On December 1‚ 1955‚ forty-two years old Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man after a long day of work. When the bus driver asked her and three other blacks to move to the back‚ Parks refused giving an explanation to why she said‚ "My feet were not tired but I was tired-tired of unfair treatment." (McGhee 254). Her actions violated the bus segregation laws and she was subsequently arrested for disorderly conduct. In the year before Rosa Park’s arrest‚ two teenagers‚ Claudette Colvin
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told them to sit in the back. They refused then the driver cursed and threatened them‚ and only because his teacher was in tears‚ they moved to the back. He felt terrible ‚ but this gave him determination to fight prejudice. When Rosa Parks was sitting in a section on a bus just behind the sign stating “White Only.” then the driver asked her to move the seat. She refused. The driver called a police and had arrested her. Next day Mr. E.D. Nixon‚ who was a civil rights activist
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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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Modern History Research Assignment 2013 Semester 1 Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement Due Week 4 May 6th Hypothesis: Martin Luther King was a key persona in the early Civil Rights Movement and was successful in creating positive change in African American life "Black Power!". "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."20th Century History. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm Anderson‚ Maureen‚ Anne Low‚ and Ian Keese
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happened in the 50th – the 70th years in the USA. December 1‚ 1955. Rosa Parks‚ the 42-year-old black seamstress‚ who was lovong in Montgomery‚ was detained and then fined for refusal to give the sitting in the bus to the white passenger as it was required under the local law. The same year in Montgomery in buses five women and two children‚ not including black men were arrested‚ one black man was shot by the driver. After Rosa Parks’s arrest Ad Nixon heading local labor union of conductors of sleepers
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In 1955‚ a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat to an white man in the bus. Rosa Parks was a black woman who stood up for what she believed in. She lived in Alabama‚ but later moved to Detroit. Although she knew that the law said that only white people can sit on the bus‚ she didn’t actually care about that. Because of this‚ the police arrested her. But nonetheless‚ she walked free when a friend of her paid the bail money . Even though the North won the Civil War‚ it didn’t
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.. DIOR HUGHES GRADE 5 ROOM 38 This essay is about a man who took pride into his people.Also this man did not take part in violence because he was modest and strong.This man is a african-american.Also he likes to have fun just like us.This man is Martin luther king jr. The all known Martin luther king jr. was born in Atlanta‚GA on january 15‚1929.When Martin luther king jr. was born his family live in a nice sized house.As he grew he shared a home with Martin luther king
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powerful positions in the growing Civil Rights Movement‚ and helped him gain the confidence of black southerners ready to involve themselves in the struggle. The Bus Boycott is a famous occurrence even to this day‚ After Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks got into incidents involving
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Education‚ which overturned desegregated schools across the nation. Schools‚ especially in the South‚ were slow to comply‚ and often attempts to register black students broke out in violence. Meanwhile‚ in 1955 in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ a seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man in December 1955 and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ a successful protest that took over a year and ended with the Supreme-Court-ordered desegregation of Montgomery buses. The boycott also brought
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Martin Luther King Jr. : an Inspirational Hero Martin Luther King Jr. once said “ In the recesses of my heart‚ I am fundamentally‚ a clergyman‚ a Baptist preacher.” During a time of inequality and a time of need‚ Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader‚ a regional sign of hope‚ strength‚ and courage. People all around him looked to him as a leader‚ someone that would help change the way people looked at colored skin forever. King was not liked because he stood up and said that he didn’t like the
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