within the span of a month to get Birmingham desegregated‚ it is easy to see why the Birmingham Campaign is considered one of the most influential campaigns of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement‚ however‚ this is not the only reason for such. A little over a year after the end of the campaign‚ in July 2nd of 1964‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964- the prohibition of discrimination based on age‚ gender‚ race‚ religion‚ or national origin- was signed into law by the 35th President of the United States‚ Lyondon
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as a prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. For this investigation‚ it will be important to mention other leaders‚ such as Malcolm X or Rosa Parks‚ that gave King this leader image that he himself could not portray alone during the non violent protests‚ as well as how they set the “step stool” towards King’s rise to power during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Source 1 Source 1‚
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Taylor Brinkley Black Power- Defined as‚ “a call for black people to begin to define their own goals.” It was made to try to get African Americans to try their best to obtain freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. disliked what they were doing because he said it would cause violence. Sit-Ins- A group of students went to eat at a white lunch counter. They refused to leave until they were served. It sparked many other cases of people doing this. Store owners raised prices and removed counter seats but they
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Rosa Parks A very inspirational civil rights activist once said‚ “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free ... so other people would be also free.” This civil rights activist is sometimes recognized as the "Mother of the U.S. civil rights movement" (Encyclopædia Britannica) . Her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the most influential women in the last century. Parks was a seamstress‚ secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored
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Yamila Amari Social Studies 804 Exit Project Civil Rights Movement Yamila Amari Social Studies 804
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Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to many great leaders‚ and produced many social changes that were the results of organized civil rights events that were staged throughout the South by organizations devoted to eliminating segregation‚ and giving the African American people the ability to pursue the American dream. The most important civil rights leader during the time was Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and the most important event that took place during the movement was the fight
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demonstrations for civil rights from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 was Martin Luther King Jr. King relied heavily on both his Christian faith and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi‚ in his approach to civil rights. His non-violent movement included Americans from all walks of life. King used the power of words to achieve his goals‚ other civil rights leaders used "the end justifies the means" including violence. He accomplished a great deal in the thirteen years he worked for civil rights and equality
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is taught at a very young age of what is wrong and what is right‚ sometimes obedience and disobedience fall under the same category. Like obedience‚ disobedience can also be seen as a virtue. The human race is taught to follow certain rules‚ obey authority‚ and to live their life the way the government sees fit. In other words‚ every single brain in the entire world conform to mold one mind‚ to think the same thoughts‚
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discrimination‚ he was determined to help all African Americans men and women achieve their equality through his philosophies and non-violent movements. He believed “ that nonviolent protests is the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust society” ( Mach‚ Andrew. “ MLK Jr. 8 Peaceful Protests”. CsMonitor‚ 15 Jan. 2012. Web. 1 March. 2015.). His protests were founded on non-violence to achieve equality. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was a civil rights activist who altered the course of history
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement‚whom the United States Congress called the “first lady of the civil rights and the mother of freedom Movement. Rosa Parks was born February 4‚1913 and died October 24‚2005. On December 1 1995 after a long day of work at a Montgomery department store where she had worked at as a seamstress Rosa Parks board the Cleveland Avenue bus for home She took a seat in the first several rows that were only for “colored passengers”
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