Montgomery Gentry

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 rights movement in the United States. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation laws but are her effects held up today? I say yes Rosa Parks would be happy in the way things changes because of the peaceful protest and the way the ¨whites¨ act. Rosa McCauley

There were many great leaders of the civil rights movement. Just a few are Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and Andrew Goodman. These people helped make the civil rights movement become a reality and a success. These people risked and sometimes lost their lives in the name of freedom and equality. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered famously for his speeches during the civil rights movement, including the famous “I have a dream” speech, and “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Martin Luther

Malcolm Gladwell the author of “Small Change” Why the Revolution Will Not Be Retweeted. Educates readers about Civil Rights movement events from the past, and the effects of social media in today’s time. Technology has evolved over the years, giving birth to social media. Social media is wonderful for a lot of things, but is social media an effective resource for activism? In the article, Gladwell starts off by telling the story about four friends. Their names were David Richmond, Franklin McCain

still be denied by account of gender”. In 1870 the 15th amendment was ratified Rosa couldn’t vote even if she wanted to. In December 1943 she joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. She was inspired by a friend Johnnie Mae Carr from the girl’s school she went to when she was younger. Rosa attended one meting and was elected secretary of the Montgomery

rights movements there would probably still be racism going on a lot right now. She was born on February 4, 1913 Tuskegee, Alabama her parent’s names were Leona McCauley (Mother) James McCauley (Father) She went to school at Highlander Folk School Montgomery, Industrial school for black girls (dropped out because her grandmother got ill), and Alabama state college for black women. She was influenced as a kid and Rosa Parks whole childhood had been influenced by segregation. As a young child her grandmother

I think there were many events that helped the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act to pass some I would not characterize as fortunate. I would point out that Television was now in people’s homes, news came more instantaneous than before, the death of a young black man named Jimmie Lee Jackson’s, and Bloody Sunday. The first event that leads us to Selma is the encounter with Sheriff Jim Clark who on the town hall steps stops blacks from entering the building thus not allowing them to register to

It happened just before the christmas of 1949. She was on her way to visit relatives in Cleveland, Ohio that’s where she would be spending the holidays. Earlier she had driven out to Dannelly Field, the Montgomery, Alabama. As soon as Montgomery City Lines bus rolled into view, she balanced her packages and stepped aboard, dropped her dime into the fare box. The bus was nearly empty and of course at the time things and people were segregated, and only two passengers on the

The Trials and Tribulations between the March Trilogy Books and the Movie Selma As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had”. (King) The conflicts met between the Civil Rights Movement protesters and the white people of the South were incredibly

King Jr") He received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The right to vote was a big issue with the black people of Selma, Alabama. African Americans made up at least half the population but only 2.1 percent were able to vote. The march from Selma to Montgomery on the bridge was called a demonstration. On Sunday, March 7,1965, there were 600 people planning to march but it did not end well.(Jakoubek 97) Alabama state troopers blocked the bridge and warned the marchers to leave. The marchers refused because

activism through his leadership in religious communities and activism such as the National Council of Churches and the Montgomery Improvement Association; however, his leadership in the movement was largely shaped by local grassroot movements, which played far greater roles in national protest and activism as demonstrated by Nashville sit-ins and boycotts. Similarly to the events in Montgomery, the Nashville Sit- ins were led primarily by students and local activists. The grassroots leaders and students