This paper will discuss the roots of the Civil Rights Movement, leaders that affected the Civil Rights Movement, and laws that influenced the Civil Rights Movement.  ... Civil Rights Leaders   Leaders such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X all contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. ... Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders were extremely happy that they had accomplished their main goal. ... There were many Civil Rights leaders who contributed to this movement, and helped it be a successful experience. Now in the 21st century, African Americans and many...

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Philip Randolph march on Washington movement and of course the Garvey movement. ... Like the slave revolts, the Garvey Movement, and the March of Washington Movement, it was highly organized. ... Philip Randolph, the leader of the movement, anticipated the upheavals of the 1950s and 1960s when in 1943 he explicitly called for mass nonviolent demonstrations against Jim Crow laws, to model after Gandhi's passive resistance movement to India. ... The movement played a significant role in inspiring the formation of the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942 and brought forward famous nonviolent ...

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The Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks; Two well-known people involved in the Civil Rights Movement. ... The movement overturned Jim Crow Laws, which divided whites and blacks. ... Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the great leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. ... The civil rights movement was a struggle, which led to many protests. ... Some leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. helped to bring people together in love and harmony, helping to make all people equal. ...

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Not just any kind of movement, but a movement that would see victories as well as violence and death. That movement was the Civil Rights Movement. ... The movement had its share of leaders, events, and strategies that helped to reach its' goals. ... They took the advice of nonviolence from a great leader named Martin Luther King Jr.... Before he became a civil leader he had many problems. ...

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Ralph Abernathy Ralph Abernathy was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. ... During the movement he supported and was a leader of nonviolence as a means to social change. ... During the Civil Rights movement, Abernathy was a treasurer and vice president in the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). ... In support of the nonviolence approach, Abernathy was a leader in the Poor People's Campaign on Washington D.C. after Martin Luther King Jr.'... In 1977 Abernathy turned away from the Civil Rights Movement scene as he retired from the SCLC. ...

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Because of the changes in segregation there were more successful musicians due to the Civil Rights movement. ... The Civil Rights Movement also changed the way people treated women. ... Women were also denied basic rights before the Civil Rights Movement, like voting and getting a job. ... He was also one of the greatest civil rights leaders and inspired both black and white people. ... The Civil Rights Movement had a big effect on the cultural changes in the 1960's. ...

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Not just any kind of movement, but a movement that would see victories as well as violence and death. That movement was the Civil Rights Movement. ... The movement had its share of leaders, events, and strategies that helped to reach its' goals. ... They took the advice of nonviolence from a great leader named Martin Luther King Jr. ... There were many leaders who helped contribute to the success of the civil rights movement. ...

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Civil rights leader, Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. ... Many people started to recognize her as a leader. ... Even though she became a symbol of the civil rights movement, time after the boycott was not very good for Rosa and her husband. ... Rosa was very influential in all aspects of the civil rights movement, with her biggest contribution being the Montgomery bus boycott. ... She basically started the civil rights movement for the rights and freedom for coloured people as well as challenging segregation laws to change. ...

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One of the most noted turning points in American History is the Civil Rights Movement. ... Both groups were the driving force behind the Civil Rights Movement and the leaders at the time. ... (SIRS Researcher) In order for there to be change there must be leaders and groups who work toward it. ... In 1963, King and the SCLC collaborated with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. ... Also dissatisfied with the progress, the local leaders asked Martin Luther King and the SCLC for assistance. ...

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The protests that closely followed uncovered, arguably the greatest activist leader African Americans had ever seen. ... Kennedy was assassinated, he was a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and this may have contributed to the reasons why he was assassinated. ... Although his death marked the end of a great leader, others are still carrying on his "Dream-. ... She not only changed the way of life for those black people in Montgomery but set the wheels in motion for the huge Civil Rights Movement which followed. ... Montgomery Bus Boycott' In unknown textbook,...

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One important leader who contributed to the Montgomery Bus Boycott was Martin Luther King Jr.. ... "They formed a secret group called the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected Martin as their leader.... This was the second event that led to the civil rights movement. ... King and other civil rights leaders from across the country organized a march on Washington DC. ... The speech explained the basics of the civil rights movement. ...

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Civil Rights Movement Many events happened during the Civil Rights Movement. ... The Civil Rights Movement occurred during the late 1950s to the early 1960s. ... African American leaders organized the March on Washington D.C. to build support for the civil right movement. ... The march was to testify the long struggle in the Civil Rights Movement. ... The years 1955 through 1963 marked the Civil Rights Movement. ...

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He is still regarded mainly as the black leader of a movement for black equality. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968), American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. ... The movement that King led swept all that away. ... He pursued his dream of spreading the civil-rights movement to other cities. Overnight, he found himself the leader of an awakened people. ...

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(January 15, 1929 -1968 on April 4), the famous leader of the American civil rights movement. 1948 graduation. ... In April 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. went to Memphis, after the strike leaders, was assassinated at age 39. ... He was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. ... Tablets, he explained the original intention of the American civil rights movement, hopes and dreams, refuted all the accusations of the civil rights movement. ... Later, in August 28, 1963, mass demonstrations culminated in the "march in Washin...

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The civil rights movement started with things like the Plessy vs. ... Now at this time Martin Luther King started to become a leader in the movement. ... I think that during the 1950's many people only viewed the civil rights movement as political and didn't give it much thought. ... The 1950's proved to be fairly passive but did pave the way for the civil rights movement to really gain the respect it deserved. ...

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A movement in Montgomery quickly developed after her arrest. Fifty ministers and civic leaders met on December 2, 1955 and began a boycott. The leaders were E.D. ... The boycott initiated the modern use of nonviolent protest and made King a National leader of the Civil Rights Movement. ... In 1961 CORE's leader James Farmer announced nonviolent protests against violations of these court rulings. ...

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During these times, African Americans and other Americans led an organized and strong movement to fight for racial equality. The movement often met with strong opposition, such as in Birmingham, Alabama, where police sprayed protestors with high pressure fire hoses. ... The leaders of the African American community, including many ministers, formed the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize a boycott. ... The boycott proved to the world that common African Americans could unite and organize a successful protest movement. ... The Civil Rights movement was remarkably suc...

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He and other African-American community leaders felt a protest of some kind was needed. ... King went on to lead the Civil Rights Movement on other issues in other cities. ... The blacks had won a major victory in the civil rights movement. ... Parks became a leader and member of many movements and groups. ... Her response to being called "the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" is modest. ...

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Working diligently with great, influential black leaders, Robinson and the group she led help organized a boycott that started a civil rights movement that would last a decade. ... "[ Stride Toward Freedom, p.78] Many believe that the arrest of Rosa Parks is what started the Montgomery bus boycott and the movement for civil rights, however, contrary to popular belief, it was not. ... Blacks were ready to protest, however they needed something to spark the movement. ... Black leaders were thrown in jail, fined and harassed up until their case reached the Supreme Court were segregation was ...

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Since King was exposed to the Du Bois style of the civil rights movement this could be the reason for trying to get the white people to help his cause. ... King's father was also involved in the civil rights movement. ... Local black leaders then asked King if he would be the new leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" ... King was arrested in Selma Alabama, for protesting X went there to help the voting movement (Cone)...

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Since King was exposed to the Du Bois style of the civil rights movement this could be the reason for trying to get the white people to help his cause. ... King's father was also involved in the civil rights movement. ... Local black leaders then asked King if he would be the new leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" ... King was arrested in Selma Alabama, for protesting X went there to help the voting movement (Cone)...

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Rosa Parks Rosa Parks started the Civil rights movement. ... From the 1930's to 1955 she was a seamstress, in 1943 she was appointed secretary of the NAACP's Montgomery branch and later she ended up being its youth leader. ... Rosa Parks was often called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement." The one little thing that started the Civil Rights Movement was when Parks sat at the front of the bus. ...

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Martin Luther King: Nonviolence Movement Dr. ... Lastly, the most influential thinker to his thought was Mohandas Gandhi and through philosophy of non-violence we began to see the creation of the strongest civil right leader. ... The movement of nonviolence seemed to taking its place in America during the time of Dr. ... However, along with fame and accolades came conflict within the movement's leadership. ... Martin Luther King is still consider as the black leader of a movement for black equality. ...

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To begin with, Martin Luther King was not only an intelligent leader, but he was a persuasive hero. ... As the leader of the (MIA) Montgomery Improvement Association the idea of having a boycott with commercial or social relationship with community followed by a protest. ... In 1956, while Martin Luther King was away helping organize the boycott movement his house got bombed. ... All of these things are because someone step up as a leader....

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Parks" individual act of rebelliousness opened a significant chapter in the civil rights movement, black non-violent protests and other leaders that believed in her beliefs. ... The Montgomery bus Boycott was a major event that occurred in the civil rights movement, which spanned the 1950's and 60's. ... The tone of the civil rights movement was set. ... The boycott gave Martin Luther King a place of leadership within the national movement and showed that the nonviolent method of protest was effective. ...

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