Genocide according to the UN is the intent to destroy, in whole or part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Also, genocides have taken more lives than all wars combined. The right stages are: (1) classification- categorizing people in a society, (2) symbolization- giving symbols to certain groups, (3) dehumanization- people are viewed as animals, vermin, and disease, (4) organization- organized in groups often by government, (5) polarization- separating the groups. (6) preparation- victims are removed/ confiscated from their property, (7) extermination- the killing, and (8) denial- governments deny their action. Major genocides include the Holocaust, Cambodia, and Rwanda.

The civil rights movement was the movement to give African Americans equal rights. After the American Civil War, many Africans faced a new reality: no homes, no jobs, no rights, etc. Many Africans moved North to avoid racism and fled to industrial cities. Jim Grow laws were created- which gave Africans no rights. The law stated where to live, eat, go to school, sit on a bus, where to go to the bathroom, etc. After the wars, African descendants began to demand equal rights. Some examples of civil rights movements are: Emmett Hill, the Bus Boycott (when Rosa Parks decided to not give up her seat to a white person while on the bus), March on Washington (protest/celebration), and the Voting Rights Act (allowing any minority to vote).