Elizabeth Montgomery

On December 1. 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded this Montgomery City bus to go home fromwork . American Black residents of Montgomery often avoided urban buses if possible because they found the Negroes-in-back policy so degrading.When a white man entered the bus,and there was not any more seats the bus driver asked four blacks in the first of serveral rows to stand three complied . Mrs. Parks, who was an active member of the local NAACP. refused…

and end of the 20th century. Some of the significant events and people were; Rosa Parks, Sit-ins, Birmingham Campaign, the Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Rosa parks was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in 1955 when Parks boarded a bus on her way home from work. Inside the bus, all the seats designated for African Americans were taken so she sat on one of the seats that was reserved for whites. A white man…

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950’s until his death in 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, and he is continued to be remembered as one of the most lauded African- American leaders in history from the speech he gave in 1963 called, “I Have A Dream”.Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in a secure and…

She was born on February 4th, 1913, in a town called Tuskegee, Alabama who knew when she grew up she would start a movement across the USA by refusing to give up a seat. It was Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat to a white man. It was in Montgomery Alabama. It took place on December 1st, 1955. She was tired of being mistreated because of her race, so she didn’t want to sit on the back of the bus so she sat where she wanted to. Rosa Parks, she refused to give up a bus seat which started…

In the early 1960s the civil rights movement was in full swing. In 1965 the Selma to Montgomery March occurred. Over 25,000 supporters Marched for the voting rights for African Americans in the south. This March resulted in the beginning of change and helped end white supremacy. The march on Selma was a stand for justice and equality for blacks in the act of peaceful protest for the right to vote. Equality are we really equal? As a child growing up in our home my mother and grandmother…

They concluded that the only way to cause a change would be a new organization and strong leadership. In result, they formed the Montgomery Improvement Association and the man in charge was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The group believed Rosa Parks incident was a perfect opportunity to start a dramatic fight for change in society. The man in charge Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s's speech took place on August 26, 1963 during his march on Washington. King was a Baptist minister from Atlanta, Georgia and a social activist who played a remarkable role in the American civil rights movement that took place from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. This speech will forever be talked about throughout history, as it is a perfect example of someone that became inspired by advocates of non-violence protest and used that to fight for equality…

Blacks and whites came together to help him in his effort to end discrimination and segregation against the African American community. King had been a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist in Montgomery, Alabama, slightly more than a year when the city’s small group of civil rights advocates decided to contest racial segregation on that city’s public bus system following the incident on December 1, 1955, in which Rosa Parks, an African American…

Rosa Parks Vs. Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks have many things that are alike yet a lot of things that are different. In this essay i’m going to tell you about the alikes and differences between them both of these women, are a big part of history that changed life. Ruby Bridges was a six year old girl that was chosen to go to the all white school called Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana . She was always surrounded by mobs of white men, women, and even children. They surrounded…

Sure, Caesar and King were ambitious, but did they deserve death? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was am American Civil Rights activist, who first rose to fame as the leader of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott challenging segregated public transportation. Julius Caesar was a Roman politician and general. They were both brutally killed for their ambition for Civil Rights and Power. Ambition is a threatening thing, that ultimately led to Caesar and King’s demise. Ambition is threatening for a…