months a year and went up to sixth grade. She married a civil rights activist named Raymond Parks. With her husband’s support‚ Rosa graduated from high school in 1934. Together‚ they worked for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Rosa Parks continued the fight for equal rights her whole life. She has received hundreds of awards‚ including the Medal of Freedom Award from President Clinton. Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education.com Copyright © 2010-2011 by Education
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I am a part of the growing population of people of mixed descent‚ and am both privileged and punished by relating to my Mexican heritage but not resembling the stereotypical Hispanic. Most people aren’t aware‚ even in these times‚ that you can be Hispanic whether you are as white as paper or as dark as its ashes. I have grown up privy to all the privileges of a comfortable lifestyle‚ typically among Caucasians‚ both in my neighborhood and honors classes in my rural town. Yet I am reminded of my heritage
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Freedom rides were activist buying bus tickets for transportation to the south. The activists would leave the north integrated on the bus but once they enter the south‚ the colored people had to sit in the back. The activist started staying in their seats; they would not move to the back of the bus. It was a law that public bus transportation and its terminals were integrated‚ but the south refused to follow this law . The activist
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nature of segregation. MLK uses examples of segregation in society and how it negatively affects the people who are subjected to injustice. His story about the girl who can’t go to Funtown because it is closed to colored children closes with the line‚ "Daddy‚ why do white people treat colored people so mean?" invokes a great deal of sadness from the reader. (p265 ¶14) The reader can’t help but pity the poor little
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She also campaigned democratic and humanitarian causes‚ and made a vital contribution to the civil rights movement. She went on to become the president of the Florida Federation of Colored Women in 1917‚ founded the Southeastern Federation of Colored Women in 1920‚ and became the president of the National
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were moving rapidly and people like Kwame Nkrumah believed that there could one day be a United States of Africa. To further help these movements in the right direction organizations like the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)‚ and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) where formed and fought constantly in order make sure that the rights of blacks were protected all over the United States. Leaders/ individuals like Martin Luther King Jr. began to come to the front
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1.5.3 Test (TS): Populism and Progressivism U.S. History Sem 2 (S2558062) Points possible: 60 Test Corina Reyes Date: ____________ The Big Question How did farmers‚ activists‚ workers and politicians face the problems of industrial America during the Populist and Progressive Eras? Section 1: Short-answer questions (30 points) In this section‚ you will write a two- to three-sentence response to each of the following items. Remember to use examples and be specific. 1. What factors caused many
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Roger). He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize which is the former Soviet Union’s equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize‚ named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. In addition‚ he was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for outstanding achievement by an African American in which he was also a co-founder. Du Bois earned national distinction as the forerunner of the Niagara Movement‚ a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for
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York. This was the first hospital to treat African American’s with tuberculosis. She also held a position on the Citizens’ Committee affiliated with the New York local Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. However‚ she found the most pride in her position with the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN). She was not only a member since its inception;
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movement has had a lasting impact on United States society‚ both in its tactics and in increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights. One of the most important organizations of this era was the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). NAACP is an organization composed mainly of American blacks‚ but with many white members‚ whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation. The association was formed as the direct result of the lynching (1908) of two blacks
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