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    The Voting Rights Movement

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    Diversity and citizenship education: Global perspectives (pp. 71-96). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. "Johnson Signs Voting Rights Act." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.] Banks, James, Cherry Banks, Carlos Cortes, and Caryn Park. "Democracy and DiversityPRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS FOR EDUCATING CITIZENS IN A GLOBAL AGE." DEMOCRACY (n.d.): n. pag. 2005. Web. 12 Dec. 2015. Carmona, Michelle. "381 DAYS THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT STORY." 3 8 1 D AY S (n.d.): n. pag.…

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    Rosa Parks is known today as the’ mother of the civil rights movement” for her arrest for refusing to give up a seat on the bus. No blacks were allowed to sit in the front of the bus back then, blacks had to stand up for a white person if there were no more empty seats on the bus, or give up their seat for a white person. Because supposedly white people were better than them and they didn't matter, they were too different. But Rosa changed everything by not getting up and refusing to give up…

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    Rosa Parks was an African-American civil known as the “mother of the civil right movements”. In the 20th century, she subdued an act of brave transformed American thinking of the black community. Born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa finished elementary school, in the 1920s, she went to the industrial school and Alabama State Teacher’s College. She has to cut short in her high school diploma because her mother became very ill. In 1932, she married with Raymond Parks who supported…

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    In July 1, 1960, eight high school students protested at a lunch counter in the store Woolworths. These high school students were protesting about segregated lunch counters. The counter owner closed the counter until the students left. The eight students rotated between the three stores Woolworths, W.T. Grants, and People’s Drug Store. All reacted the same way by closing down the counter. The police could do nothing because there were no trespass or complaints filed. The store owners tried…

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    Twisted Colossus (Narrative) To start with, my friends and I had just pulled to the amusement park known as Six Flags, Magic Mountain when I saw it. This thing was the coolest one I had ever seen! We started to walk towards the front gate while I was stared at the monstrous metal/wood beast. Once we got past the front gate, I could get a better look at the curves of the rollercoaster, the drops, and that menacing 5 second inversion. I thought to myself, “I have to ride that thing!” and I went…

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    influenced me to carry his legacy into the future and past that. In his time, Dr. King had made many achievements to aid the non-violent protest regarding racial discrimination and lack of rights towards African-Americans. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man on a public bus. Later that day, many black men and women embarked on a 380-day bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. This boycott was led by none other than Dr. Martin…

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    Introduction Most know the deed that Rosa Parks did, and how she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. However, few know that the movement actually began when a young fifteen-year-old girl refused her seat to a white woman. This girl was Claudette Colvin. At first, the blacks were too scared to stand up against the injustices they endured, but with the right leaders, they rose up against segregation. Jim Crow Laws Blacks in the 1950s, living in central Alabama, lived a life completely controlled…

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    Safe Spaces

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    “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. This statement is credited to Voltaire, a French writer in the mid 1700s. Freedom of speech is a divine right, a human right, Without freedom of speech, opinions, positive and negative, will be suppressed, which will allot more power to people in positions of power. Freedom of speech is a natural right, it is protected by the First Amendment and it can not be taken away. Many people “agree’ with freedom…

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    Virtual Art Museum

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    Congratulations! You finally explored the Virtual Arts Museum. This place is where unpredicted and astounding art is shown. I encountered something I have never experienced. That something was really examining and acknowledging work of art. I have been around fine art before and have taken a gander at ordinarily and I have delighted in it yet I have never truly sat down with workmanship to separate it and notification the little points of interest that make it so capable. Today I did visiting…

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    Out of all the places in the world I would pick Florida even though I have only been there once it is one of the best memories up in till now.I remember the week we went to the Disney parks and spend the weekend in Destin,Florida. I at that point have never been out of Texas and I am not going to lie kind of scared at the same time.The 18 hour ride was awful to start with because I became very inpatient to the point where I could be in the car any longer.But when we first entered Florida my…

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