Whether you"re from the slow moving, speech slurring South or from the bustling and hustling North, one always takes pride in his history and what it means to him. When this history is thrown to the ground and trampled upon by an angry mob, it is only natural for some to become angry and fight for there history. ... Probably not, but when you look at the example he led and the words so reverently pinned while sitting in an Alabama jail cell, one must wonder why violence was used to kill such a passive human being. ... The same race of people that imprisoned him there in Alabama, he call...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story told is one that needs to be heard and understood by all, especially those in the deep south today who don't know their ugly history. ... As a young girl in Alabama, Rosa grew up with her grandparents, mother and brother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On September 3, 1944, Recy Taylor, a twenty-four-year-old sharecropper and mother, would begin a long fight for justice regarding bodily integrity of African-American women in the south, more specifically in her town of Abbeville, Alabama. ... Parks also formed the Alabama Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. ... Reading the history of black females resisting sexual abuse from white males and how it lead to the start of the Civil Rights movement really does resonate powerfully. ...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to our text book, The Challenge of Democracy there is a lot of history behind civil rights. ... The commonly known case that changed history was Brown v. ... It was also in the 1950"s that Rosa parks refused to move to the back of a bus in Alabama. ... As you can see this story is as old as our history. ...

• Word Count: 1454
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960 during a time of racial strife: the Civil Rights Movement was at its prime and tumultuous events evolved into violence, spread into states across the country and entered the American conscience. The novel emphasizes the virtues of cour...

• Word Count: 2326
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School