Addison Montgomery

There was many people in the civil rights movement of 1964, but one particular person did the most and that person was Martin Luther King Jr. I will talk about his early life like when he was a kid. His Education like when he was in high school and college. His awards and recognition, and his main impact on the movement. First, his early life. He was born in atlanta on January 15, 1929. He lived at 501 Auburn Avenue. His maternal grandfather A.D. Williams was a pastor at Ebenezer from 1894…

Congressman Lewis’ versus Rev. Jones’ views towards desegregation Colored. White. Hatred. Differences. Prejudice. All of these words are apart of a time period in history that is full of segregation: Jim Crow laws. Coloreds were denied liberties granted to all Americans in the Bill of Rights. Such hatred among the white population erupted through violence towards the coloreds. Many beatings were inflicted upon coloreds for no reason at all. However, coloreds fought back not with violence, but…

Martin Luther King Jr (MLK). He was also previously known as, Michael King Jr. MLK was also known for a lot of things four of his main things where the "I Have A Dream" speech, Montgomery bus boycott, march on Washington, and winning the Nobel peace prize. The first thing major thing Dr. Martin did was the Montgomery bus boycott. He was inspired by Rosa Parks because, one day she was asked to get up so a white man could sit where she was and she didn’t move. She got arrested and he was…

As defined by Black’s Law Dictionary a boycott is a conspiracy formed and intended directly or indirectly to prevent the carrying on of any lawful business, or to Injure the business of any one by wrongfully preventing those who would be customers from buying anything from or employing the representatives of said business, by threats, intimidation or other forcible means. In layman’s terms a boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization,…

The Montgomery bus boycott begantook place on December 5, 1955, and lasted until December 21, 1956. It all started when, Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat. She was arrested because of the Montgomery, Alabama, ordinance that required blacks to sit in the back of the bus and if the white section of the bus was full, the African Americans must yield their seats to white people. The day Rosa Parks was arrested the whole white section of the bus was full, and a white male made…

Civil Rights Activist, Rosa Parks once said, “People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in” (Rosa Brainy). Rosa Parks’ involvement in civil disobedience was due to personal influences, she chose to participate in civil disobedience to protest bus segregation laws, and she did achieve success using this controversial method of standing up for what she strongly believes to…

Once upon a time there was an alpaca named Bluebell. She was an incredibly quintessential being with her lustrous topaz fur, doll-like ebony eyes and her uncanny ability to speak any language she encountered. She was truly remarkable. However, the most atypical thing about her wasn’t her appearance, it wasn’t her effulgent smile and it wasn’t her stubby little legs, it was the fact she was actually made entirely of plush fabric. On the morning of October 31st, Bluebell began her adventure. She…

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beaten, verbally abused, and even killed (ANON, new world encyclopaedia, 2014), subsequently Rosa Parks was arrested and jailed., however after she was bailed out by the NAACP the next morning and began planning the protest against segregation in Montgomery, Alabama and thus began the Bus…

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. “Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love… that’s the goal we seek. And I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.” Picture this, Monday December 1, 1955, 5:30, and forty-two-year-old Rosa Parks had just got done working hard as a tailor’s assistant. (Aretha 11). She boarded the city bus in Court Square, and in 1955 the first 10 seats on every Montgomery city bus were reserved for…