What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
2007-02-05 14:39:51 · 3 answers · asked by Mia W 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government and Civil rights laws generally include a list of characteristics that cannot be used to favor some people over others: race, religion, gender and so forth.
2007-02-05 14:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by ShaSha 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There isn't one, but the phrase "civil rights" is often used specifically to refer to the civil rights movement in which the U.S. system of racial segregation or apartheid, which had restricted the civil liberties of African Americans for centuries, was formally abolished.
2007-02-05 22:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by I-Like-Chicha&Ceviche 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have a right to vote and the liberty to live anywhere you want to in the USA.
2007-02-05 22:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋