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rights. For instance, she lead millions of people in a boycott against riding the buses. The Montgomery bus company lost thousands of dollars after months of the boycott. They finally brought an end to bus segregation, and soon the end of all segregation. Rosa also exhibited leadership by joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP and by being the secretary of the Montgomery NAACP for twelve years. According to NAACP.org “The mission of the National…

Martin Luther King Jr versus Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr was a son of a baptist minister. As a child he was a passionate person about what he believed in. Martin Luther King Jr was a young gentlemen he was sought out to be a strong leader and motivated speaker and he was put in charge to be a protest speaker. Martin Luther King Jr theology was disobedience and resistance. Martin Luther King Jr wanted equality more than anything. Martin Luther King Jr tactics were in nonviolence acts were…

He wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and wrote his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the biggest visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. This man is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In both of his writings, he used pathos and logos to appeal to the audience and fit the occasion, so that he can make the people do something about segregation and defend his ideas in an effective way. If he would not have spoken up and…

Not Your Parent 's Kind of Protest Throughout history, the process of protest has influenced the present, the past and should continue to influence the future. Protest has helped create the world as we know it and has been a force that has undeniably changed the course of history. The Boston Tea Party protest, which helped form our nation, is an early example. The civil rights movement showed the world that with careful planning, change can be forced. Today 's current situation involving…

famously attended the Highlander Research and Education Center where she learned Gandhi’s teachings including his ability to build diverse networks of activists. One prime example of collaboration amongst innovators in the Civil Rights Movement is the Montgomery Bus Boycott sparked by Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat. Park’s supporters had her released on bail, publicized the event, and organized a boycott with 50,000 protesters soon after her initial arrest. Without her network of…

Rosa Parks is the mother of civil rights for many reasons, and she deserved it because she stood up for herself and her rights as a black woman. Rosa Parks made the african americans as a group change because it shows that all people should be threaded equally and fare no matter what the problem is. Rosa moved with her parents at a young age to be closer to her father’s parents. She also had a brother named Sylvester who was born a couple years after she was. Rosa grew up and eventually went to…

For this essay I chose to write about Rosa Parks. She is a great historical figure who will never be forgotten for her large contribution to the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913. She had grown up in a house of civil rights activism and attended a segregated school, and saw discrimination with her own eyes as the only thing she ever saw. So when she ordered to the back of the bus, so a white man could sit, it wasn't all that hard to say No. On December 5th, 1955…

Claudette Colvin was on important civil rights activism who made significant impact on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Who was Claudette Colvin? Claudette Colvin was a black American woman who stood up to the people for her seat. On September 5, 1939 Claudette colvin was born in New York City. Colvin loved her school where she work hard at. Claudette has a sister name Velma and her brother name Rondy and she have children. Her mother and father…

Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He also organized the historical Montgomery bus boycott, which included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott king. He co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was born on March 11, 1926, in Linden, Alabama. He was the 10th of the 12-offspring’s born to Louivery Bell Abernathy and William l. Abernathy, a farmer…

Racism toward African-Americans was and still unfortunately remained as a recurrent issue throughout American’s history, especially during the 20th century. Despite that several attempts had been made to fix the racist political and social systems pro-1950s, it is in the mid-1950s and 1960s that there emerges any impactful approach in regard of stopping the racism and storing black communities the rights they deserved. All these approaches grouped together into what now know as the…