campaign‚ earning the title as being the “mother of the civil rights movement.” In 1957‚ Parks moved with her husband and mother to Detroit‚ where she was a member of the staff of Michigan Congressman John Conyers‚ Jr. She also remained active in the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ which established the Freedom Award in her honor. Rosa Parks died on October 24‚
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Burnett‚ who was the head of Topeka’s branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the time‚ and asked for help. The NAACP was eager to assist the Browns‚ since it had long wanted to challenge segregation in public schools. With Brown’s complaint‚ it had "the right plaintiff at the right time." Other black parents joined Brown‚ and‚ in 1951‚ the NAACP requested an injunction that would forbid the segregation of Topeka’s public schools(Teaching American History)
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four African American boys‚ known as the Groveland Boys‚ were falsely accused of raping a white woman in Florida‚ which was known as the Groveland case. Thurgood Marshall‚ who was a part of The National Association for Advancement for Colored People (NAACP)‚ helped to solve the Groveland case‚ as he was an advocate in fighting against Jim Crow segregation. The labor force‚ vigilante groups‚ and legal precedents led towards
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education and so decided to challenge the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling in the schools of Topeka. This was mainly because his daughter could not go to whites-only school five blocks away and so had to walk 20 blacks away to the all-black school. Brown and the NAACP‚ who were already trying to overturn Plessy v. Topeka‚
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Roosevelt became a member of the National Advancement Association of Colored People (NAACP) in 1945‚ and President Harry Truman made history by being the first American president to give a speech for the NAACP’s convention‚ which was pushed by Mrs. Roosevelt (gwu.edu). As a member of the NAACP‚ the First Lady fought relentlessly alongside Thurgood Marshall and championed equal housing opportunities for blacks. She was also a strong promoter
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Americans in the 1920s began to work towards social‚ economic and political independence as well as freedom from segregation and discrimination. From this decade‚ groups in favour of ending prejudice towards African Americans were formed‚ such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) led by W.E.B. DuBois and the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association) led by Marcus Garvey‚ who‚ in their own rights‚ continued the legacy of Booker T. Washington who had worked towards
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Era was a solution to alleviate some of the depressions problems up until 1917‚ which would later enforce new ideas‚ and reforms. The two key major factors identified from the Era was the Oil Industry and the civil rights movement also known as the (NAACP) for colored people formed in 1909. Both factors are still present even until this day and have paved the way for the Oil industry which is a billion dollar industry and for many African American’s who have the legal right to vote‚ and obtain certain
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She was a big participant in the NAACP. The only woman there‚ and took on the position of volunteer secretary to the president of the Montgomery chapter. First of all‚ Parks became a member of the NAACP in 1943‚ the only woman there‚ and took on the position of volunteer secretary to the president of the Montgomery chapter. She held this position until 1957.” This proves
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site: http://www.wikipedia.com Hymowitz‚ C.‚ & Weissman‚ M Motley‚ C. B. (1998). Equal Justice Under Law: An Autobiography. New York City‚ New York: Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux. NAACP. (2006). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved August 27‚ 2006‚ from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb-article-9054954 NAACP Will Challenge IRS Threat in Federal Court Niagara Movement. (2006). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 4‚ 2006‚ from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://search
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and equal rights. Parks became active in civil rights work in the 1930 ’s. In 1943 Rosa became one of the first women to join the Montgomery National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Between 1943 and 1956 she served as a secretary for the group and later as an advisor to the NAACP Youth Council. She also contributed to the Montgomery Voters League to increase black voter registration. During the summer of 1955 Rosa accepted a scholarship given to community leaders which gave
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