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    Rosa Parks And Equality

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    are the ones that had caused the case that abolished bus segregation to go to court. About eight months before Rosa Parks’s infamous arrest, four lesser known women had experienced racially based discrimination on a segregated bus, and had each refused to give up their seat for a white patron. Teaching Tolerance had summed up the actions of these women, "the [arrest of Rosa Parks and her refusal to move from her seat when being told to by a bus driver] could be the story of a number of brave,…

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    Martin Luther King Impact

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    Americans greatly by organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott, leading the Civil Rights Movement, and ending segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a positive impact on all races, regardless of their involvement of agreement or disagreement. One event organized by Dr. King was the formation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The purpose of the boycott was to gain equal rights for all races within the city’s transportation system. “The Montgomery Bus boycott was not the first of its kind to…

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    Martin Luther king is one of the hero and leader of the human being who fought for the equality taking the path of nonviolence and peace. He is remembered once in a year on his honor in the United State. He is one of the non president who is honored with public holiday. King led the Civil Rights Movement in the United State from the mid 1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King who was born in the Atlanta Georgia. He is one of the Babtist minister and civil rights activist who played…

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    There was Sit-Ins, the Bus Boycott, marches, and many others. Though the most famous and most effective non-violent protest are the marches, the Bus Boycott, and Sit-In’s. Rosa Parks even started the big non-violent protest called the Bus Boycott when she was arrested by standing for what she believed in. Altho all the non-violent protest had a effect of the Civil Rights Movement some had more effect than others. The Sit-In’s were one of the most effective protest besides the Bus Boycott.“…

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    On December 1, 1955, a rather cold day in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42 year old seamstress, Rosa Parks, got on the Cleveland Avenue bus after a long day of work. She sat down with no intention to start a fight(“Rosa Parks”Biography.com). As a black woman, she was required to sit in the back of the bus according to the laws of segregation at that time. Whites and blacks were segregated in many ways of life - restaurants, drinking fountains, public bathrooms as well as all forms of public…

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    along with many other activists played a very crucial role towards the second reconstitution. The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56 was held under his straight direction. It happened when a lady named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus. New policies developed in 1956 to rule out racial discrimination on public transports (“Martin Luther King, Jr. Biography”, n.d.). Jim Crow laws made the African Americans’ second…

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    was also famous for using nonviolent resistance. He even spent time in jail for it. He was tireless in his attempts to end segregation laws that prevented blacks from entering certain places. These were places like restaurants, hotels, and public schools. I support this because without Martin King Jr, and his speech…

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    done. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. Rosa parks famous story being that one day during the civil rights movement she got on a bus. This was back when minorities sat on the back of the bus where…

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    The Mother of the Freedom Movement ‘ Rose Park’ One of the bravest black woman who played the role to have the equal rights for the white and black people in the United State. She became the reason for changes which established the equality and destructed the roots of disparity among the same citizens. Initially, while traveling into the public transportation in the United State; black people had to give their seats to the white if they wouldn’t do so, they were arrested by the police and…

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    In many places, we are taught to follow certain rules. That does not necessarily mean that everyone follows those rules. Of course, the outcome depends on the situation, and almost every situation does not have a happy ending. However, being disobedient does support social progress because it has many positive effects on peoples’ lives. There have been many changes throughout history. Changes that involved historical figures committing rebellious actions like Rosa Parks. In 1955, she…

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