Civil and political rights

Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws. They rode the bus segregation is unconstitutional under the 14th amendment which addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American civil war. Another event leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott protest was the Baton Rouge bus boycott which happened February 25, 1953. Before this boy car, black people were forced to…

segregation between Blacks and Whites (IMDb 1990). This film portrays two inspirational women: Odessa Cotter and Miriam Thompson. Both are on the opposite ends of the social chain but are able to connect through their moral beliefs on what is wrong and right during a fragile protest taking event. The goal of this movie is to educate the audience about racism, segregation and sexism, all for a just cause in order to gain equality for an individual’s skin color. Odessa Cotter is a black woman…

Washington is possibly his most important achievement. In this march he gave his most famous speech, the "I have a Dream speech". This rally helped the Civil Rights law which banned all discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, or national origin. This speech eventually lead to a march that had white people in it to. This was a step in equal rights for everyone. Montgomery bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott was an important…

longer wanted them to be victims of the injustice community and economy. He believed in peaceful protest He was the main force behind the events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington. Such an inspiration Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of…

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was tired and extremely exhausted. Rosa got on the Montgomery Bus to get home. The bus was for white and black people every time a white person got on and there wasn’t enough room, they would move the black sign back. As the buss started to move the driver noticed a white man standing, the bus driver stopped the bus got out and moved the black sign back. When the driver moved the sign back, Rosa was in a seat in front of the sign.…

Rosa Parks Impact On Civil Rights “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” -Rosa Parks. People were saying that Rosa gave up her seat because she was physically tired. The quote means that she is tired of giving in to segregation. Rosa Parks was an important figure in American history because she sparked the civil rights movement. Rosa´s courage led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa caused an act of civil disobedience, and Rosa opened Rosa and Raymond´s foundation for self…

Choices in Little Rock “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate!” Screamed the mob surrounding the high school. Integration at Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas with the group known as, the Little Rock Nine, sparked many emotions and opinions out of people. The Little Rock Nine consisted of Melba Patillo (the main character of the book) and eight other brave teenagers. Throughout Warriors Don’t Cry many important figures in the book had the power at one point in time. Each…

Tobias MacIvey: Tobias MacIvey moved to Punta Rassa, Florida, from Georgia after the Civil War. He serves as the leader in this novel. He continues to raise his family down in Florida. His family goes through a rough patch and struggles, but then they become extremely successful from growing orange groves to sell and herding cattle. Tobias has an understanding and loving heart that goes out to people in need of work. He treats his fellow workers like family. He becomes weak and dies from malaria…

Bizarre Destinations Mary Flannery O’Connor known as Flannery O’Connor was born a Roman Catholic in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1925. O’Connor parents are Regina Cline and Edward F. O’Connor. She lived there until the family moved to Milledgeville, Georgia (Werlock). O’Connor lost her father to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus at the age of fifteen (Gordan). She achieves the master program in creative writing. She is an influential American Poet and essayist in history. O’Connor insists that her…

speeches of all times, his words inspired and touched so many people in America to fight for their civil rights; it state the idea that every single person in this country have to be treated equally regarding of the color, social status or race. Martin Luther King had a remarkable trajectory before the “I Have a Dream” speech; in 1960 he gave his first speech about the dream of the much needed civil rights for the black people; he continued fighting for it and the day of August 28, 1963 in the…