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Musician Nadya Tolokonnikova is
arrested at a Gay Pride march in
favor of LGBTQ+ rights in Russia
in 2011. Civil rights protestors
are often arrested in Russia.
Changing Attitudes
Civil rights often reflect the values of society as a whole. Russia
is socially conservative, and LGBTQ+ people there do not have
the same rights as other people. They are not protected from
discrimination in employment, for example, and same-sex
marriages are forbidden. Civil rights activism often concentrates
on changing a particular society’s ideas and attitudes.
The American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was
based mainly in Black American churches and colleges. It involved
marches, boycotts, and civil disobedience, such as sit-ins, to
publicize the complaints of the protestors. The American civil rights
movement inspired others, including the civil rights movement in
Northern Ireland, disability activism, and LGBTQ+ campaigns.
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