Rosa Parks Date: February 4‚ 1913-Otober 24‚ 2005 On February 4‚ 1913‚ Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama to parents James McCauley and Leona Edwards. Her father was employed as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher. In her younger years she was sick much of the time‚ and as a result‚ was a small child. Her parents eventually separated and her mother took her and her brother and moved to Pine Level‚ a town adjacent to Montgomery‚ Alabama
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Event | When and where did it happen? | Who was involved?Actions taken?Strategy? | What were the key events? Was it legal? | What was achieved? Implications? | Emmett Till | | | | | GreensBoro Sit Ins | February 1st 1960 | Lots of students‚ Ezell Blair‚ SNCC‚ White protestors. 4 black teenagers refuse to not be served at lunch counter and sit there all day causing massive civil right movement. | Key Events: * Ezell Blair and 3 friends request to be served at white lunch counter but get
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Scottsboro Incident Summaries In 1931‚ nine black boys were arrested because they got into a fight with a group of whites and threw them overboard. The local sheriff had the boys arrested‚ and also two white girls that were on the train. The two girls were scared that they were going to be blamed for vagrancy‚ so they said that they were raped by the nine Negros on the train. In no time‚ the blacks were set to jail and were put on trial. The two girls came up with a bunch of lies about being
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Civil Rights Civil rights can many different things to many different people. They are basically the rights that protect a person’s freedom. They also guarantee that a person is able to participate in civil life without being discriminated against. Civil rights include the guarantee of people’s safety from discrimination against anything such as race‚ mental or physical disability‚ gender‚ age religion‚ etc. Also citizens may be ensured physical safety. Civil rights are included in the
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Civil Rights In many parts of the South‚ blacks and whites are coming together to attempt to fulfill the agreements made in the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendment. These amendments give equal rights and chances to African-Americans. Despite these innovations‚ segregation is still very much alive. Many people started opposing segregation because of the Jim Crow Laws and how it supported segregation and restricted African-Americans to do certain things. One of the vital factors that
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The civil rights movement We all are equal; in some type of way and shouldn’t be treated like we are nothing to no one .we as the people need to start respecting other because it shouldn’t matter what you look like or where u came from we all are one of a kind and should treat each with respect There was a good man named Thurgood Marshall he worked for the NNACP to bring justice everyone. Also he was very good at his job he had won 29 cases out of 30 but when he had lost that cases he said it means
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My Soul Is Rested: A Critique of Raines’ Work. The Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South is one that is well known and familiar to us all. We all know of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ the charismatic preacher who was undisputedly the leader of the civil rights movement in the South. We have all also heard of Rosa Parks‚ the black woman who would not give up her seat in the bus and was thus arrested for it‚ she was the catalyst that sparked the civil rights movement. They were the famous people
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When you think of a great leader you think of someone who will willingly stand up for their rights and the rights of others no matter the consequences. To me a great leader is someone who is kind‚ caring‚ and generous. Some people think being a great leader only takes bravery‚ but that’s not the case. Many people’s kindness makes them a great leader. For instance Rosa Parks showed bravery and courage when she refused to leave her seat even though she knew she would be arrested and kicked off the
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was conceived on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Incredible Barrington‚ Massachusetts‚ to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt’s family was a piece of the little free dark populace of Extraordinary Barrington and had since a long time ago claimed land in the state. She was plummeted from Dutch‚ African and English progenitors. William Du Bois’ maternal incredible extraordinary granddad was Tom Burghardt‚ a slave (conceived in West Africa around
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT NOTE TAKING THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II • Black American soldiers had fought against Fascism during WWII • Increased their desire for freedom‚ especially the south african american. • While resistance took the form of beatings‚ shootings‚ refusal of credit and jobs. • The Committee of Civil Rights was set up by President Truman inn 1947 and a program of reforms was devised. THE 1950s • Black Americans moved to the cities and towns from agricultural. • Children
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