He went so far as to close all the Little Rock schools for over a year to keep out blacks. ... As the bus route went on more whites boarded and the bus driver told the blacks in Mrs. ... To this day not only blacks but whites as well take strength from Mrs. ... He gave many speeches to blacks and whites alike on his beliefs. ... Some of these include actor Denzel Washington, actress Halle Berry, famous trumpeter Louis Armstrong, and rapper Ja Rule. ...

• Word Count: 798
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maya the poet, the author, the play-write, actress, mother, civil rights activist, historian, director, producer; Maya the Genius. ... It was sometime around 1945 that Maya became the first black female conductor for the San Francisco streetcars. ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

By early 1965 a new black leader had arose, whose name was Malcolm X. ... He started a militant, all black group called the Black Panthers. ... That same year, James Meridith, a black college student, enters the University of Mississippi as the first black person to enter the college after he was rejected three times because of the color of his skin. ... The Black Panther Party is formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Thurgood Marshall was the first black to be nominated for the Supreme Court in 1967. ...

• Word Count: 4042
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School