COMM120 – Presentation Techniques Matthew Kidney Rosa Parks I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: Imagine fighting a war where the only weapon you had was your mouth. Where you felt so far outnumbered that the motivation to fight was dwindling‚ and the chances of seeing tomorrow were close to nothing. Now imagine trying to single handedly change the course of that war‚ and change the course of many of your peers lives at the same time. Rosa Parks was
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their struggle for freedom. As a pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ King lead a Black bus boycott. He and ninety others were arrested and indicted under the provisions of a law making it illegal to conspire to obstruct the operation of a business. King and several others were found guilty‚ but appealed their case. As the bus boycott dragged on‚ King was gaining a national reputation. The ultimate success of the Montgomery bus boycott made King a national hero. Dr. King’s 1963 "Letter
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Mrs.Parks was a civil rights activist‚ She was originally born Rosa Louise McCauley (Achievement) on February 4‚1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. At age (Rosa Bio) 11 Mrs.Parks attended Montgomery Industrial School‚ All black private school for girls liberal school that philosophy self-value that influenced her life. (Rosa Bio) At age two she moved with her grandparents on their farm in Pine Level‚ Alabama. In 1932‚ At 19 she married Raymond
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The 1950’s were quite radical in fact‚ this is the decade that began rock n’ roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living‚ advances in technology‚ Fashion‚ medical research‚ other wonderful things this country was not used to seeing or hearing. The 1950’s were looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in American history. Everything was peaceful now‚ which looking back on the two world wars and the great depression this country was not
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Rosa Parks was a black seamstress in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She was arrested for being courageous in 1955. While fed up with white racism; she did not give up her bus seat to a white man. This preceded to the Montgomery bus boycott against the city’s bus system which Martin Luther King Jr. led. Ida B. Wells was the first African American to file a suit against discrimination after she was denied a seat on a railroad car for being black. She also founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. left a decisive influence on civilization with his “I have a Dream” speech. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made several good things happened for the Black African Americans community. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a human being that is an important person in our history books who was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia on January 15‚ 1929. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a Black African American who is acknowledged to be a powerful and activist for civil liberties for people who are the
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evil nonviolently from the Bible and pacifist threads in the Christian tradition.Gandhi’s nonviolence was informed by not only his Hindu background‚ but by extensive study of other religious and moral traditions‚ including Christianity. The Montgomery Bus Boycott that was started by Rosa Parks prepare Martin Luther King Jr to become the civil rights leader. Kings leadership led the campaign to recieve great attention and helped get a victory legally and morally. Doing this had King bringing a
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go‚ and his work towards the development of The Black Power Movement. So can they really be compared ? In 1955 Martin Luther King was part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ in fact King was the Bus Boycotts president. The Boycott first started when a black African American Woman‚ Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a full Montgomery bus‚ this led to her being arrested. Martin Luther King started the boycott to desegregate buses. The Boycott lasted 1 year and changed the life of Martin
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He was a major leader in the famous Montgomery bus boycott of 1955. He helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ which supports civil rights with a non violent approach. One of his most memorable contributions to the world is his “I have a Dream” speech. Dr. King accomplished more in 39 years of life than most will in an entire lifetime‚ and his importance cannot be overstated. The Montgomery bus boycott is one of the civil rights movement’s most famous
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5. What contribution did Thurgood Marshall‚ Rosa Parks‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ SNCC‚ CORE and the SCLC make to civil rights? The contribution that Thurgood Marshall made on civil rights was a significant one. Marshall First was a legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also known as the NAACP. He directed the lawsuit that demolished the legal foundations of the Jim Crow segregation. As well as this‚ Marshall as an associate justice of the Supreme Court and
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