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James Farmer was a civil rights leader born in 1920 in Marshall, Texas. He lost his sight and legs to diabetes but still faced segregation as a caddy. Farmer worked with organizations like CORE and helped lead freedom rides to desegregate interstate buses in the South. He was one of the "Big Four" early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement along with King and worked to promote racial equality through nonviolent protests and media outreach.
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Thurgood Marshall attended Frederick Douglass High School and graduated with an above average in 1926. Three years later he got married to his first wife Vivian Burey in September 4, 1929 at the age of 21. He...show more content...Smith because S.E. Allwright didn t allow him to vote in the 1940 Texas primary election.
Thurgood received the highest award the Spingarn Medal. It received its name from chief Joel Spingarn. This award is appointed to the most highest or noblest achievement by a nigro.
The Brown v. Board of Education was Marshall greatest achievements as a civil rights Lawyer. The lawsuit was because a group of black parents in Topeka, Kansas were forced their children to attend all black segregated schools. This was one of the most important cases of the 20th century. The Supreme Court s unanimously ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, On May 17, 1954. Racial segregation of public schools, violated the 14th Amendment. The court s provided the legal foundation during the enforcement. The inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement that unfolds over the next decided.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was born in 1913 in Alabama and faced racial segregation throughout her life, including in schools and public transportation. In 1955, on a bus in Montgomery, Parks refused to give up her seat for a white passenger, leading to her arrest. This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Martin Luther King Jr., and paved the way for the end of segregation in the United States. Parks received numerous honors for her role in the civil rights movement and worked as a seamstress and aide until her retirement in 1988, passing away in 2005 at the age of 92.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, civil rights activist, and professor known for her autobiography and poems about her experiences with racism and identity. She had a diverse career as an author, poet, actress, playwright, civil rights activist, and professor. Angelou experienced racism and trauma in her early life but went on to have a successful career reciting her poetry at presidential inaugurations and being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
To Kill A Mockingbird 2014
The document provides context about Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird and parallels between Lee's childhood and elements in the novel. It notes that Lee grew up in rural Alabama in the 1930s, as did the main character Scout Finch. Both Lee's and Scout's fathers were attorneys who served in the Alabama state legislature. Lee had a neighbor and friend named Truman Capote, just as Scout's friend Dill is based on Capote. The document examines similarities between key events in Lee's childhood and events in the novel, such as the Scottsboro trials that Lee would have read about as a child.
Lydia Child
Lydia Maria Child was born in 1802 in Massachusetts and became a prominent American abolitionist, novelist, and advocate for Native American and women's rights. She published her first novel in 1824 which helped bring her into literary circles in New England. Her most popular book was The American Frugal Housewife published in 1829. Child also started the first American children's magazine and wrote many educational stories for it. She became actively involved in the abolitionist movement in the 1830s after publishing An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans which advocated for the end of slavery and racial integration. Throughout her life, Child wrote over 50 books on various social issues and helped publish works by former slaves and advocate for
2nd Grade Biography PowerPoint Project
The document provides biographical details about several historical figures, including Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Johnny Appleseed, Alexander Graham Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Maya Lin, Mae Jemison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Christopher Columbus, Pocahontas, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Harriet Tubman. It describes key events in their lives and accomplishments, such as Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus, the Wright brothers inventing the airplane, Columbus sailing across the Atlantic, and Tubman escaping slavery and leading others to freedom.
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Analysis of the movie The Long Walk home, focusing on character analysis, protagonist, antagonist, flat and round characters. Also includes character map and plot map.
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