 1964 civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. Their deaths shocked the United States' public and Congress and helped pass the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Constitution of Canada includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees many of the same rights as the US constitution, with the notable exception of protection against an establishment of religion as the Anglican Church of Canada is nominally the state religion. It should be pointed out that this nominal connection with an religious body in no way interferes with freedom of religion which is protected by the Charter.United States
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Synonym: Civil RightsSynonym: civil right (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Civil Rights |
| English words defined with "civil rights": Atimy, attainder ♦ bond ♦ call, Civil death, Civil Rights movement, Civily ♦ Department of Justice, Du Bois ♦ Evers ♦ farmer, Frank-law ♦ Jackson, James Howard Meredith, James Leonard Farmer, James Meredith, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson, Julian Bond, justice, Justice Department ♦ king ♦ Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers, Meredith ♦ name, nominate ♦ Parks, propose ♦ Rosa Parks, Roy Wilkins ♦ soul ♦ trenchantly ♦ W. E. B. Du Bois, white backlash, whitelash, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young, Wilkins, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ♦ young. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "civil rights": EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVE. (references) |
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Screenplays | Civil rights is one thing (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; writing credit: William Rose) | |
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 | Civil rights. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Violence attacking civil rights militants. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Robert F. Kennedy using megaphone to address a group of civil rights demonstrators at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Two GI's stand guard on bridge over Soapstone Creek--about 10 miles east of Selma--as Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marchers approach. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Senator Sam J. Ervin, clenching fist at Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (top right) and Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall (top left) during Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on civil rights legislation. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Delegate Assembly for Civil Rights, left to right, Roy Reuther of United Automobile Workers, AFL-CIO; Clarence Mitchell, director of NAACP Washington bureau; and Charles Zimmerman of Jewish Labor Committee] / Sorrell, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Nashville police officer wielding nightstick holds African American youth at bay during a civil rights march in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Several rows of civil rights activists, many holding hands, march down Chicago's Balboa Drive to protest school segregation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Police struggle with African American female civil rights protester reacting to death of fellow demonstrator, minister Bruce Klunder, struck and killed on the scene by a bulldozer, Cleveland, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Benefit night and rally : Sat., January 15th, 8 PM for the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Assoc. ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Separate agreements shall be made between France and Germany dealing with the interests of the inhabitants of the territories referred to in Article 51, particularly as regards their civil rights, their business and the exercise of their professions, it being understood that Germany undertakes as from the present date to recognise and accept the regulations laid down in the Annex hereto regarding the nationality of the inhabitants or natives of the said territories, not to claim at any time or in any place whatsoever as German nationals those who shall have been declared on any ground to be French, to receive all others in her territory, and to conform, as regards the property of German nationals in the territories indicated in Article 51, with the provisions of Article 297 and the Annex to Section IV of Part X (Economic Clauses) of the present Treaty. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1940) |
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Business | The recent reforms also have strengthened the role of the judicial system in protecting civil rights in voting matters. (references) | |
Children | South Africa | Society is increasingly open to the concept of persons with disabilities as a minority whose civil rights must be protected. (references) |
United Kingdom | In May the Government passed the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act, which enhances civil rights for persons with disabilities in education. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Nepal | Freedom of assembly was one of the civil rights suspended under the November 26 state of emergency. (references) |
Discrimination | Sri Lanka | The Supreme Court regularly upholds court rulings in cases in which individuals file suit over the abridgment of their fundamental civil rights. (references) |
Slovak Republic | The committee completed its assignment in December, and found that the Penal Code sufficiently addresses antidiscrimination concerns, but both improved legislation protecting civil rights and better implementation of the legislation was needed. (references) | |
Economic History | Sierra Leone | Civil rights and religious freedom are respected. (references) |
Human Rights | Jamaica | Fourteen of the men brought a class action civil suit, citing civil rights violations. (references) |
Norway | The parliamentary plan addresses political and civil rights and economic, social, and cultural rights. (references) | |
Thailand | However, some academic groups claimed that the searches were arbitrary and violated the villagers' civil rights. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Gabon | The law grants them the same civil rights as other citizens. (references) |
Japan | The new law did not mandate civil rights protection for the Ainu. (references) | |
Botswana | Their isolation, ignorance of civil rights, and lack of political representation have stymied their progress. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | In recent years, the Buraku Liberation League has placed less emphasis on class struggle and more emphasis on civil rights, social welfare, and the environment. (references) |
India | A survey conducted during the first half of the year by the Protection of Civil Rights wing of the Tamil Nadu Adidravidar (indigenous peoples) Department identified 191 villages in Tamil Nadu where caste-based oppression and violence, and the practice of untouchability, are prevalent. (references) | |
Palau | While precise data is lacking, there continued to be anecdotal reports regarding the abuse of workers' civil rights perpetrated against domestic servants, female bar workers, construction laborers, and other semiskilled workers, the majority of whom are from the Philippines, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with limited civil rights. (references) |
Marshall Islands | These agencies honor constitutional and legal civil rights protections in executing their responsibilities. (references) | |
Mexico | Corresponding bodies administer state-level elections, and the judiciary is empowered to protect civil rights in voting matters. (references) | |
Women | Botswana | Women legally enjoy the same civil rights as men; however, in practice societal discrimination persists. (references) |
Dominica | Beyond the general protection of the Constitution, women do not benefit from any specific civil rights legislation. (references) | |
India | The civil rights office of the Karnataka police aided the investigation after local police allegedly refused to register the case. (references) | |
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Al Sharpton | Well, first of all, I don't think that any of us are limited to any one area. Secondly, you know, many years ago someone far greater than me, Dr. King, was challenged to just stay in civil rights when he opposed the Vietnam War. |
Rush Limbaugh | It's that the Democrats think that they're the only ones that stand for or believe in civil rights. |
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Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The civil rights revolution freed all Americans, black and white, but its full promise still remains unrealized. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Also in the area of fairness and equity, we will ask for extension of the Civil Rights Commission, which is due to expire this year. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Civil rights are also crucial to protecting equal opportunity. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We must continue to enforce fair lending and fair housing and all civil rights laws, because America will never be complete in its renewal until everyone shares in its bounty. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. |
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Expressions using "civil rights": attainder of civil rights ♦ civil rights activist ♦ civil rights leader ♦ civil Rights movement ♦ civil rights worker ♦ deprive of civil rights ♦ deprived of civil rights. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "civil rights"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | të drejtat e qytetarit. (various references) | |
Arabic | حقوق المواطن, الحقوق المدنية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | граждански права. (various references) | |
Czech | obèanská práva. (various references) | |
Danish | borgerlige reggitheder. (various references) | |
Dutch | rechten als staatsburger, burgerlijke rechten. (various references) | |
Finnish | kansalaisoikeudet. (various references) | |
French | droits civiques, droits civils. (various references) | |
German | staatsbürgerliche Rechte, bürgerrechte (franchise), bürgerliche Ehrenrechte. (various references) | |
Greek | πολιτικά δικαιώματα (franchise). (various references) | |
Hebrew | זכויות "אזרח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | polgárjogok (citizen rights, civil death), polgári jogok. (various references) | |
Italian | diritti politici, diritti civili. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 民権 , 公民権 (citizenship, franchise), 公権 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "うけ" (consequent, contribution, effect, efficacy, guardian, guardianship, services, watching with detachment), "うみ"け" (citizenship, franchise), み"け". (various references) | |
Manx | kiartyn deiney (human rights), cairyn deiney. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ivilcay ightsray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | direitos civis (franchise). (various references) | |
Romanian | drepturi civile. (various references) | |
Russian | гражданские права. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | građansko pravo. (various references) | |
Spanish | derechos civiles. (various references) | |
Swedish | medborgerliga rättigheter. (various references) | |
Turkish | vatandaşlık hakları, siyasi haklar, medeni haklar. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-i-l-r-s-t-v" | |
-4 letters: girlish, litchis, strigil, tigrish, vitrics. | |
-5 letters: chilis, girths, glitch, griths, iritic, iritis, lichis, lichts, lights, litchi, lithic, rights, slight, thirls, vigils, vitric. | |
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