1955

The first Peanuts comic strip was introduced on October 2nd, 1950 illustrated by a man named Charles M. Schulz. The last strip was printed on February 13th, 2000, a day after Mr. Schultz died. There are hints on why certain things were named in the strip. His address is “1770 James Street” in Minneapolis.” It was invented because Charles was an average student and when someone found him and that he could draw they signed a 5 year contact with him to work for the Peanuts comic strip.…

On August 28, 1955 an event happened that changed lives and sparked the beginning of the civil rights movement by opening the eyes of thousands. Emmett Louis Till, whose nickname was Bobo, was a 14 year old boy from Chicago, Illinois who traveled to Mississippi with his uncle, Moses Wright and cousin, Simeon Wright. Emmett’s goofy personality and the ways of the south did not mix and created much tragedy for thousands. Although it was a horrific, tragic event it opened many doors afterward that…

large eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg hung over a city on a billboard, and in Flannery O’Connor’s 1955 short story Good Country People, where a girl’s glasses are taken off, changing her view of everything she had ever thought before. Heralded as one of the greatest works of American literature,…

could jump straight into fighting for equality, he had to lay the groundwork for nonviolent change. The Montgomery Improvement Association was founded in December 1955. It was founded to help fight for civil rights and desegregation for blacks (“Montgomery Improvement Association”). Later on after the Montgomery Improvement Association was founded, Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow ministers founded the Southern…

It comes with a pressure switch, wiring harness and adapter fittings. It includes instructions and has been manufactured in the United States by H&H Classic Parts. It fits the 1955 through 1957 Bel Air, 150 or 20 with 200R4/700R4, 1955 through 1972 Chevy and GMC trucks, 1958 through 1970 Impala, Caprice, Bel Air, Biscayne or Del Ray with a 200R4/700R4, 1964 to 1972 Chevelle, Malibu or El Camino with 200-4R/700-R4 and the 1962 through 1974 Nova or Chevy…

Emmett Louis Till, an African American teenager born in Chicago, was brutally murdered in the early hours of August 28, 1955 in Mississippi when he was only 14 years old. His case has served as a reference for the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941, the city where he lived with his mother Mamie Carthan (1921-2003). In the summer of 1955, they received the visit of their uncle Moses Wright, who told him stories about life in the Mississippi delta that aroused…

charged with violation of Chapter 6, Section 11 of the Montgomery City Code but bail was paid and Rosa was let out of jail. After the arrested of Rosa Parks, the plans for the Montgomery boycott so spread across the black neighborhoods. December 5, 1955 was the day the boycott had stated and it soon would continue for 13 months, until the U.S Supreme Count ruled that segregation on public buses were…

“I, Too, Sing America”, by Langston Hughes published 1945 is one of these literary works that address the plight of the Blacks in the United States between 1955 and 1965. Apparently, the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (1955-1965) shows the bravest act to protest against African-American discrimination. By this time, the Blacks experienced discrimination of highest order. For instance, they were not allowed to vote and own property like the Whites (Abel 595). A series of…

This boycott was to protest Rosa Parks arrest. A new group called Montgomery Improvement Association and they elected Martin Luther King Jr. as the Minister of this group. On December 5, 1955 Rosa parks what found guilty and had to pay fines to be released. Although she was found guilty she started a movement that would change history forever. The Montgomery bus boycott continued to months after the trail, the city of Montgomery and its…

teaching (Thefamouspeople.com, 2015). He moved with his family to Johannesburg when he was 12 where he would be introduced to an Anglican priest, Trevor Huddelston, who he considered to be his role model. Desmond Tutu married Nomalizo Leah Shenxane in 1955, to whom he is still presently married to. Their four children – Trevor Thamsanqa…