For example Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man‚ and she was arrested for violating state segregation laws. “Her actions would have an immediate effect on other members of the African American community and a lasting effect on the national history of Civil Rights” (Batten 1). This act started the Montgomery bus boycott which had a huge role in the Civil Rights Act. It taught people to stand up for what they believed in no
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Obedience Some of the darkest times in history have resulted from passive obedience‚ not from large acts of violence. Howard Zinn‚ a social activist‚ once stated “Historically‚ the most terrible things – war‚ genocide‚ and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience‚ but from obedience.” In many instances‚ leaders or dictators have taken over a specific group of people and caused them to obey their commands by frightening them with authority. Obedience appears as the main cause of war‚ genocide
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This essay “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich‚ a professor of history at Harvard University and Pulitzer prize winner‚ She shows how her one small phrase changed women’s outlook on their social standings‚ Her now famous quote “well behaved women seldom make history” is from the intro of one of her journal articles called “Vertuous Women Found: New England Ministerial Literature‚ 1668-1735” and has now become a cultural phrase we see frequently‚ The Author Ulrich knows
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Have you heard of Martin Luther King Jr? You most likely have. He was an inspiring‚ brave‚ humble‚ faithful and a courageous man. Maybe you have heard of Rosa Parks? She was a very intelligent‚ brave‚ resourceful‚ inspiring‚ and‚ as Martin Luther King Jr‚ she was courageous. I think‚ and this is my opinion‚ that Martin Luther King Jr influenced society in a greater way than Rosa Parks. Some others will tend to disagree with this opinion in many ways they may say Rosa Parks is their personal hero
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To what extent was the impact of WW2 the most important factor in helping black lives improve between 1945-55? The impact of WW2 played a pivotal role in helping blacks improve their lives. Some of them experienced true segregation for the first time‚ and others heard of the difference between the North and the South of America. For the first time in their lives‚ some blacks came home as heroes in their local towns‚ but some came home as the same ‘negro’ they were before the war. However‚ other
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and James McCauley. Rosa refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on the bus. Rosa didn’t want to give her seat up own the bus to another white men because she was tired and also she just got off of work. The bus driver as Rosa to move to the back of the bus so that the other white person can have Rosa seats. Rosa was tired but no tired because of work she was tired of the unfair laws. Rosa didn’t want to move her seat so the bus
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I don’t really know why Parks is more known for doing it‚ but Colvin should be known for it too. When she was only 15‚ she was on a bus to go home. A white man boarded and had no place to sit. The bus driver told Claudette‚ “Get up‚ this man needs a place to sit.” Claudette didn’t get up and replied‚ “No‚ I got this seat first so I will not let him have it.” The bus driver called the cops and they arrested Claudette. When Claudette was released from jail‚ a day later‚ she decided she’d had enough
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told her to stand up for what she believed in for what was right and too do it silently. Rosa then started the bus boycott! Rosa Parks Courage! This is who I think Rosa Parks showed courage in the toughest of times: Rosa was the person who did the bus boycott all because she was tired of giving in to the Jim Crow Laws. It Was on December 1st‚ 1955 she was asked by James F. Blake the bus driver that night to move for w white man.Rosa refused to give into the Jim Crow Laws once again. She was taken
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Dream” was so powerful that it changed the way the nation looked at each other. Back then‚ there were events that were made that segregated the whites and the African Americans such as from December 1 of 1955‚ Rosa Parks created a bus boycott against the Montgomery bus because she was forced to give up her seat‚ but refused. Acts just like this are starting to reoccur again during present day where people are going out in public yelling and screaming to fellow immigrants that are named american citizens
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people of the United States show that King is a courageous and skillful leader. Throughout his lifetime Martin Luther King Jr. staged many movements to gain rights for the black community of America. One of these campaigns was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott started
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