School bus

“Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation,” by Coretta Scott King. I believe that freedom has to be rewon. In every generation freedom has to be rewon because people that make a difference only make a difference in that time of age. People like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. He led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s. In the spring of 1963, he gave a speech “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation…

Here in Florida there many substance abuse treatment facilities, in fact, there are so many substance abuse treatment facilities, that Southern Florida is not considered the substance abuse treatment center of the world. “Over the years Florida has also become known for something a little more unique than just for its beaches and Disney World. Specifically, Florida has recently been referred to as “the recovery capital of the world” with the epicenter being roughly between Fort Lauderdale and…

Technology in the classroom has become more prominent in today’s schools and have even replaced textbooks in some cases. Educators should have the resources to fund technology and make it readily available for not only their use but also for the students. Since technology has been introduced into the classroom it has changed how teacher teach and students learn. If I were to choose a computer that I felt suited myself, I would recommend to a school committee, the DELL All-in-one computer…

accomplished so much through the years. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man, she was arrested ,but not once did she think about fighting because it was against her beliefs. Rosa Parks refusing to give her seat up led to the Montgomery Bus…

until 1957” (“Biography.com Editors”). On that infamous day, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks got on the bus like any other day, but something changed. Rosa was ordered to surrender her seat to a white man, but she refused. “The police arrested Rosa at the scene and charged her with violation of Chapter 6, Section 11, of the Montgomery City Code” (Biography.com Editors). This meant that the bus driver had the same…

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On a cold Sunday on the seventh of March in 1965 about 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma to Montgomery on U.S. Route 80 for the fight to be able to vote. These people that were traveling to Montgomery are called “foot soldiers”. These black and white men and women were fighting for the rights of black civilians for all of the right reasons, but the rest of the community did not want these men and women protesting. This is the story of the famous “foot soldiers”. The “foot…

non-violent protest regarding racial discrimination and lack of rights towards African-Americans. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man on a public bus. Later that day, many black men and women embarked on a 380-day bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. This boycott was led by none other than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The date is August 28, 1963. There are hundreds of thousands of people in front of…

activist, Rosa Parks was sitting in a row of blacks on a full bus when the driver ordered her row to stand for a white passenger. Parks refused to stand. Thus, she was arrested. Due to Jim Crow Laws, in the Southern part of America, it was normal for blacks to sit in the back while whites sat in front on busses. If the bus filled, the front-most row of blacks would have to stand to allow the next white passenger to sit. The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from December 5, 1955, to December 20,…

her mother and attended segregated school in Montgomery Alabama . Usually her school lacked of supplies. Through the rest of Rosa’s education ,she attended to other segregated schools in Montgomery. One of the schools she attended in Montgomery was the city’s Industrial School For girls. But after a while Rosa stopped attending school because her grandmother and mother got sick and Rosa stayed home to take care of both of them. She never did return back o school ,she just found a job at a…