Rosa parks has had a lot of accomplishments in her life. She is once of the African Americans who changed history. Most people when they think of Rosa parks they think of how she changed racial segregation. she changed it by not giving her seat up to a white man on a bus. Rosa is most known for the time she would not give up her seat to a white man on the buss. When Rosa was little she had it hard. She had a job as a seamstress but also a activist. A activist is a person who campaigns for some
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Rosa Parks is an amazing hero because she refused to give up her seat for a white man at the front of the bus. In December of 1955 Rosa Parks but‚ she has made history when she refused to give up her seat. Nevertheless‚ Rosa Parks is a great hero because “I learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up‚ this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Each person must live their life as a model for others. Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit‚ and
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equal rights‚ no peace‚ just racism. Some people spoke out‚ while others remained silent and watched. These people who had the courage to speak their mind and try and change the way they were treated‚ changed the world in one way or another. Some of the most well-known activists include Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcom X‚ and Medgar Evers. They all had their mind set on going against the ways of racism and making a progressive change for the future. One of the most memorable civil rights
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100 People Who Changed the World. New York: Time Home Entertainment. Bredhoff‚ Stacey‚ Wynell Schamel‚ and Lee Ann Potter. "The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks." Social Education 63‚ 4 (May/June 1999): 207-211. Johnson‚ P. (1999). A history of the American people. (1st ed.‚ p. 851-869). New York: Harper Perennial.
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Malcolm X There have been many successful civil rights leaders throughout the years of racism but‚ there have only been a few that have done something about it. Malcolm X was known as a civil rights speaker. He encouraged many African Americans to stand up to Whites. He was known as a protester along with Martin Luther King Jr and they were both at the March On Washington. X was apart of the NOI‚ ( an Islamic organization) and was well known for being apart of it. X was very successful as a young
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analyze their successes and failures during the civil rights movement. Throughout my analysis‚ I will argue that Martin Luther King was far more successful as a African-American civil rights leader than Malcolm X. Through his courage and selfless devotion‚ MLK’s movements and marches significantly changed the fabric of American life. Why I choose the topic: I choose this topic because both MLK and Malcolm X are the two most popular civil rights activists in our nations history. At a time of
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PHL/458 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ should be included on any list of influential thinkers because he was able to visualize a version of America which did not exist at the time and then create a plan to organize the civil rights movement toward the goal of reaching his vision. According to “Nobel Prize” (2014)‚ the ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational techniques from Gandhi. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968‚ King traveled over
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Tiara Williams Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was an American clergyman‚ activist‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. Dr. King has become a national icon. Dr. King was a Baptist minister. Dr. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957‚ serving as its first president
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Anderson HIST 3060 February 25‚ 13 African Americans and the Civil War The role African Americans played in the outcome‚ and the road to the outcome of the Civil War was immense. The fact that the south had slaves and the north did not played an enormous role in the issues. The north wanted to abolish slavery‚ and the south did not and after the war started this became one of the main reasons for the Civil War. Since most African Americans could not read or write‚ this made them an easy
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African Americans in the Civil War In the history of the United States‚ discrimination was something that African Americans faced painfully in the Civil War era and which continues to happen on a milder scale in today’s society. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were forced to perform manual labor against their will. Greedy‚ rich‚ lazy Americans called themselves superior to the “different‚ dark-skinned” people who slowly became slaves to the whites. In bondage‚ they received
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