People Who Changed the World Darlene Roberts Western Governors University People Who Changed the World Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest social and political peacemakers that ever lived. His accomplishments were world changing. Mandela was not always able to pursue his democratic dreams nonviolently but that was his desire. Unfortunately‚ the South African Government felt it necessary to punish nonviolent protestors to discourage their cause (Book‚ 2009). As a leader in the African National
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as involved in many activities of the civil rights movement. In 1995‚ he was selected by the NAACP to lead a citywide boycott against the Montgomery bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. After that‚ he was involved with different protests and worked to stop injustice against African-Americans. He promoted non-violent demonstrations to raise awareness of African-American
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affirmative action was enforced in 1965; interracial marriages were legalized in 1967; and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed. Those were just a few of the many positive changes that were a result of all the hard work of the previous years montgomery bus boycott 1955-56 MIA Browder v. Gayle 1956 desegregation on buses 1956 Little rock 1957 Greenboro sit-ins 1960 SNCC Albany movement 1961-1962 James Meredith uni Mississipi 1962 Freedom Rides of 1961 birmingham campaign 1963 march on washington
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first demonstrations‚ protesting the lack of heat and hot water in his dormitory and the dreadful food served in the cafeteria. Later‚ in 1951‚ he was called to the Civil Rights Movement when he became the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery‚ Alabama. As pastor he mentored Martin Luther King Jr. as a minister of a nearby church. They formed a close friendship that would carry on for the rest of their lives. Abernathy developed a leadership role from the start of his life which helped
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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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Ella Baker Ella Josephine Baker was born in Virginia‚ and at the age of seven Ella Baker moved with her family to Littleton‚ South Carolina‚ where they settled on her grandparent’s farmland her grandparents had worked as slaves. Ella Baker’s early life was steeped in Southern black culture. Her most vivid childhood memories were of the strong traditions of self-help‚ mutual cooperation‚ and sharing of economic resources that encompassed her entire community. Because there was no local secondary
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influenced the future and success of the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee wrote this novel in a childs point of view at the beginning of the Civil Rights Era when events such as the murder of Emmett Till‚ the lunch counter sit-ins‚ and the Montgomery Bus Boycott put Alabama at the center of the movement. Throughout this era there was a great deal of racial discrimination and the expectation that no one would try to argue with the whites assumed authority. In Lees book‚ the focus is centered on the
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that blacks should be exempt from military drafting because they were drafted a lot in the Vietnam War. They preached self-defense and many attacked police men. Freedom Riders- James Peck‚ a white civil rights activist‚ went with other people on a bus tour in the South. They traveled to Supreme Courts and tested their decisions in hope of a violent reaction so that Kennedy would have to intervene. Brown vs. Board of Education- An African American child had to walk 21 blocks to the nearest school
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Dr. King had was like a new way of life for the American people. III. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was an essential figure throughout the Civil Rights Movement. A. During the Civil Rights Movement he was responsible for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1955-1956. 1. He was arrested thirty times for his participation in the Civil Rights Movement. 2. He received abundant awards for his leadership during the movement. B. Before his untimely death‚ Dr. King authored six books and various
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at a slow rate. Things are going out of hand fast and danger levels in the South are steadily rising. Many are creating chaos and violence trying to prove that they have equal rights. Other people are fighting in other ways also. Like the Montgomery bus boycott a few years ago sparked by Rosa Parks‚ Martin Luther King Jr. said that he was for nonviolent resistance and many people are still following the example that he set. Some of the important things that have helped kick off the movement
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