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  The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Leading up to the passage of this act, there was a lot of prejudice and discrimination practiced towards minority populations in the U.S. Segregation was a common, this included separate public facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, buses, housing, jobs, schools, and limited services. Many black people started marching to protest these inequalities. People like Rosa Parks refused to accept unfair discrimination in a free country. Rosa would not give up her bus seat to a white man and was arrested. Many minority people were not allowed to access public services. There were many incidences all over the US.     During this, many black and minority people started marching, protesting and rioting out on the streets for equal rights.  It turned violent, two great leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were assassinated.      There were a lot of segregation here in Alaska also. My father and many o...

                                          The influence of the Great Depression 1929-1939  Many people suffered and died due to the stock market crash in October 1929. It started in the U.S. The stock market went down 20% of its value. Money, food and jobs was scarce throughout the land. Many people went hungry and they suffered.  Food and soup lines were open to feed the poor and hungry people every where.      The US Government even created a program, called, The Works Progress Administration or WPA. This WPA program helped created jobs to many people. A part of this federal program was the arts projects. Many artist was hired to create many painted art work on public places and building, even sculptures were created. Artist even painted scene of our great Alaskan wilderness. It can all be found in Anchorage museums. Many musicians and other were hired to ...

William Blake,   The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins by   The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Blake,   The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins , c. 1799–1800, watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, 14 3/16 × 13 1/16″ / 36 × 33.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Video from The  Metropolitan Museum of Art.         In the 1800, life around the world  advancing in life and technology.  People continue to explore many parts of the world.  The tran sportation system advanced with trains, steam boats and bicycles. Many people started moving into the cities. Work forces were in demand in the cities. Raw materials were greatly also needed in those cities. As cities grew, street gas lamp were invented.  Many poor people were forced out of the cities and they move out  into the suburbs as rich people moved in.     This was a tragic, dark time for black people, who were forced into sl...