nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. He was often presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism. He was a Baptist minister. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He also led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. In March 1955‚ a fifteen-year-old school girl‚ Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in compliance with the Jim Crow laws. Marint was on the committee from the Birmingham African-American community that looked
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On December 1‚ 1955 Rosa Parks‚ active NAACP member‚ headed home from work on a bus like any other day. In Montgomery‚ the first 10 seats on city bus were strictly reserved for white people. Blacks were allowed to sit in those first few seats as long as a white person was not in the need of it‚ but if a black person was sitting there it was their job to get up to accommodate that white person. Rosa Parks however‚ refused to move even after being threatened to have the police summoned to arrest her
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another bomb was thrown onto his porch‚ luckily‚ both times the bombs did not explode. In 1956‚ King was also arrested on charges of hindering operation of buses without legal cause. In 1958‚ he published a book called "Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story". In 1960‚ King moved to Atlanta with his family and becomes the co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church‚ his father’s old church. In 1962‚ Martin Luther King Jr. was convicted of leading a march in Albany. He made a famous speech that is
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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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There were white only signs places all over there towns. White only signs for bathrooms‚ restaurants‚ and water fountains. Everything was separated between the two races blacks and whites. One event that really stuck out like a sore thumb was The Montgomery Bus Boycott. During‚ the time of segregation blacks were allowed to ride the buses‚ but many rules had to apply. Blacks had a black’s only section on the bus that could be moved in any location of the bus. That means that the blacks’ only sign could
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rights. It started in the 1800s but plummeted during the 1950s and 1960s. The civil rights movement was one of the largest movements in the 20th century. There were many boycotts‚ sit-ins‚ and lawsuits that greatly impacted the movement‚ such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ which ended segregation on public transportation‚ the Greensboro sit-ins‚ which ended segregation in a local diner in North Carolina‚ and the Brown versus Board of Education‚ which ended segregation in schools. In 1951‚ a seven year-old
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Was little rock a success or failure as a civil rights protest? Little rock protest was a success and a failure. I personally think that it was more of a failure then a success. This is because the little nine went through a lot of physical and verbal abuse‚ crowds of white people at different ages would gather to throw stones‚ hit round the head with rolled up newspapers and shout inappropriate words to the nine students‚ this was because they were black and the white popularity did not want
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Who achieved more for Black Americans‚ Martin Luther King or Malcom X? Explain your answer. [50marks] Introduction It is very debatable whether Malcolm X or Martin Luther King achieved more for Black Americans‚ as Malcolm X used peace to help out with the division yet Martin Luther King used violence. They both said to help end the division between African Americans and White Americans. They both succeeded in two completely different ways. Malcolm X Malcolm X was seen as a positive move towards
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Alexander Hamilton was a more influential American than the other choices. That’s not to say that the other options are not influential. However Alexander Hamilton is simply the most influential of the handful. To start off with we have Henry Ford. Technically Ford never invented the assembly line‚ but he was a sponsor who used it to the point where it became important. A car was a luxury for America before Ford came along‚ his company soon started to develop cars the average middle-class American
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Rosa Parks was a brave‚courageous‚and smart. She was born February 4‚ 1913‚ she was known for the Montgomery bus boycott. Even though blacks were discriminated Park’s didn’t believe in it‚ she was going to fight for what she believed in. Rosa Parks was a woman of her word. She had no children. Her mom’s name was Leona Edwards. Her dad’s name was James McCauley her dad was a carpenter.When Parks’s was a girl in school she had to walk to school. She became a symbol of struggle and freedom
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