Campus Martius Park

THE DOMINATOR is a free fall, spiral, looping, steel roller coaster. This one of a kind coaster is like no other and is the first basketball themed ride to ever be made. You will spot this orange and black coaster from across the park. The top speed of THE DOMINATOR is a 60 mile per hour spiral, that will have you scoring big. You will never know where the next turn will take you. The average speed of this exhilarating ride is 40 miles per hour! Some points will have you going at a constant…

began the civil rights movement. Although Rosa Parks is remembered as the woman who refused to give her seat to a white man, she played a small role in this larger movement. The movement involved peoples such as African Americans, organizations, and even whites as well. Without the unity of African Americans and the group of white males and females who supported this movement, the rights that we have today would have never existed. Although Rosa Parks became a symbol of the movement, the…

Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman, was the reason buses were integrated. After being beaten and put in jail for being disobedient, a peaceful boycott was created and lasted 381 days. Parks’s lawyer filed a notice of appeal. However, buses were integrated for everyone in the United States. Lastly, Parks became known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” Personally, I feel like Rosa Parks really was a huge impact on America. For this reason, African Americans and…

messages across without them being masked by bad intentions or violence. When peaceful resistances are performed under the right context, they can change the path of history in a significant way. Without some of our great resistors like MLK and Rosa Parks, we may not be where we are today; therefore, it can be said that through peaceful resistance, even when we think laws are correct, can shape our moral standing in the world. They can show our culture new ways of thinking and turn our heads…

his friend’s parents banned her kids from playing with him because he was black He is one of the main people that led the civil rights movement in the south. He gave great speeches across the country that moved many people. He was inspired by Rosa parks when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to the white person. he also helped star the boycott against the buses that were segregated. Until one day the supreme court banned segregated busses in the whole country saying that it was illegal…

Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was an African American that was publicly known as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America. Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 13, 1913. The first daughter and child of James and Leona Edwards McCauley. Rosa Parks had one other sibling named Sylvester McCauley. He was born almost three years after Parks and is now deceased. As her and her brother grew up, her family moved to Pine Level, Alabama where Rosa Parks’ was raised and went to…

Disobedience has and always will be necessary for changes throughout society. It is a valuable human trait that promotes social progress and many examples can be found throughout history that made a huge impact or change in the way the world is today. Important social changes can only be made through acts of disobedience to promote progress. A well known, famous, and historical example of disobedience comes from Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement in the once…

Chirayu Shah Mrs. McElroy APUSH 2, Sect. 2 31 March 2017 From 1945 to 1968, many groups of people were asking for rights, but the main focus was on the African-American community. They were asking for equality in the country, especially in the South. During this twenty-three period time frame, many events took place that changed their role in society. Although it did face great backlash, the government continued to work in their favor. Leaders in the African-American community unified the…

Persevering for All Not all heroes wear capes. Not all heroic people become known. The Oxford Dictionary definition of a hero is “a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities” (en.oxforddictionaries.com). The admiration does not need to come from more than one person. There are many people that perform actions that are heroic and go unnoticed by the general public. A firefighter, cop, a next door neighbor, or even oneself can be a hero. These people…

CLANG! The cell door slammed shut! Clink! The officer locked the door leaving Rosa Parks in the darkness of her cell. She had refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, which led her to the big house. Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whom the United States Congress called “The First Lady” and “The Mother of the Freedom Movement.” Rosa achieved so much, but to fully realize what she did you have to know about her early life, her great accomplishments, and her later…