The current examples of Americans who serve their country are the New York City firefighters and the New York City Police Department. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. and the New York City fleet have allowed America to be the place it is today. ...
The book that I read was called Contemporary Black Leaders, and was written by Elton C. Fax. This book featured many black leaders such as Malcolm X, Coretta Scott King, and Thurgood Marshall. The person who I learned most about in this book was Malcolm X. It starts off describing Malcolm X as a t...
Malcolm X Malcolm X was one of the black African Americans who helps with the civil rights. Malcolm X was also known by the name El-hajj Malik El-Shabbazz. Malcolm X view that Western nations were racist and that black people must join together. The autobiography of Malcolm ...
A New York Times article was printed on the story and inspired black and white students across the country to participate in such protests. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his "Letter From a Birmingham City Jail," "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. played a key role in our nation's civil rights movement. Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1925. His father, Martin Luther King was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Martin attended Morehouse College an all black college in Atlanta. He graduated More...
On December 1, 1955 a black women named Rosa Park refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Alabama city bus to a white passenger. ... African Americans were urged to boycott the segregated city buses, and the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was formed". ... African American students conducted a protest at segregated lunch counters in city stores. ... "New York Times drew attention to the students" protest both black and white and students across the nation were inspired to launch similar protest". ... "Lunch counters in city stores starts serving black as well as white customers". ...
American writer, actor, civil right activist, and educator Maya Angelou was born and named Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. (Since Maya was born and raised during the segregation, Maya Angelou's works were the reflections of her childhood experiences and hardships. Her lif...
