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    Martin Luther King displays success through his non-violent action with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott is a prime example of a non-violent boycott. Rosa Parks‚ a member of the NAACP‚ decides to not give up her seat to a white man when the bus runs out of seats. After violating the bus rules‚ Parks was arrested. As a result‚ the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. African Americans across Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ stopped using bus services in order to damage the business financially

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    Another person who stud up for what she believed in was the one and only Rosa parks she was tired of being treated unfairly throughout her life so she decided to make a change and not be scared and stand up for her and the other people to show that she was done being bossed a round by others and that she wasn’t taking it no more. One day Rosa was getting off of work and she was already tiered of walking around and standing on her feet most of the day so when

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    Revolution A look at American history shows a legacy of many prominent forms of civil disobedience‚ the one being reviewed in this paper being the Civil Rights Movement during the twentieth century. Individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks were the figureheads that led to the attainment of the rights that African Americans were being stripped of. These astonishing and inspiring goals were met through their strenuous struggle‚ which included protests‚ rallies and other events surrounding

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    It all began on December the first of 1955 ‚ when a black woman ‚ Rosa Parks‚ refused to let her bus seat to a white man‚ even so she was in the "Colored zone" of the bus ‚ but still was given a penalty for it. Martin Luther King‚ a young black pastor ‚ started a campaign and encourage the boycott of Montgomery’s buses‚ that lasted 381 days‚ this was the decisive point of the beginning of Civil Rights Movement. This movement has succeeded because of the Civil Disobedience‚ the Non-violent actions

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    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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    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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