Lucy Maud Montgomery

Keep holding on and keep pushing forward. This was Rosa Parks’ daily encouragement to get through the days of being a minority in the world around her. More than of the African American community experienced the brutal beatings, shootings, and harsh sayings from White Americans. Without people like Rosa Parks’ who decided to take a stand, the Civil Rights Movement would have never occurred. Rosa Parks fought for her freedom, equality, and also for the separation of segregation. Rosa Parks is…

(p. 45). Teenager, Claudette Colvin refused to budge when asked to move in March of 1955 and was arrested. (p. 69). Mary Louise Smith was arrested for not moving from her seat in October of 1955. (p. 75). The famous incident that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott was not even Parks’ first stand against the city bus segregation laws since she refused to board from the rear of the bus in 1943, but it was the first time she was arrested for resisting. (p. 12). These women, with the exception of…

Rosa Louise McCauley is a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger, this action spurred the Montgomery boycott and multiple other efforts to end segregation. The woman was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. As a child, her early years brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism, these of which most likely influenced her decision to refuse to give up her seat. As family problems arose and her parents then…

In the early 1960’s there were many major events in the civil rights movement. During this time, college students had become the most compelling force for social change. In 1960, young black and some white activists in Raleigh, North Carolina, formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Their top priority was to replace segregation with a “beloved community” of racial justice and give blacks control over the decisions that affected them.In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality…

I went to Washington DC a couple of years ago and one of the most memorable experiences I had was visiting the Lincoln Memorial in front of which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963. An American baptist pastor and activist, Luther King became the most visible spokesperson and leader of the civil rights movement from 1954 until he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Today, right on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial there’s a plaque dedicated to him,…

The Rural Studio is an architecture studio and educational program run by Alabama's Auburn University. It was founded by Samuel Mockbee in 1993. It puts students to work building homes and community structures in the poor, rural areas of the state, for the most part of Hale and Perry counties. Students can meet and befriend with the community members. Students also can design buildings to meet the client’s need.The rural studio is different from other university architecture programs. Students…

Rosa Parks had enough, and because of this action she became a brave, inspiring, and strong person. “Rosa Parks was best known for her act of civil disobedience in December of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama” (Source A). This shows how really brave she was, despite how she knew some of her consequences. For example arrest for disrespecting a white man. How many bad things would be said about her and her family. But despite everything that…

later had his name changed to Martin. As a person of colour, MLK suffered from discrimination and racism. Throughout his educational career, MLK attended a segregated school. Following his family’s path, MLK became a pastor at the Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation.…

people and who really deeply care.” This quote by Debi Mazar proves that Rosa Parks is the example of a hero. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1995 she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus Montgomery, Alabama. Which lead to her arrest that started a citywide boycott and helped pass many laws that give african-american rights. Rosa Parks is a revolutionary because she was an african-american civil rights activist. She got the…

On a sweltering summer day in the City of Atlanta or the “ATL” as it is affectionately known today, I visited my best friend while he visited his father for the summer. That day I remember vividly because as soon as we stepped outside of the airport to take the “MARTA” train, I began to sweat profusely. Anyone that has been to Atlanta during the summer knows it is incredibly humid there. A week earlier I had seen my friend, and we planned out what we were going to do that week I visited. I knew…