Rosa Parks And Rockefeller: The Father Of Civil Rights

Cornelius Vanderbilt was an entrepreneur who attempted to break monopolies in the steamboat industry. Vanderbilt tried to run those who used government subsidies out of business by charging less and providing better service. However, from other perspectives, his methods were immoral. Because of this, the question of whether Vanderbilt was a hero or a villain arose. Even so, it can be seen that Vanderbilt helped the economy of the steamship industry.

Throughout the African American civil rights movement opportunities were sought to spark a chance at improving conditions in the south. Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus was the fire to that spark. Rosa, standing up for herself something anyone person in today’s world would do, was arrested and put in jail. While Rosa was in jail she caught the eye of many people in the Civil Rights Movement, including the leaders. The Civil Rights leaders protested her arrest and hired lawyers to aid her in her trial. Although she was found guilty and was fined fourteen dollars for the cost of the court case, which lasted on thirty minutes, she wasn’t done yet. Rosa Parks has affected the society we live in today in

Little did Rosa know that a simple act of courage would change the course of American history. That day she was arrested for violating Montgomery's transportation laws and took her to jail. She was soon released on a one-hundred dollar bail. A trial was scheduled for December 5, 1955. Her arrest brought a protest of seven thousand blacks in her community. Her community was small but every African American member of her town was sure to be protesting for her release that day. This protest rapidly started the creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association. The most involved and determined person besides Parks in this movement was Martin Luther King Jr. would call for a one-day bus boycott which ended up extending after Rosa was found guilty. Rosa was fined ten dollars. Rosa once again refused to pay any money and appealed her case. Rosa Parks and her husband both lost their jobs and were harassed and ridiculed for what happened on the bus. Most whites would say she made a fool out of herself and she embarrassed

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, one of the leaders of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] refused to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, despite being reprimanded by the driver (Schulke 166). Montgomery, Alabama was known for its terrible treatment of blacks. The buses in particular had been a source of tension between the city and black citizens for many years (Schulke, 167). As a result of refusing to give up her seat, Rosa Parks was arrested. Rosa Parks' popularity among the black community, proved to be the spark that ignited the non-violent Civil Rights Movement (Norrell 2).

Rockefeller was an American business tycoon. His early life made an impact on him with his father’s odd habits and parenting. His father was a traveling salesman who regularly cheated on his wife; even cheating on her when he was home. His father regularly “ cheated” his children by lying to them. He made the excuse that it would make them strong. John did not let this affect him. He got a job at an early age and used this experience and knowledge to become a business partner. By the end of the year the company had made half a million dollars. He used this money to open an oil refinery. He and a few others created the Standard Oil Company, in 1870. Within two years they had owned a majority of the oil refineries in Cleveland. They, in nearly a decade, had a monopoly on the US oil refinery

William Vanderbilt was an American businessman whose wealth was derived from the thriving railroad industry of the late nineteenth century. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1821 and died at age 64 on December 8, 1885. During this time, he led the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the Canada Southern Railway, and the Michigan Central Railroad. He took over as president for these organizations for his father. His father, Cornelius Vanderbilt, brought the railroad business to his family. Upon his death, William Vanderbilt was the richest man in the world. His success can be attributed to his ability to capitalize on the transportation revolution that swept America years ago, and only remained to expand and grow with the

Both George Eastman and John Rockefeller also donated a plethora of money to multiple charities making them philanthropists. For instance George Eastman donated money to kids who couldn't afford dental work, and he gave away scholarships to the Massentusats Institute of technology. Also he gave scholarships to Tuskegee Institute for African AMericans who wanted to get an education. Likewise Rockefeller also donated money towards education. For instance he created the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Both of which received over $50 million dollars from him alone. Rockefeller also founded the General Education Board which he donated another $50 million dollars to. George Eastman and John D. Rockefeller could have used their money on themselves but instead used their surplus of cash on charities. This just proves the fact that George Eastman and John D. Rockefeller were captains of industry because they were innovators and

Cornelius Vanderbilt gained much of his wealth and prominence through hard work in the railroad and shipping industries (Cohen n. pag). BY the time he died, his railroad company he owned was worth well over one-hundred fifty million dollars. Most of his estate was left to his son William, George’s father ("Vanderbilt, Cornelius [1794-1877]" n. pag). While in control of the Vanderbilt fortune, William doubled the size (The Vanderbilt

Rosa Parks is invariably portrayed as someone who had rached the end of her patience after a hard day’s work and refused to leave her seat on the bus, preferring to rest her feet. Rosa Parks had been a life-long worker for the NAACP and she had taken a special interest in the Claudette Colvin case. At the time of her arrest, Parks had just finished a course on race relations in Monteagle, Tennessee. She became a seamstress simply because that was all she could find to do in the segregated society of Montgomery. However, Parks had been educated at the all-black Alabama State College. When Parks was arrested, the NAACP asked the police why they had done this. E. D. Nixon of the NAACP was told that “It was none of your dang business”. After finding out the reason for her arrest, Nixon posted the bond required for her

Cornelius Vanderbilt was certainly a very important contributor to his field. Some people would even argue that he, to a certain extent, invented his field. This is undoubtedly the case as the majority of today’s businessmen follow his example and act in ways that he invented by carrying out his actions. In addition, Vanderbilt invested his fortune in railroads. Without railroads, today’s society would not only be vastly different, but it could also possibly be nonexistent. This is due to Vanderbilt’s railroads creating a societal dependency on his railroads. Vanderbilt had always been skilled at seeing promise in fields that had promise. When he was young, Vanderbilt bought a sailboat and worked for a sailboat shipping company, from which he made thousands of dollars per year. When he got older, Vanderbilt saw promise in a field that others saw no promise in: Railroads. Vanderbilt saw that railroads and steam trains had promise and were the way of the future; therefore, he decided to relocate his family and began investing in his new industry. Amazingly, he was so confident in the field that he denied a humongous raise in pay from his boss, who had offered Vanderbilt a raise before he left for his new home. A lesson that industrialists who followed him learned from this is to search for an industry with a lot of potential and then to invest in it.

Rosa Park was and African-American civil rights activist she refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger on December 1,1995 .The bus driver noticed that the whites only section was full and more whites were coming on the bus the bus driver ordered that three other blacks in the next row to move to the back the two others moved to the back of the bus but Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and she got arrested after this happened Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses.A Officer on the scene said they asked rosa if she was tired they said her response was “I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”so this show that rosa was tired of getting

Rockefeller missed the trian. WHICH WAS HEADING TO nEW yoRK WHERE vANDERBILT WAS.. However, A TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAPPENED TO THE tRAIN.Rockefeller was at church during this time.

“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.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was a steamship and railroad tycoon. He made millions in the steamship business before turning to the promising railroad industry. He began to take capital from the steamship business to buy railroads, starting with the New York and Harlem Railroad in 1862. Vanderbilt eventually amassed over $100 million from his railroad empire and his wealth and power was virtually untouchable. He was a ruthless businessman, once saying to a competitor “You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you.” His New York Central rail line operated from New York to Chicago along more than 4,500 miles of track at the time of his death.

Rosa Parks tried to change her society for the better by standing up for what she believed in, even though it did cause some trouble for her, it did not compare to the impact she had on her community. Rosa was arrested for her actions because in this era when a black person disobeyed a white person, it was considered a crime and a felony. In the artifact below, Rosa is being shown giving her fingerprint to police officer, Lt. D.H. Lackey at the jail she entered in Montgomery, Alabama: