NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was an organisation which campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It dissolved shortly after its tenth anniversary.^[2] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 496 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (2296 Ã— 2772 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 496 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (2296 Ã— 2772 pixel, file size: 1. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 kmÂ², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

References

^ The wall murals http://www.cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
^ "Madge Davidson", Communist Party of Ireland

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; Irish: PÃ¡irtÃ Cumannach na hÃ‰ireann) is a small all-Ireland Marxist party. ...

External links

Key Events - Civil Rights Campaign (1964-1972) — from the University of Ulster's CAIN project
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement — from the BBC History website
WE SHALL OVERCOME_...._The_History_of_the_Struggle_for_Civil_Rights_in_Northern_Ireland_1968-1978 — from the University of Ulster's CAIN project

Categories: 1967 establishments | 1967 in Northern Ireland | The Troubles in Northern Ireland | Civil rights | Political pressure groups of Northern Ireland The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion. ... The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland. ...

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Civil rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2052 words)
	Civil rights are distinguished from "human rights" or "natural rights"—civil rights are rights that are bestowed by nations on those within their territorial boundaries, while natural or human rights are rights that many scholars claim ought to belong to all people.
	In the United States, for example, laws protecting civil rights appear in the Constitution, in the amendments to the Constitution (particularly the 13th and 14th Amendments), in federal statutes, in state constitutions and statutes and even in the ordinances of counties and cities.
	This practice of dividing societies by reference to class or caste associates privilege with the upper layers of society and means that civil rights attach to people by virute of their citizenship of a state.

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