Ride Lonesome

Following the seemingly successful 1950s Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, a protest for segregation where African Americans under the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) refused to ride Alabama buses, ended after 381 days when the Supreme Court ordered Alabama to integrate its bus systems, the state figuratively dragged its heels in changing its transit. In fact, ten years later when the Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional nationwide yet southern

Lewis May 16, 1961, to other Nashville students considering joining the Freedom Rides John Lewis, a young black man who was born in the South, participated in the Freedom Rides. His statement rang true when Nashville students were faced with the decision of joining the Freedom Rides in their fight for civil rights. This historical event paved the way for racial equality throughout the United States. The Freedom Rides were a vital part of history because it set the foundation

It was November 3, 2016, around 4:15p.m., on a cool windy day in Springfield, Illinois, a farmer named Joe Stanford was on his farm to pick all his crops before the winter comes. As he is picking his crops, he gets an unexpected phone call from his good friend named Sharon who lives just a couple of miles away. Joe answers the phone in no hesitation and immediately he senses the fear in Sharon’s voice as she speaks saying “ Joe I really need your help! “ I dropped my daughter off yesterday morning

Sally Ride has definitely had that experience. She started this adventure when she went to Stanford University, majoring in physics in her home state, California. She took a chance for a NASA job and got accepted in. With determination and hardwork, she managed to be the first American woman into space. She changed women’s reputations and the way women were looked at for having hardworking careers. She started several organizations and inspiration to fellow girls and women. Sally ride was an inspirational

In addition to the Director of Admissions, I would invite Edna Pontellier, protagonist of Kate Chopin’s novel “The Awakening,” Henry David Thoreau for his work “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” in “Walden,” and Sally K. Ride. I would invite these people because I think they’d all have profound, original thoughts to offer in conversation, and I think it’d be especially interesting because they would probably have conflicting ideas. Chopin’s character Edna is used to comment on conformity in our

Freedom Riders “Freedom Riders” were a group of people, both black and white, who were civil rights activists from the North who “meant to demonstrate that segregated travel on interstate buses, even though banned by an I.C.C. Ruling, were still being enforced throughout much of the South” (The South 16). The Riders attempted to prove this by having a dozen or so white and black Freedom Riders board buses in the North and travel through Southern cities. This was all “a coldly calculated attempt

A Contemporary Performance Issue      Commuting is a perfect example of a contemporary performance issue, “traffic congestion can steal valuable time from employees’ personal lives” (Wells par. 1). The typical employee is concerned with the time lost in commuting to work and not spent at home with their family. The family could be spouse, children, pets, parents, siblings etc.…If your everyday lifestyle started with the concern and time wasted just for commuting to and from

and American Freedom Rides This essay briefly discusses the similarities and differences of the ‘Australian and American Freedom Rides’ history. Throughout the essay, there is a discussion on what the reasons were for the protest of the Freedom Rides. It also points out the duration of the protest and the major locations where they were held. The essay also shows the different reactions to the protest and the influential behaviour it results in. The American Freedom Rides were motivated by the

It was a calm evening at the East Side Bank. There were just two customers in the lobby. One was a woman sitting down waiting for a representative and the other one was a man standing being serviced by one of the two bank tellers. The East Side Bank was a small branch. At the back was the three bank teller windows for handling transactions in person. There were also two offices to left side of the lobby for handling new accounts and loans. On the right side of the lobby was a hallway that led to

Davao City is known for many tourists’ destinations, thus, lots of tourists visit the place. For some people that are not familiar with the public transit in Davao City, the possibility of inconvenience and difficulty in choosing a ride is likely to happen. As what Borromeo (2016) stated, the traffic condition in Davao City can be considered as a crisis and is not far better than the traffic in Metro Manila. As a daily routine, most of the people are trying to find ways to arrive