South Park

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights movement that took place in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. During this time, segregation was a big thing in the South. The African Americans have been fighting for their rights for so long. They were demanding political and racial equality. The African Americans were being getting tired of the segregation on the buses so they decided to boycott the buses. They would walk, ride in taxis’, carpool, and any other way they could get to where they…

people’s uprising, 5.18, and 5.18 Democratic uprising is a very detrimental and destructive, yet widely unknown event due to the extensive measures taken by South Korean government and military to ensure it stayed unknown. The uprising occurred in the city of Gwangju which resides in the South part of the agriculture dominated Jeolla province in South Korea. It began May 18th 1980 and lasted until May 27th 1980. However, even though the uprising itself only lasted 9 days, in reality, the events…

The Civil Rights Museum as a whole was a very interesting/learning experience. Since this was my first time visiting the museum, I really did not know what to expect. I knew that it was where Dr. King was assassinated, however I was unaware of all the other exhibits leading up to and even after the Civil Rights movement. The staff there were very welcoming and knowledgeable about the events that took place throughout the museum. Also, the exhibits were amazing, I really enjoyed seeing the…

Park Chung Hee and Kim Il Sung are perhaps the two most influential Koreans of the 20th century. They were leaders of two opposing sides on a divided Korean peninsula. Park was the leader of South Korea, known as The Republic of Korea (ROK), and Kim was the leader of North Korea, known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Since the Korean War, their countries have been in a stalemate characterized by a switch between periods of polarizing tension and times of cooperation and…

Apart from the domestic factors, what are the external causes for the Korean War? → First, the U.S. withdrew its troops from South Korea by the end of June 1949. South Korean President Syngman Rhee insisted on the necessity of the U.S. troops in Korea as a deterrent to aggression and consequent civil war. However, the Truman administration made a decision of withdrawal and it was based on the conclusion…

a country you must obey the laws of the land and not be a troublemaker in society. For Martin Luther King Jr, Crito and Socrates, they have different views on how to do things as a citizen; King wants to disobey laws in order to end racism in the south, Crito wants to get Socrates out of jail, and Socrates wants to serve his death sentence because that’s what he believes is the right thing to do. In Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 Martin Luther King was locked up in a jail cell for protesting…

soon be called North and South Korea. The wall built, the demilitarized zone or the DMZ, would not cause war yet. Since Korea forged the DMZ to separate the countries to prevent war, it put each country in a neutral state. The DMZ placed both countries in the possibility of having war and people are petrified by the DMZ. Introduction to Korea These countries lie on the Korean peninsula. The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. South Korea’s capital is Seoul. “North and South Korea 's…

the division, South Korea adopted the United States form of government, a democracy. The people of South Korea are able to have a say. They have freedoms that many people envy because they were able to break away from the anchor that is North Korea. However, they live in a constant fear. In 2003, when North Korea broke away from the N.P treaty, it made South Koreans fearful. South Korea being one of North Korea’s major enemies the people must respect the North Korean’s power. “In South Korea,…

Republic of South Korea 's evolution into the flourishing democracy it is today would have been very difficult without the security, economic and investment ties generated by America’s heavy military engagement in Korea from the beginning of the Cold War and the close economic ties with Western countries that resulted from this alliance with the United States. Thus, America’s efforts to balance against Soviet influence in the peninsula led to the growth and modernization of the South Korean…

many instances of black protests during the Civil Rights Movement. One of the first, and the one in which Martin Luther King, Jr became a prominent figure in black history, was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was triggered after the arrest of Rosa Parks, a…