Coretta Scott King And The Civil Rights Activist

When many people think of the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders, the first names that comes to mind are Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. However, there were so many people that were just as influential and deserving of recognition as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. One of these people, Claudette Colvin, was “Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks”. Claudette Colvin grew up in King Hill, Alabama- a close-knit community that was stuck between two white neighborhoods. She attended a one-room school, with one teacher teaching all six elementary grades. When she refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a Montgomery bus, she was only fifteen years old. Claudette was arrested, and seen as an outsider by her classmates. She suffered

     Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama. Heiberger was a small segregated town. Coretta’s parents were Obadiah and Bernice Scott. She has an older sister named Edythe and a younger brother, Obie. Coretta was named after her grandmother Cora Scott. Her family was hard working and devoted Christians. Coretta had a strong temper, feared no one and stood up for herself.

Martin Luther King Jr was a famous Civil Rights leader, and widely known for his “I have

The relevance of King in the Civil Rights Movement has been contentious over the years, but most historians have traditionally seen him as one of the most important reasons for the growth of civil rights for Black Americans. This is primarily due to the fact that most historians who focused on King in the aftermath of his death in the 1960s were people who actively worked alongside him, like Clayborne Carson – Carson and other traditionalists have proved inaccurate in their immediate reverence of King, and this has led to the overall impression that King was the sole leader of the movement despite the fact that the campaigning for black rights began long before King was even involved in the movement. “Nonviolence or nonexistence” made King

The prize in the video is freedom. The freedom that African Americans have today, we didn’t have it that way all the time. There were many people who led us to freedom. Some of those people were MLK, Rosa Parks, and Emmett Till.

After he was killed she took the responsibility of building the king center as a monument to all his work in boxes (Williams). So she was following her husband's death and there for she continued to finish their work. She developed programs for Atlanta-based on Martin Luther King Jr Center for a living memorial to her husband and what he did during his lifetime ("Coretta Scott King"). The king center that Coretta built is located inside of 23-acre national park where Martin Luther was born and it hosts over one million visitors a year. “As founding President, chair, and Chief Executive officer, she dedicated herself to providing local, national, and international programs that have trained tens of thousands of people in Dr” (“About Mrs,

If I could be one person from the 20th Century for a day, it would be Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks. Born on Feb 04, 1913, Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus. Consequently, her actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott where the bus companies loss a tremendous amount of their profits. I would be Ms. Parks because I find her actions worthy for me to experience; she believed in justice and equality. Therefore, by fighting for her beliefs, she became one of the leading icons during the Civil Rights Movement. It is stated in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal; equality being the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. Due to the fact that Ms. Parks was not only

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired,” wrote Rosa Parks on her Biography, “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically….No, the only tired I was, was giving in,” stated in (History.com.) “Rosa Parks is a civil rights leader in the 1960’s.” (From “Rosa Parks” By Cavendish, Marshall; Academic American Encyclopedia) She was a huge key in history, forwarding the protest for the African Americans rights’.

It all started in Montgomery, Alabama when King and nonviolent demonstrators brought bus desegregation to the city. With that, he gained national fame. Shortly after, King became chairman of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), to expand his mission field to the whole South. The group first moved in on Birmingham, Alabama to show that King's nonviolent methods worked universally and could bring about desegregation in the US. After victory there, King began to implement the Birmingham strategy all over the nation, until 1964 when Johnson signed a civil rights bill desegregating all public facilities. Later that year King received the Nobel Peace Prize, which to him symbolized the world's desire to move toward peace for all people of the world. In Selma, Alabama he led marches calling for voting rights. The brutality that the racist local government showed led Johnson to call for a voting rights bill, which was easily passed in 1965.

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in” (Parks). I was tired, tired of being oppressed, and tired of being stepped on by the law, and my fellow people. That was the only tired i felt. The Montgomery Bus protest sparked a fire that would be felt throughout the entire country, and it was the spark that ignited the fire of the civil rights movement that shook the world. The boycott was the first of it, once light was shown on the problem, she began travelling cross country spreading information about civil rights, and sparking more peaceful protest. Rosa Parks was an important figure that changed the direction of the United States of America. She was trying to get home from work that day, but she turned into an icon for the civil rights movement, and shined a light on the unfair treatment of african americans.

Segregation was a rough time for many people but Rosa Parks stood up for them. She had a positive impact on history because she started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by being a Civil Rights Leader and by being a Women's Activist.

When people think of leaders of the Civil Rights movement, they think of big names like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and Rosa Parks. However, there were many people behind the scenes that had as big of an impact as these forerunners had. These are the transparent heroes; the underdogs. The ones that did so much for the cause yet were never truly recognized as being such a big influence. One of these unsung heroes of the Civil Rights movement is Coretta Scott King. After her husband, the great Martin Luther King, Jr., died she strived to continue the momentum of the movement, while also fighting for her own causes. Coretta Scott King played a tremendous role in the Civil Rights Movement, not only in her aiding her husband, but as a public leader as well.

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement, we often think of the most prominent leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X who’ve surely paved the way for the beginning of the movement. However many times we overlook the ones who aren’t talked about in the classrooms during Black History Month, or when we’re discussing the Civil Rights Movement. In response, I dedicate my paper on an African-American Organization to those who promoted the freedom and rights of Black Americans and minorities just as much as Martin Luther King Jr or any other leader or organization during the movement. The greatly controversial Black Panther Party (BPP)

Although, congressional reconstruction included Amendments that abolished slavery, granted citizenship to all people born in United States or naturalized and granted the right to vote to all people no matter race, color or previous conditions of servitude. However, these amendments were ratified. Some people disagree these changes and opposed to give those rights to African american people. As this situation was getting worse, African American took a stand to fight for their rights. By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in 1955, Black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913-2005) helped initiate the civil movement”(History.com). Rosa Parks was one of the first Activist of the civil right movement. She took a stand

Civil Rights are the rights of all people regardless of the color of their skin, religious affiliation, or gender. These are the rights guaranteed by the state, more specifically the federal, focal and state governments. The struggle to achieve civil rights for all people has been a long and tumultuous journey. Many took a stand to help progress the fight for equal rights regardless of who one was. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr himself was a preacher and civil rights activist who spearheaded the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm X, was a noted figure in the Civil Rights movement as a whole, pursuing his mission for his God, Allah. He and Martin Luther King Jr. fought the same fight as yin and yang. Although their methods differed, they both made significant