Obama’s attitude toward Rosa Parks is a positive attitude‚ which proves that Obama feels Rosa Parks should be honored and his heroic figure in the development of America. The first reason to this‚ is because throughout Obama’s two speeches his makes statements about how such a powerful and important person Rosa Parks is. Furthermore‚ Obama feels that Rosa Parks is a major figure in America’s past‚ Obama proclaim February 4‚ 2013‚ as the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks. The examples below
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event’s importance to new citizens? Some facts that about the event that the reader needs to have in order to understand the event’s importance to new citizens is all about slavery. They need to know what happened before Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were around. They need to understand how African Americans were treated and segregated and they need to know the importance of their movements. 2. Why is this event important for new citizens to understand? This event is important for new citizens
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Critical Synthesis of Historical Contexts of Leadership Martin Luther King‚ Jr. (1929-1968) • Leader during the civil rights movement • Fundamental in ending racial segregation • Non-violent protests - Influenced by Gandhi • Awarded Nobel Peace Price “I have a dream!” (Glass‚ 2012) Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ cont’d Leadership Actions - Communication - Goal setting - Challenge status quo - Support http://www.americaslibrary.gov http://www.americaslibrary Leadership Concepts -Group Management
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Abstract The author‚ Myles Horton‚ does a very well job by giving his readers a vision image of what went on in his life. The author took a lot of short person stories and made them into a very powerful book that opened many people’s eyes. Mr. Horton did not see himself has a leader‚ he merely saw himself as an educator. He believed all people should understand things for themselves based on their experiences and knowledge. He wanted to show why he Highlander and for who he started it for. The
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the British monopoly on Indian salt. Over 80‚000 Indians protested the British by making salt without paying the tax. In 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a bus. King‚ along with the help of the Birmingham African-American community‚ boycotted Montgomery buses for 385 days until a US district court ruling ended racial segregation on montgomery public buses. Later in 1963‚ King and others organized a march on Washington for jobs and freedom for blacks. This
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progress. Rosa Parks being a dark complexion woman at the time era where racism wasn’t illegal and lynching was occurring. She was a big role model for the dark complexion people who lived at her time. What she did was so powerful because she tried to show people that even colored skin individuals can sit where they wanted to and not be harassed by Caucasian mortals. Ms. Parks was arrested at the time but because of her bravery she had struggled to end the entrenched racial segregation. A woman making
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Consequences/importance of the Montgomery Bus Protest 1. The direct result was that in 1956 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal (Browder v Gayle). 2. After 13 months the bus companies gave in. This was REALLY important for the future because it showed to both Blacks and Whites in America that in racial discrimination cases - eventually - the Blacks would win. The battle was by no means finished‚ but after Montgomery the Whites knew they were going to lose in the end‚ and
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Art exposes and helps to resolve issues of social justice. As a cultural tool‚ art can help humanize and actualize the grievances‚ emotions and fears of those who may not have another place to voice concerns. From an illustrative and journalistic point of view‚ art shocks and inspires us to action. Civil rights are the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and to be free of unfair and discriminative treatment regarding education‚ housing‚ employment and more. Civil rights for every individual
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Southern Christian Leadership Profile (SCLC) The SCLC has been around since 1955 with the Rosa Marks incident in Montgomery AL‚ and were the SCLC helped to set up the Montgomery Bus Boycott that lasted just a little over one year from the date of the boycott. There have also been many other campaigns run by the SCLC which were things like the walk on Washington‚ citizenship schools so to teach African Americans to read and write so they can pass the voter registration literacy tests so they can
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Today one of the most cherished ideologies of America is the fact that everyone is and should be created equal. With this cherished ideology bringing a sense of pride and diversity to America we must keep in mind that this cherished ideology did not always exist. Since 1865 various individuals and groups have not been able to receive and express their rights to full equal status in the United States. These different individuals and groups have seemingly fought for their rights in equality and have
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