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    Parks was an African American civil rights activist known as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks had ancestors that were slaves and was very aware of segregation. She earned the name of the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in December of 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white man as she was told to do by the bus driver. She did this with the intention of a new movement with better rights for all colored people

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    Modern Extended responses b) Evaluate the significance of one of the following in the civil rights movement 2. The bus boycott The events and outcomes of the bus boycott are significant in assistance to the civil rights movement. It was the introduction of direct action and non violence‚ the beginning of Martin Luther’s campaign in the movement and the achievements. The boycott began on the 1st December 1955 with Rosa Parks in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ with Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her

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    English 112 18 October 2012 Civil Rights What would have been the effects on Civil Rights is Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X teamed up? Two very different styles of protesting but they both wanted the same thing. Both devoted to their religion‚ yet again very different back grounds. Both grew up very differently yet have impacted the world in drastic measures still today. So what would have happened if they had teamed up against the same fight? Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a calm‚ inspirational

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    Martin Luther King Jr. contributed to the Civil Rights act because he spoke about what was going on. They had the march on washington and that was brought on purpose to bring people there and show a lot of things and blacks and whites were not equal at that time. They had bunch of stuff going on and some people wanted segregation to end because it wasn’t bringing any good to anyone. People were getting treated differently and a lot of bad things were happening. MLK just wanted it to all stop‚ he

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    Rosa Parks A very inspirational civil rights activist once said‚ “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free ... so other people would be also free.” This civil rights activist is sometimes recognized as the "Mother of the U.S. civil rights movement" (Encyclopædia Britannica) . Her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the most influential women in the last century. Parks was a seamstress‚ secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored

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    she left behind such a big impact on the lives of colored people. If Mrs. Parks hadn’t stood up against segregation‚ then who knows where we would be right now regarding civil rights.     My partner and I conducted our research by watching videos‚ and reading articles on the internet about Rosa and how she stood up for black equality. The civil rights movement was started when Rosa decided not to give up her seat to a white passenger on December 1‚ 1955. Because of her actions she was soon arrested

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    The Children’s March Thousands of children in Birmingham helped to change the world for Blacks by participating in the Children’s March‚ also known as the Children’s Crusade. They filled Birmingham’s jails‚ forced Eugene “Bull” Connor out of office‚ risked their lives‚ resulted in Kennedy’s passing of the Civil Rights Act‚ and went down in history as heroes. Cause There were few causes for the Children’s March. The main cause was segregation. Birmingham earned its title as the “Most Segregated

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    Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to many great leaders‚ and produced many social changes that were the results of organized civil rights events that were staged throughout the South by organizations devoted to eliminating segregation‚ and giving the African American people the ability to pursue the American dream. The most important civil rights leader during the time was Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and the most important event that took place during the movement was the fight

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    within the span of a month to get Birmingham desegregated‚ it is easy to see why the Birmingham Campaign is considered one of the most influential campaigns of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement‚ however‚ this is not the only reason for such. A little over a year after the end of the campaign‚ in July 2nd of 1964‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964- the prohibition of discrimination based on age‚ gender‚ race‚ religion‚ or national origin- was signed into law by the 35th President of the United States‚ Lyondon

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    in the Civil Rights Movement‚whom the United States Congress called the “first lady of the civil rights and the mother of freedom Movement. Rosa Parks was born February 4‚1913 and died October 24‚2005. On December 1 1995 after a long day of work at a Montgomery department store where she had worked at as a seamstress Rosa Parks board the Cleveland Avenue bus for home She took a seat in the first several rows that were only for “colored passengers”.While Riding that bus all black and white

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