Most Significant Events
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Most Significant Events
Melissa Lehman
Most Significant Events
Melissa Lehman
September 11, 2010
Karen Rogers
1950’s
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
On December 1, 1955, after a long hard day of work Rosa Parks got on a bus. Little did she know she was about to make history. She found a seat in the middle of the bus and sat down. The whole time knowing this was not allowed. During this time in our history minorities had to sit at the back of the bus. After a while a White man got on the bus and told her and the other African Americans to move to the back. Everyone complied with his request except Rosa. The bus driver became upset at her unwillingness to comply and threatened to call the police. Rosa told the bus driver to go ahead and call them. Many other African Americans had been arrested for this crime, but Rosa Parks had once been the secretary for the president of the National Association of thee Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was well known in the community. After her arrest she was allowed to make one phone call and she chose to call a NAACP lawyer. The lawyer was able to get her released on bail. Because of this brave African American woman standing up to society and demanding equal rights, she was able to help in the start of the civil rights movement. This helped in obtaining the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that made sure “All African Americans must be given equal rights and treatment under the law.” Rosa Parks has been called “the mother of the civil rights movement.”
1960’s
The Vietnam Conflict
The Vietnam War was one of the nation’s longest wars, as well as one of the most costly in the United States history. Only the two World Wars and the Civil War can compare with the loss of life. The Vietnam War cost 58,000 American lives and much more during the decade that the United States military occupied Vietnam. The United States military began it occupation in 1964. The amount spent on this war effort...
Melissa Lehman
Most Significant Events
Melissa Lehman
September 11, 2010
Karen Rogers
1950’s
The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
On December 1, 1955, after a long hard day of work Rosa Parks got on a bus. Little did she know she was about to make history. She found a seat in the middle of the bus and sat down. The whole time knowing this was not allowed. During this time in our history minorities had to sit at the back of the bus. After a while a White man got on the bus and told her and the other African Americans to move to the back. Everyone complied with his request except Rosa. The bus driver became upset at her unwillingness to comply and threatened to call the police. Rosa told the bus driver to go ahead and call them. Many other African Americans had been arrested for this crime, but Rosa Parks had once been the secretary for the president of the National Association of thee Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was well known in the community. After her arrest she was allowed to make one phone call and she chose to call a NAACP lawyer. The lawyer was able to get her released on bail. Because of this brave African American woman standing up to society and demanding equal rights, she was able to help in the start of the civil rights movement. This helped in obtaining the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that made sure “All African Americans must be given equal rights and treatment under the law.” Rosa Parks has been called “the mother of the civil rights movement.”
1960’s
The Vietnam Conflict
The Vietnam War was one of the nation’s longest wars, as well as one of the most costly in the United States history. Only the two World Wars and the Civil War can compare with the loss of life. The Vietnam War cost 58,000 American lives and much more during the decade that the United States military occupied Vietnam. The United States military began it occupation in 1964. The amount spent on this war effort...