Montgomery County

essential part of my life and has shaped me into the person I am today. Marie Dean was born in Montgomery, Alabama to Walter Marie Dean and Herron Dean. She has lived in Montgomery all her life. She is the oldest of five children. She attended St. John Middle School, then for high school she attended Montgomery Catholic Preparatory High School. Along with going to school, my mother also

The conflicts met between the Civil Rights Movement protesters and the white people of the South were incredibly gruesome. While peace and equality for African Americans was the driving force of the protests, violence and inhuman resistance was the force for the white people. In the March Trilogy Books, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, and in the movie Selma, written by Paul Webb and directed by Ava DuVernay, we are given a glimpse of these troubling times during the 1960’s. The tone was

It was the was the beginning of a new decade, Americans believed the 1960’s were going to be the dawn of the golden age. Many historical feats are occurring, John Steinbeck wins a noble peace prize, Nixon and Kennedy have the first televised debate, Mohamed Ali wins a gold medal and the Civil Rights Movement is at the precipice in America. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Governor George C. Wallace are two prominent figures throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Individually, they deliver historical

of 15, he attended Morehouse College and later enter Boston University. Dr. King obtained his pastoral and doctorate degrees, and appeared that he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father to become a Baptist Pastor. While living in Montgomery, Alabama, a small group of civil rights activists launched a boycott against the public bus system. Unbeknownst to Dr. King, the activist would choose him as the representative for their cause. This would launch the beginning of Dr. King’s ongoing

that terrible day happened our owner informed us there was a slave auction in Montgomery Alabama, 10 miles away from our home in Richmond, Alabama. Like any other greedy white man, our owner came to my momma and told her that she was going to be auctioned for money. Oh how much I cried that day. That night I tried convincing my mother to escape in the morning and go to Fort Washington which was right across Montgomery but my momma just wouldn’t budge.She said that “They will find me and try and sell

said as being the polar opposite of today. The 1950’s were a time in which televised news sources were not as frequent and plentiful as they are now. One particular situation that needs to be pointed out happened right in the city of Montgomery, known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, shows just how effective media can be when the priority is to give the news without hyperbole or exaggeration. Going to Randall Kennedy’s Yale Law article, the writer describes the climate of the south at this time period

The United States of America, a country viewed by many as glorious and opportunistic, endured moments in history that shall never be forgotten. Since the beginning of the Civil War in the 1800s, the act to end slavery was gruesome and horrifying. A war was fought between the free and slave states to eradicate slavery in the country for ever. In the year 1865, slavery was abolished, nonetheless, the evil in many Confederate cities and states was still alive. Selma is a breath-taking movie about Martin

Trip to College It has been my dream since Elementary School to become an Elementary School teacher. The decision to attend college has not always been an easy decision. I have many goals to obtain my college degree. I have had many conversations about attending college. Some conversations being very helpful and persuasive, some being very negative and nerve wrecking. The school that I chose to attend in the end was Alabama State University. I promised myself that this school will make me the best

It was the was the beginning of a new decade, Americans believed the 1960’s were going to be the dawn of the golden age. Many historical feats are occurring, John Steinbeck wins a noble peace prize, Nixon and Kennedy have the first televised debate, Mohamed Ali wins a gold medal and the Civil Rights Movement is at the precipice in America. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Governor George C. Wallace are two prominent figures throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Individually, they deliver historical

laws wrong? 1. According to an article on the site U-S-History.com, Jim Crow Laws were made to have “separate but equal” treatment to blacks. Though the treatment was not equal in anyway. They were treated inferior in many ways. 2. The Montgomery