...Did you know Rosa Parks was one of the first woman to ever refuse to give up her bus seat? She was part of the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was a brave woman who just wanted freedom for herself and all African Americans. December1,1955 rosa parks would refuse to give up her seat.the same day rosa went to jail for standing up for herself what she believed in. Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa Parks father was not in much of her life the time she was two she never saw him .Parks grandfather was like her father for most of her life. When Rosa Parks was sixteen she had to leave school because her grandmother was very sick. Just a few months later Parks mother was sick so Rosa Parks still was...
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...Rosa Parks is a black middle aged woman who refused to give up her set to a white man, because she was tired after a long day at work. She was working as a seamstress in Alabama. She was married to Raymond Parks and had a younger brother named Sylvester. What she did will inspire women and men alike for centuries after she dies. “ I felt just resigned to give up what i could to protect against the way i was being treated.” (“Rosa Parks”1) On Dec. 1, 1955 Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on the bus. This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956). During the boycott the black community of Montgomery didn't ride local buses for more than a year(“Rosa Parks”1). Rosa Parks, like many others, was a fighter in her...
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...Rosa Parks and the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott HIST102 American History since 1877 The civil rights movement in the United States was a struggle against the racial discrimination and segregation the African Americans faced prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dating back nearly 100 years, when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, black people in the South had been fighting for equality from the moment they were freed from slavery. There were many events that contributed to the civil rights movement. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established in 1909. Jackie Robinson broke the color lines of Major League Baseball in 1947. In 1954 Congress overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson ruling, determining that segregated schools naturally unequal. In 1963 more than 200,000 blacks and whites marched to the nation’s capital to protest racism and hear Martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed, forbidding racial discrimination in schools, employment, hotels, public transportation, etc. Following the Civil Rights Act was the Voting Rights Act in 1965, which was instrumental in the expansion of black voters. There were many more events that helped shape the development of the civil rights movement and in the following information will discuss one in particular: The 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. She worked...
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...fighting for freedom and equality. Federal, local, and state government’s skirted around laws and policies to keep the African Americans in their “rightful place” which was beneath anyone white. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott set into motion the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement that would inspire the African American people to take a stand and fight for change. On December 1st, 1955, a black women by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama (Tindall & Shi, pg. 1277). Montgomery law stated that African Americans could not sit in the first ten rows of a public bus even if there were no whites riding at the time (Tindall & Shi, pg. 1277). Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the eleventh row to a white man, and because of this she was arrested and given a court date (SI: Civil Rights Movement). When Parks was asked why she would not give up her seat, she simply stated that she was “tired of giving in” to white racism...
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...Rosa Parks stood for what she believed in and did not want to be treated as a second class citizen.Rosa parks experienced segregation and she contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa parks was important in black history because she fought for what she believed in and caused a thirteen month bus boycott which resulted in a supreme court ruling that abolished segregation on public buses. The supreme court ruling that was caused by a thirteen month bus boycott helped african americans. ¨Rosa parks did not give up her seat for a white male and it caused a bus boycott¨ (Douglas Brinkley).¨Rosa Parks was on the bus when a white male asked her to get but she refused to get up because she was tired of getting treated badly¨(Brinkley).¨Parks was arrested because she didn't give up her seat to the white male and that was illegal in alabama and resulted in a thirteen month bus boycott¨(brinkley). The supreme court ruling made riding the bus for african americans better.Segregation on public buses became illegal because of this ruling. African americans can now ride on the bus and sit anywhere without being harassed....
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...effect on the American people. The social or shall I state political event that I will be discussing is on Rosa Parks and her fight for civil right. Civil Right Movement The event that I have chosen started in the 1950’s, approximately in1955 when Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to give up her seat to a Caucasian individual sparking a civil rights movement that was experienced around the U.S. I find this to be a more powerful event above others events in the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s do to the fact that this changed many laws and brought the American people together in hopes for change. As Rosa Parks entered the bus and found her seat, a Caucasian individual eventually boarded the bus and tried to practice the racial rights given to him by then Montgomery, Alabama leadership. In the 1950’s the Law stated that Blacks were to sit in the back of the bus or in the event that the middle seats were not taking up by whites already. The African American individual would be required by law to give up their seat. This really angered many African American Individuals and eventually led to Rosa Parks speaking out against the law therefore resulting in her arrest and the start to a new era of the fight for equal rights. Most Significant Events 3 This really angered many African American Individuals and eventually led to Rosa Parks speaking out against the law therefore resulting in her...
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...Trip to Freedom “All I was doing was trying to get home from work.” says Rosa Parks. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress from Montgomery, Alabama boarded a city bus coming home from a long day of work. She boarded the bus and sat in the colored section of the bus, as the bus filled up, Parks was demanded to give up her sit for a white men. Rosa Parks refused to obey the bus driver, James F. Blake, and was placed in custody by two police officers, F.B. Day and D.W. Mixon. The huge controversy resulted in a 381 day Montgomery Bus Boycott to show freedom and rights. Rosa Parks striked an huge impact in the Civil Rights Movement. According to an excerpt from Bayard Rustin’s Montgomery Diary, 42,000 people denied using the bus, and began either carpooling, hitchhiking, or walking to there destination. Parks was a part of the (WPC) Women’s Political Council, a group of black women that discusses the changes needed for the Montgomery city busses. The group discovered many new guidelines, but no changes were ever occurring because no one spoke out. Until May 21, 1954, Jo Ann Robinson, president of the...
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...Rosa Parks Biography * Occupation: Civil Rights Activist * Born: February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama * Died: October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan * Best known for: Montgomery Bus Boycott Biography: Where did Rosa Parks grow up? Rosa grew up in the southern United States in Alabama. Her full name was Rosa Louise McCauley and she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913 to Leona and James McCauley. Her mother was a teacher and her father a carpenter. She had a younger brother named Sylvester. Her parents separated while she was still young and she, with her mother and brother, went to live on her grandparent's farm in the nearby town of Pine Level. Rosa went to the local school for African-American children where her mother was a teacher. Going to School Rosa's mother wanted her to get a high school education, but this wasn't easy for an African-American girl living in Alabama in the 1920s. After finishing up elementary school at Pine Level she attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. Then she attended the Alabama State Teacher's College in order to try and get her high school diploma. Unfortunately, Rosa's education was cut short when her mother became very ill. Rosa left school to care for her mother. A few years later Rosa met Raymond Parks. Raymond was a successful barber who worked in Montgomery. They married a year later in 1932. Rosa worked part time jobs and went back to school, finally earning her high...
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...The Montgomery bus boycott changed the way people lived and reacted to each other. The American civil rights movement began a long time ago, as early as the seventeenth century, with blacks and whites all protesting slavery together. The peak of the civil rights movement came in the 1950's starting with the successful bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama. The civil rights movement was lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who preached nonviolence and love for your enemy."Love your enemies, we do not mean to love them as a friend or intimate. We mean what the Greeks called agape-a disinterested love for all mankind. This love is our regulating ideal and beloved community our ultimate goal. As we struggle here in Montgomery, we are cognizant that we have cosmic companionship and that the universe bends toward justice. We are moving from the black night of segregation to the bright daybreak of joy, from the midnight of Egyptian captivity to the glittering light of Canaan freedom" explained Dr. King. In the Cradle of the Confederacy, life for the white and the colored citizens was completely segregated. Segregated schools, restaurants, public water fountains, amusement parks, and city buses were part of everyday life in Montgomery, Alabama “Every person operating a bus line should provide equal accommodations...in such a manner as to separate the white people from Negroes." On Montgomery's buses, black passengers were required by city law to sit...
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...Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Once her parents were separated, she lived with her grandparents, mother, and brother in a town just outside of Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa was homeschooled as a child and later on enrolled in an all girls school. When she was in her first year of highschool, she had to drop out in order to take care of her grandmother who was very ill. Soon after she rejoined, her mother had gotten sick and she had to drop out again. Rosa grew up at a time where segregation was enforced in almost every aspect of life. For example, only whites were allowed to take the bus as a form of transportation to school, so Rosa and many others were forced to walk. Additionally, “She narrated how she remembered...
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...Rights Movement and is one of the most successful and meaningful social movements in the world. Many African American’s are remembered today as leaders who risked their lives in hope for freedom and equality during the Civil Rights Movement such as, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and E.D Nixon. Martin Luther King Jr is known for leading many of the most significant civil rights protests. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was the youngest to have even received that honor. He is also known for leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was generated after an altercation involving Rosa Parks. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks boarded the bus after a long day at work, sitting in the first row of the colored section. As the white section of the bus filled up, the bus driver ordered the colored people in the first row to give up their seats, but Rosa Parks refused. Eventually, she was arrested for violating the Montgomery City Code. On the night of Rosa Park’s arrest, E.D Nixon, another important civil rights activist who was head of the NAACP Chapter decided to meet up with Martin Luther King and other leaders to plan a bus boycott. During this meeting, Martin Luther King Jr was selected to lead the boycott because of his great characteristics such as being professional and having good family connections. He understood the real significance of the...
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...Civil rights activist Rosa Parks once said, “I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” Instead of showing fear, Rosa Parks stood up for americans all over the world. Rosa Parks involvement in civil disobedience was due to personal influences. She chose to participate in civil disobedience to protest the equal rights for blacks, and she did achieve success using this controversial method of standing up for what she strongly believes to be right. Civil Disobedience is when a person or group protests a law that they find morally wrong. The person is usually peaceful and will accept whatever consequences arise due to breaking the law (Suber). People use...
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...off the Bus: The Montgomery Bus Boycott After the Civil War, the concept of "separate but equal" was the principle that guided relations between whites and blacks. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, which outlawed discrimination against blacks in public facilities. But, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law only applied to the federal government. Many states, particularly in the South, took advantage of this ruling and denied African Americans of their rights as citizens. Prejudice and violence against African Americans was rampant in the South. In the 1950s and 1960s, these injustices led to a movement for civil rights. African Americans united to challenge the system of segregation. Many whites sympathized and joined their campaign. The Montgomery bus boycott was the first of the large-scale protests. The Montgomery bus boycott helped African Americans to protest peacefully and bring attention to their struggle; it paved the way for Martin Luther King Jr to speak for other African Americans; and a year later, it led to the Supreme Court’s ruling that it was illegal for public transportation to be segregated....
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...rights movement for the better were Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jo Ann Gibson Robinson was a leader of a female activist group who fought to end segregation. One of her many accomplishments are that she joined a women’s group to help fight segregating laws. In addition to this, she wrote a letter to the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. She threatened that the blacks were going to boycott the city buses if the laws were not changed. Unfortunately, the laws that were addressed in her letter were not changed and when a black woman was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus her group was forced to boycott the public transportations buses. This boycott began December 5, 1955 and lasted over a year. For 381 days the blacks refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, using organized car pools or walking great distances instead. Some of those working for whites initially received rides to and from work by their employers, but even that assistance largely ended as whites were pressured by their neighbors to not help the blacks, thinking it would end the boycott sooner. Additionally, “Following Rosa Park’s arrest in December 1955, Robinson played a central role in the start of the protest by producing the leaflets that spread word of the boycott among the Black citizens of Montgomery“ (http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/jo-ann-gibson-robinson-was-unsung-activist). Rosa Parks was an icon of the civil rights movement. Although she was...
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...everything was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks stood up for African Americans at a time when people were afraid to fight for their own basic rights. Through her actions, Rosa Parks changed the segregation rules between black and white people. People were not brave to fight for their rights, but Rosa Parks became one of the first African American ladies who fight for the black community and their equal rights to end segregation. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her full name is Rosa Louic McCauley. Her parents were Leona and James McCauley. She had a brother named Sylvester. Her father left to find work when she was 2 years old and she didn't see him again for many years. Park's mother took her two children to live with her parents on a small farm in Pine Level, Alabama. Rosa Park's grandparents were slaves. Rosa parks hobby was she liked to sew (Rosa Parks Civil Right Pioner 6). During her early life, Rosa Parks started school when she was 6 years old. In 1919, white children and African American children went to different schools. White children rode the buses, but African American children had to walk. The white children who rode the bus would throw trash at African American children who had to walk. In 1924, Rosa Parks attended class at the Montgomery Industrial School. Years later, Rosa Parks left school to take care for her grandmother, so she didn't complete her education. In December 1932, Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks, who worked...
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