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    have marches and gatherings to fight against rights of other races. It was a back and forth battle between the two

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    disobedience has been one of the most effective ways for the people to achieve desired results in the face of disagreement with the government and laws. Examples of such include Rosa Park’s refusal to move away from her seat at the front of the bus‚ marches at Selma‚ and today‚ Native Americans fighting for their sacred land at Standing Rock by camping and several acts of protest by Black Lives Matter. Resistance reminds authorities that they are not in total control‚ while

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    of slavery‚ emancipation‚ segregation/ Jim Crow laws. • Long term cause of growing Black Civil Rights movement building momentum and raising awareness of issue. Previous Black Civil rights campaigns that inspired and sparked e.g. Events such as Montgomery Bus Boycott which gave MLKing his first big leadership role. Also Freedom Riders‚ Brown VS board of Ed. • Birmingham was one of the worst segregated big cities in the USA • History of harsh and violent segregation and mistreatment of black citizens

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    Throughout history‚ the African Americans were treated unequally than other races and just wanted equality for the blacks. The key people that actually stood up for their rights To get equality for the blacks and they were Martin Luther King and Malcolm x. They both had the same goals which were getting freedom for the black people but had different strategies to achieve their goals. Martin Luther King and Malcolm x had totally different upbringing. Martin Luther was raised in a middle-class family

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    movement. When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat‚ groups in the black community came together to organize a boycott of the Montgomery buses. The Montgomery Improvement Association chose Martin Luther King Jr. to be the MIA’s president because they knew he would lead the group positively (Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚1992). MLK also led lots of marches. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was also elected president for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King and other leaders traveled around

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    was one of the very first and the few women who was registered to vote‚ and it all first began when she started working alongside with her mom at a young age. She worked a lot with Martin Luther King Jr. and was a huge influence on him to do more marches to protest the way they were being treated. Boynton was very passionate with helping other

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    King was selected to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks. After the supreme court‚ outlawed Alabama bus segregation laws‚ King pursued nonviolent civil rights movement. “In his role as the primary spokesman of the year-long Montgomery bus boycott‚ King utilized the leadership abilities he had gained from his religious background and academic training to forge

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    in his father’s footsteps and became an ordained minister of the National Baptist Church in Montgomery‚ Alabama. Later‚ he would marry his wife‚ Coretta Scott‚ in June of 1959 and father four

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    Black Lives Matter was created in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter is a protest against anti-black racism. The movement is being supported by many other blacks and even networks such as B.E.T. This protest wants all blacks to be treated equal to any other person‚ BLM wants to also make sure the disabled blacks‚ black undocumented black trans all blacks get treated right. BLM wants to stop the killings and mistreated ways the police and viligants are treating them. The movement

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    the beginning of their marriage‚ Parks didn’t want Rosa to take part in any of the NAACP meetings because of how dangerous they were. It was entirely possible for Parks to go to one of the meetings and not come back. However‚ when they moved to Montgomery‚ Rosa joined the branch there. At the time that she joined‚ there was only one other woman in her branch‚ who was the secretary. About a month later‚ though‚ Rosa became the secretary. Her and the rest of the NAACP helped black people in need. For

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