Compliance, Awareness, and Advocacy in the Civil Rights ...



Compliance, Awareness, and Advocacy in the Civil Rights MovementAllison Kallie, April Johnson, Jacque Norris, Javier CastilloCUR 518August 17, 2015Melanie LatinCompliance, Awareness, and Advocacy in the Civil Rights MovementThe?Civil?Rights?Movement was a mass popular?movement?to secure for?African Americans?equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and?rights?of U.S. citizenship (Scholastic, 2015). This movement encompassed social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law (Wikipedia, 2015). This was a monumental time in the history of our nation. The authors of this research have created discussions between compliance, awareness, and advocacy in the context of the Civil Rights Movement. ComplianceThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensures that people have equal access and opportunities to certain human services and programs without facing unlawful discrimination such as: Investigating complaints filed by individuals alleging discrimination, conducting compliance reviews, and helping individuals understand how they can voluntarily comply with the law. ??The Office for Civil Rights also enforces a Federal law and regulation that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in health care and social service programs of state and local governments. Federal civil rights laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) Privacy Rule, protect your fundamental rights of nondiscrimination and health information privacy. Together they protect you from being treated unfairly and discriminated against because of your race, color, nationality, age, gender, religion, and disability. AwarenessBeing aware does not carry the task of enforcement or speaking on one’s behalf; yet, the state of being aware does require responsibility followed by ownership.? Awareness is an action that requires one to seek knowledge, to observe, to take note, or to be mindful to a state of consciousness. With regard to civil rights, society has the responsibility to be cognizant of the rights or personal liberties of all individuals established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution in addition to specific Congressional acts. The act of being aware can be powerful and has the potential to make a dramatic difference in the way people treat one another. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman and many others accepted the responsibility of being aware and ?ensured that society, government, and other interested parties were also aware of the wrongs that plagued African American in the 1950's and 1960's.AdvocacyThe Constitution guarantees all Americans’ civil rights and liberties however; those rights and liberties are constantly being violated, by individuals, corporations and by government institutions. In recent years of vigilance and activism to help protect these rights has increased. As each new day begins we hear of situations where people’s civil rights are being violated, the need for civil advocacy is a large demand. In a day in time when we feel that this issue should be no more it is on the rise. As much as we don’t want to admit it prejudices is still a problem in this county and is the root cause of the violence and racism that take place. When thinking of equal rights one may see it as leveling the playing field for all. A person’s race, sex, age, disability or sexual preference should never be discriminated against. Every day in this country people have to stand up against some form of wrongdoers. In the news recent we see people who are hired to protect us are the same ones that are violating our rights. It is up to the government to fight for the rights of all people who suffer discrimination and whose constitutional rights are being violated. Our authoritarian human rights acts have to be recalibrated so that they protect one of the most fundamental of human rights-the right to associate, or not to associate, with people of one's own choosing (Epstein, 2014). ConclusionThe?Civil?Rights?Movement was a mass popular?movement?to secure for?African Americans?equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and?rights?of U.S. citizenship (Scholastic, 2015). The authors of this research created discussions between compliance, awareness, and advocacy in the context of the Civil Rights Movement. ReferencesAfrican-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68). (2015, August 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:39, August 17, 2015, from (1954%E2%80%9368)&oldid=676492896Epstein, R. A. (2014). Public Accommodations Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Why Freedom of Association Counts as a Human Right. Stanford Law Review, 66(6), 1241-1291.. (n.d.). Retrieved on August 16, 2015 from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: .?(2015).?Retrieved from ................
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