Addison Montgomery

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s's speech took place on August 26, 1963 during his march on Washington. King was a Baptist minister from Atlanta, Georgia and a social activist who played a remarkable role in the American civil rights movement that took place from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. This speech will forever be talked about throughout history, as it is a perfect example of someone that became inspired by advocates of non-violence protest and used that to fight for equality…

Blacks and whites came together to help him in his effort to end discrimination and segregation against the African American community. King had been a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist in Montgomery, Alabama, slightly more than a year when the city’s small group of civil rights advocates decided to contest racial segregation on that city’s public bus system following the incident on December 1, 1955, in which Rosa Parks, an African American…

Rosa Parks Vs. Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks have many things that are alike yet a lot of things that are different. In this essay i’m going to tell you about the alikes and differences between them both of these women, are a big part of history that changed life. Ruby Bridges was a six year old girl that was chosen to go to the all white school called Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana . She was always surrounded by mobs of white men, women, and even children. They surrounded…

Sure, Caesar and King were ambitious, but did they deserve death? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was am American Civil Rights activist, who first rose to fame as the leader of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott challenging segregated public transportation. Julius Caesar was a Roman politician and general. They were both brutally killed for their ambition for Civil Rights and Power. Ambition is a threatening thing, that ultimately led to Caesar and King’s demise. Ambition is threatening for a…

influencing thoughts on race relations. MLK had an enormous importance on today’s society. Before he took action, blacks and whites had different sections on busses, different water fountains, different schools, even different restaurants. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was made because an African American girl would…

For instance, prosecution of blacks for not sitting in the back of the bus making room for whites, they were tired of society telling them what to do. So they took matters into their hands, they started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After 381 days of boycotts and protesting, they permanently integrated the bus systems. It has not gone so smoothly for them before the boycotts and after the success of gaining the attention of the government. But, they knew, if…

"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world ...would do this, it would change the world" William Faulkner. Some people would say that any kind of resistance to laws would be a negative impact on a free society, I on the other hand I believe it can actually create a positive impact on a free society. Doctor Martian Luther king Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Guatemala recent protest are all examples of how…

Background Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the world’s most outstanding leaders. Without his strong actions and words fighting for civil rights America wouldn’t be the country it is today. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia where he was one of three children. Growing up Martin had an older sister named Christine and a younger brother named Alfred and together they grew up loving and supporting one another. Young Martin was a gifted child that attended…

Martin Luther King, Jr: The Leader of the Past and Present “…all Men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” became the foundation of our independent nation in 1776. Abraham Lincoln reiterated this notion in his Gettysburg Address, stating the famous phrase, “Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” However, in the…

very young, Rosa along with her brother Sylvester and her mother Leona went to live with her grandparents in Pine Level a town next to Montgomery, Alabama. Her grandparents lived at a farm and this is where she will live the rest of her childhood at. In one experience while she was living there Rosa's grandfather stood outside their…