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    Is Rosa Parks a True Hero

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    famous Montgomery Bus ride‚ but also through other examples where she showed courage‚ made achievements‚ or proved herself to have noble qualities.1 These include: Sparking the Montgomery bus boycott‚ helping the formation of the MIA‚ Being directly connected to the Browder versus Gayle lawsuit‚ Working with Martin Luther King‚ Featuring on International news‚ Writing her Autobiography and gaining honors and Awards. In the segregated Montgomery of Dec. 1‚ 1955‚ the first 10 rows of a bus where reserved

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    She was a big participant in the NAACP. The only woman there‚ and took on the position of volunteer secretary to the president of the Montgomery chapter. First of all‚ Parks became a member of the NAACP in 1943‚ the only woman there‚ and took on the position of volunteer secretary to the president of the Montgomery chapter. She held this position until 1957.” This proves that Rosa had been reasoning with people to protest. Furthermore‚ Rosa was participating in a huge part

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    met to formed the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the group. African Americans ensured the sustainability of the boycott by organizing carpools‚ lower taxi fares to bus fare prices and simply walked to their destinations. Finally‚ on June 5‚ 1956‚ a Montgomery federal court ruled that the law imposed on segregating seating on buses violated the 14th Amendment and integrated the bus system on December 21‚ thus ending the boycott. Throughout the protest

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    Rosa Parks is considered the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. She was born on February 4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks was an African-American civil rights activist. She took part in the Montgomery bus boycott a mass protest against the Montgomery bus system in Alabama. In 1956‚ the Supreme Court declared that the segregation in buses were unconstitutional. The event related to Rosa Parks took place on December 1st‚ 1955‚ when she refused to give

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    Pine Level‚ Alabama starting at first grade. The school lacked many adequate school supplies. Also‚ black students from grades one through six were forced to walk while white students were provided bus transportation. Beginning at age 11‚ Rosa McCauley’s education consisted of segregated schools in Montgomery‚ Alabama that included the city’s Industrial School for Girls run by Alice L. White‚ a white abolitionist teacher‚ who started to give black girls a chance at education. Parks attended an all black

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    success of the Civil Rights Movement? The first major event of King’s civil rights career was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.On December 5‚ 1955‚ five days after Montgomery civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to obey the city’s rules mandating segregation on buses‚ black residents launched a bus boycott and elected King as president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association. As the boycott continued during 1956‚ King gained national prominence as a result of his exceptional oratorical

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    Martin Luther King

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    Here he met and married Coretta Scott in 1953. The pair had four children between them and during this time King completed his Ph.D. in 1955 and become pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Some of his main achievements included the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ The Birmingham Campaign and his notorious “I Have A

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    MLK Jr

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    Martin Luther King Junior- Thoughts and Politics King was a deeply spiritual man. Much‚ if not most‚ of the theory behind his activism emanated from his religious beliefs. Christianity‚ to King‚ is “a spirit of brotherhood made manifest in social ethics.” In essence‚ we are all equal and we all deserve equally. According to King‚ all people are strung together in a network of life–race‚ religion‚ gender‚ etc. simply do not matter. Our societies need to reflect equality for all of us to prosper:

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    this allows the voice of AA’s to be heard. This bold but tactical move‚ shows MLK’s dominance and willpower to gain equality for AA’s in America and how significant the Bus Boycott had become as it lead to such chain of events. In combination with all these sources‚ they represent the influence of Media‚ Significance of the Boycott and also the importance of MLK’s role in achieving desegregation in America and the immense struggle to reach equality [Source

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    changing for the better due to the brave actions taken by Rosa Parks and the many African Americans who took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks is known as an activist during the African-American Civil Rights Movement who promoted the idea of racial equality and an end to segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. led his first nonviolent protest known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott where he advocated equal rights for all races. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are both remembered not for doing

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