Civil+Rights

More more Information go to this page. Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. When her parents divorced, she moved to Montgomery where she had to deal with segregation and laws she did not agree with.Rosa was affected greatly by segregation as a child; she despised being separated in everyday life. Although Rosa had to live with these rules and segregation as she grew, she managed to develop a sense of equality among the races. In fact, her mother stated about Rosa's beliefs, "...People should be judged by the respect that they have for themselves and others. "By her mid-life, Rosa became even more involved in the change of racial justice. She participated in boycotts against various facilities non supporting segregation.She attended Alabama State University, and later held jobs as a housekeeper.After the incident on the bus Rosa was continually threatened and harassed; however, she would not give up her efforts towards equality. Following her husband's death in 1977, Rosa founded an institute in order to help black youths, __The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.__ Throughout the end of her life, she received many awards and recognitions for her contributions. Rosa died peacefully on October 24th, 2005 at the age of 92

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. The family moved to Indiana and 8 year old Abe helped his father build another log house. A year later his mother died and the house was very empty. His father remarried and in addition to his sister Sarah, who was 3 years older, there were now 3 more children in the family. He was inaugurated president in March of 1861. Five weeks later the Civil War began. It was a fight about slavery. Lincoln wanted the United States to remain one nation. It was in danger of being divided into two nations; the North and the South.

//**James Meredith ** //

__//**JAMES MEREDITH WAS BORN ON JUNE 25, 1933 IN Kosciusko, Mississippi. HE WAS REJECTED TWICE FROM THE UNIVERCITY OF MISSISIPPI IN 1961.AFTER THE THIRD TRY HE FINALLY GOT IN AND GRADUATED IN 1964.**//__ __//**JAMES MEREDITH WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMANT. IN 1962 HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO SUCCESSFULLY ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSIPPI. .SOME PEOPLE DISAGREED ABOUT JAMES AND WHAT HE DID AND ONE DAY HE WAS SHOT BY A SNIPER DURING A PROTEST. JAMES MEREDITH CURRENTLY LIVES IN JACKSON, MISSISIPPI.**//__

**Thurgood Marshall**
**Thurgood Marshall was a brave civil rights lawyer during the period of segregation. Marshall thought of how a large part of America refused to extend the rights of Black people, so he thought one way to get what was right was through legal change. He also performed 30 civil rights cases before the Supreme Court. And he won 29 of them. The Supreme Court agreed, ruling that "SEFIU" (separate educational facilities are inherently unequal). Marshall went on to become the first African American Supreme Court Justice in American history.**

**Little Rock Nine**
**Little Rock Nine were the first colored teenagers to attend an all white High School in 1957. Even though segregation was outlawed many schools students still threatened and intimidated the black students. These nine students were determined to get as good an education as the white students however, the National Guard blocked the students from getting in the school but President Eisenhower sent in troops to protect them. These nine colored teenagers did not give up and eventually graduated from Central High. They then defeated segregation. This was done by Angelo Mainolfi**

Important People From The Civil Rights Moment.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X Rosa Park

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868 and died on August 27, 1963. He was an intellectual leader in the United States as sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. He was born in Massachusetts, he also graduated from Harvard, where he earned his Ph.D. he was the first African-American to earn his doctorate at Harvard. He became a professor of history and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois rose to national attention in his opposition of Booker T Washington's alleged ideas of accommodation with Jim Crow separation between whites and blacks and disfranchisement of blacks in the South, campaigning instead for increased political representation for blacks in order to guarantee civil rights, and the formation of a black intellectual elite who would work for the progress of the African-American race.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in January 15, 1929 and died in April 4, 1968. He was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of the civil rights in the U.S. for using non-violent ideas following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. He was one of the youngest people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent things. King was assassinated on April 4,1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 and died on February 21, 1965 at age 39. He was in three organization Nation of Islam, Muslim Mosque, inc., Organization Afro-American Unity. He was influenced by Elijah nationalism and Pan-Africanism. And his religion was Sunni Islam. He was a courageous advocate, public speaker, and human rights. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. She died on October 24, 2005 (age 92) in Detroit, Michigan. She was an African American civil rights activist, who the U.S. Congress called “the mother of the freedom movement”. she refused to obey buss driver James Blake’s order that she give her seat up to a white passenger and was arrested. Her action impacted the Civil Rights issue, Parks’ individual action of civil disobedience created further impact by sparking the Montgomery bus Boycott. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King Jr. helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement. Although widely honored in later years for her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S. Representative John Conyers. Parks eventually received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Her death in 2005 was a major story in the United States' leading newspapers. She was granted the posthumous honor of lying in honor at the Capital Rotunda.