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Rosa Parks is internationally recognized as the founder of the civil rights movement, and this is granted to the infamous bus boycott led by her in Montgomery, Alabama, and her other efforts to end segregation in the United States. Historians often date the beginning of the civil rights movements in the United Sates to Parks bus boycott on December 1, 1955. On this date, a young Rosa Parks was to change history forever by refusing to give her seat up to a Caucasian passenger on the bus, and move…

Elementary School. Later, he graduated from high school in 1944. In 1945, he got enrolled in Atlanta's Morehouse College and he graduated in 1948. In 1951, he entered Boston University for graduate studies. In 1953, Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott.…

First of all, many lawful protests have taken place in American history since the Civil Rights Movement. For instance, one of the most prominent peaceful protests of American history took place during the Civil Rights Movement: the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an agreement of all African-Americans to not ride the bus at all times. In the past, they were forced to sit at the back of the bus and give up their seats to white people, and they had even been arrested for not…

The significance of unified people in Montgomery against segregated acted as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement; inspiring other cities to do the same as them and challenge racism. Taking a stand is never easy, especially when the topic is as controversial as race in the 20th century. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a success because of the collective action that the community took to further the Civil Rights Movement. The people losing the battle then are praised and exalted for their…

Sanitation workers strike, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the “I had a dream” and the African-American civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr. education began at a very early age. His mother was a school teacher who taught the young MLK to read before he even entered school. He attended David T. Howard Elementary School in Atlanta at the age of five years old but the starting age at that time was six so he had to return the next year. King graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 with a Bachelor…

successful leadership in the civil rights movement can be attributed to his drive for education, personal experiences with injustice, and unwavering belief in nonviolent protest. For his education Martin Luther King, Jr went to Morehouse College for college. Martin Luther King, Jr won a Pearl Plafkner Award for being an outstanding student and he received a fellowship award for doing graduate studying. He also did his studying at Boston University when he got Ph.D. in Philosophy from doing…

The boycott of the Montgomery buses succeed because it was one of the first, large organized events that began the civil rights movement. Although Rosa Parks is remembered as the woman who refused to give her seat to a white man, she played a small role in this larger movement. The movement involved peoples such as African Americans, organizations, and even whites as well. Without the unity of African Americans and the group of white males and females who supported this movement, the rights that…

James and Leona McCauley. Her parents separated shortly after her brother, Sylvester, was born, in 1955. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, and the family valued education. At age 11 Rosa moved to Montgomery Alabama, and soon attended high school there, a laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ college…

students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent…

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…