Civil and political rights

The power of acceptance can neutralize or make current unpleasant experiences into positive ones. In Maya Angelou’s memoir All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Angelou moves to a small country known as Ghana in Northern Africa from America for her son to go to college, Angelou comes to find out her ancestor’s would not welcome her family with open arms. Angelou reveals her struggle of being neglected by her ancestor’s home country of Ghana due to the fact the Ghanaian natives have a bad view…

an ideal or acts to improve the lots of other, or strikes out against injustice, he sound out a tiny ripple of hope.” Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X sent hope to African-Americans throughout America for racial equality. Although both Civil Rights Leaders wanted to achieve racial equality in the United States, they had two very different approaches on how to do it. Dr. King’s message and tone in his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963 was one of hope and optimism…

be fearful of what you are doing when it is right"(Parks). Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a society because it makes people aware of the issue(s), educates society and makes a statement without harming others. Through peaceful resistance much more can be accomplished compared to using violent resistance or violent tactics. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama to a white gentleman is a prime example of how civil disobedience has accomplished so much…

Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley, impacted the 20th Century by helping to initiate the Civil Rights movement, dismantling the Segregation Laws, and the founding of the Institution for Self-Development. At an early age Mrs. Parks faced many injustices wherever she went. This encouraged her to take action instead of sitting back and doing nothing. “She soon became actively involved in civil rights issues by joining the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943, serving as the chapter’s youth…

Luther King Jr. has changed the way I look at the world. He’s 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,…

harassment and abuse victims. Similarly, she encouraged women everywhere in a male dominated world and showed young girls especially those of color how to be bold and courageous. Later on in life she even mentored Oprah Winfrey Likewise, she was a civil rights activist working with the likes of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. As She herself once said, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the present, and renders the future inaccessible.” Moreover, she earned the…

Maya Angelou, an African American woman who grew up in the 1930s and 40s, first published her story in 1969 and later the autobiographical movie about her book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was released. Starring in the movie as Maya, Bailey Jr., and Momma were Constance Good, John Driver, and Esther Rolle. The book and movie both tell the story of Angelou’s hard childhood while growing up an African American girl in the South and overcoming adversity. Born Marguerite Johnson, Angelou and…

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcolm X, January 7th, 1965 (Stowers). Malcolm X was the spokesman of the black Americans who were critical of their oppression by white society. His movement of black nationalism called for a change in the social structure and Malcolm X was not going to stop fighting for this progress until it occurred. A man with controversial ideas, such as his opposition to integration, Malcolm X constantly…

One revolutionary woman that sparked the fight for equality among different races would be Rosa Parks. February is Black History Month and throughout my school years I’ve both personally researched and heard other student’s research projects’ on some historical people of color; without a doubt, the two most commonly celebrated activists were Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (often abbreviated as MLK) and Rosa Parks. There was almost as many MLK projects as there were Rosa Parks projects, so…

WHO WAS ROSA PARKS: Most historians date the start of modern civil rights movement in the United States back to December 1, 1955. That was the day when Rosa Louise McCauley Parks an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Rosa was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. Rosa Parks was an African- American Civil Rights Activist and was involved in civil right issues in 1943, when she joined the National Association for the…