Civil Rights - What are yours?

Many people believe that people have basic civil rights. It is important to protect these rights.
It is tough to protect your rights, if you do not know what they are.

What are your civil rigths?

Watch this free CSPAN video Dr. Mary Francis Berry - she serves on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

Identify a U. S. Citizen's civil rights. Name at least 5, but feel free to name as many as you can.

 

 

Select one of these civil rights.

Name an current issue related to that right.

What actions are people taking regarding the issue?

 

What can you do to protect that right?

 

Do you have rights?

Name three rights students have at your school.

 

How are these rights communicated to you?

 

 

"If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in that bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing." Mary Francis Berry

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