Addison Montgomery

people and who really deeply care.” This quote by Debi Mazar proves that Rosa Parks is the example of a hero. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1995 she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus Montgomery, Alabama. Which lead to her arrest that started a citywide boycott and helped pass many laws that give african-american rights. Rosa Parks is a revolutionary because she was an african-american civil rights activist. She got the…

On a sweltering summer day in the City of Atlanta or the “ATL” as it is affectionately known today, I visited my best friend while he visited his father for the summer. That day I remember vividly because as soon as we stepped outside of the airport to take the “MARTA” train, I began to sweat profusely. Anyone that has been to Atlanta during the summer knows it is incredibly humid there. A week earlier I had seen my friend, and we planned out what we were going to do that week I visited. I knew…

The following events and speech illustrate the importance of this turning point in time: the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington,…

The Freedom Riders we're incredibly important to the black movement. CORE, Congress of Racial Equality, put together bus rides to help with the movement. In 1961, they intended to stop in Alabama but we're forced to keep going as over 200 violent protesters prevented them from staying. One of the protesters even bombed the bus, and when the Freedom Riders went to flee, they we're beaten bloody. Some of the riders we're even arrested and sentenced to jail time. This caused a lasting impact on our…

of the races. Most of the riots and gatherings were held in Montgomery, Alabama. Many moments, acts, and laws were made because of mainly Rosa Parks, in Montgomery. Rosa Parks,one of the most famous of this time, was the leader of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Rosa was most famous for her arrest on December 1, 1955 for her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus for a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. This one act of a non violent protest upset…

young age Rosa dealt with racial discrimination. Rosa soon went on to attend a segregated one room school from grade 1 to 6, where students wore forced to walk to school. During the rest of Rosa’s education, she went to attend segregated schools in Montgomery. When Rosa was 16 she dropped out of school to take care of her dying grandmother and chronically ill mother. In 1932 at the young age of 19 Rosa McCauley married Raymond Parks a man 10 years older than her. Rosa worked as a seamstress…

If it weren't for this man's determination U.S would not be what it is today. "I have a Dream" four simple words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr., at the Lincoln memorial in . He is considered a hero by a lot of people because of his determination and non-violence passive strategy to get righteousness for all people. He is considered a hero because he stood up for himself and others by leading the civil rights movement, and others by leading the Southern Christian Leadership Conference(SCLC),…

Martin Luther King Jr., was the more effective leader of the Civil Rights Movement, which can be shown through his beliefs and the methods he used to achieve equality for African Americans Martin luther King Jr., used his beliefs many methods to achieve equality, a few being his educational, family background and his religious beliefs. One reason that Martin Luther King Jr., was a better leader was because his education and family background and beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr. was raised by a…

her seat in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. There after she set motion a National Civil Rights Movement for racial equality, and changed the course of American history. Rosa parks is a big part of history changing events because of all the heroic things she did and the hardships she went through for the civil rights movement. She sparked many events following her belief that everyone should be treated equally. On December 1, 1955, parks made a silent statement on a Montgomery bust that…

protests to achieve social change and end segregation. There were many instances of black protests during the Civil Rights Movement. One of the first, and the one in which Martin Luther King, Jr became a prominent figure in black history, was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was triggered after the arrest of Rosa Parks, a…