burger and fries and they gave is all a coupon for fee ice cream. We decided to get our ice cream after Castles n’ Coasters. I was so excited were was doing something fun and going somewhere. After we all finished eating we made it to the amusement park an hour later. It was 10:00 A.M and we got in line to get out wrist bands, and even though there was only 2 people ahead of us it felt like we were in line for a long time because of the 100 degree air. When it became my turn I handed to lady my…
that were assigned for the black people on the bus. They are not sure, there is a dispute if there was an extra seat in the black section. Rosa Parks was located directly behind the whites. The driver requested that the black people that were directly behind the whites move further back, so that the white person that was being attended, had a seat. Rosa parks was then arrested for not listening to the orders of the bus drivers. After that, Martin Luther King used a non-violence approach to…
If you have ever been to the beach before, you know what most people go for. To lay in the sand while soaking up the sun drinking on a cold one while listening to the waves roll. Recently, there has been a problem with drinking alcohol on the beach. The cities feel like it is increasing the risk of crime on the beaches. Crimes like: Sexual Assault, Underage Drinking, Disorderly Conduct and obviously Public Intoxication. It first took place in the spring of 2015, and the most recent banding of…
Freedom Rides were essential for making sure that states were complying with the desegregation of buses. In 1961 freedom rides were organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to see if the Supreme Court’s declaration that the segregation of transportation facilities was unconstitutional actually desegregated the bus system. The SNCC was involved in the rides as well. CORE, CNCC and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed a coordinating committee to organize the…
are no exception to this. Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation are the product of showrunner and co-creator Mike Schur (Evans). These two shows do exceptionally well with the inclusion of diverse cast members and main characters, they reflect how diversity can be celebrated on TV without being exploited. However, the quality of Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s inclusion of non-dominant identities surpass those of it’s sister show Parks and Rec. Parks and Rec aired on NBC from 2009-2015 and was a…
Her determination to end the racial segregation on the public transport system, started when Rosa Parks was arrested. Robinsons tactic to improve the bus boycott was to distribute flyers. These flyers were letter urging for many Montgomery African Americans to boycott city buses. With the help from some other activists, Robinson distributed more than…
Rosa Parks once stated. She continued to fight for her rights even though that resulted in her being placed in jail. She managed to influence a lot of people because of her neverending desire to be free. She was part of a group named National Association for the Advancement of Colored People[NAACP] that group helped tie people together. Because she stood up for herself, influenced a lot of people, and participated in the NAACP.Rosa Parks was an important part to ending segregation. Rosa Parks…
John Muir (1838-1914) was an Environmental Activist, Journalist, and founder of the Sierra Club (1892). Muir also helped establish Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. He advised the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy through articles he published in newspapers. John Muir was born April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland. When he was 11 years old he and his family immigrated to the United States to settle in Wisconsin. John attended the University of Wisconsin in…
Have you ever read a book or seen an movie that was almost alike? In The Giver it was a kid and the place where his was living everyone was the same but he was different because he was the only person who could see colors. In The Truman Show Truman was the only gut controlled and everyone wasn't and he got tired of it so he tried to escape . The Truman Show and The Giver are two stories with a lot of things in common but also have different symbols , biblical allusions, and setting. One of…
significant figure stands out above the rest due to her courageousness while fighting for her rights. Civil Rights activist Rosa McCauley Parks is a remarkable woman because she stood up against racism, and was an avid advocate for equality. Parks was born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was a long-time member of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). While she was not the first African-American woman to be arrested for…