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Troy State University at Montgomery opened The Rosa Parks Library and Museum on the site where Mrs. Parks was arrested December 1, 1955. Their names were James Chaney who was black and Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner who were both white
Rosa Parks ecomes Deaconess in the AME Church in Detroit (African Methodist Episcopal Church)
March 7: The Edmund Pettus Bridge incident took place in Selma, Alabama where marchers were beaten and tear-gassed
March 17 – 25: King and 25,000 other protestors, including Rosa Parks, march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.
March 25: Mrs.
Viola Liuzzo was killed driving some of the black marchers back to Selma
August 6: The 1965 Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
August 11/12: The Watts Riots erupted in California when Thirty-five people died. She becomes secretary of the Montgomery NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization formed to promote use of the courts to restore the legal rights of black Americans)
Rosa Parks finally receives certificate for voting after three attempts
Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel
Aug 10: Race riots occur in Athens, Alabama
September 29: Race riots erupt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 5: The National Committee on Civil Rights is created by President Harry Truman to investigate racism in America
April 15: Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Committee on Civil Rights under President Truman condemn racial injustices towards Blacks in America in a report dated October 29, 1947, entitled "To Secure These Rights."
Walker had the strongest opinion: “Don’t use the lines about ‘I have a dream.’ It’s trite, it’s cliche. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States.
On December 21, 2004 the 49th Anniversary of the Mrs. Parks’ arrest was commemorated with a Civil Rights and Hip-Hop Forum at the Franklin Settlement in Detroit, Michigan.
On February 4, 2005 Mrs. Parks’ 92nd birthday was celebrate at Calvary Baptist Church in Detroit, MI. Students from the Detroit Public Schools did “Willing to be Arrested,” a reenactment of Mrs.
Parks arrest.
Rosa attends Martin Luther's famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th. “So that evening he had a cross-section of advisers present to fill any blind spots,” Jones wrote. “They showed up to connect with the Movement, to draw strength from the speakers and from each other.”
By the time it was King’s turn, some people had already headed out because of the stifling heat.
She then tries to register to vote and is denied. Together, Raymond and Rosa worked in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP’s) programs.
December 16: Dr. King and other protesters are arrested in Albany, Georgia
Rosa Parks helps a friend open sewing factory on the west-side of Detroit
June 11: Governor George Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama, refusing the entrance of Black students
June 12: Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
August 28: Martin Luther King meets with President John F.
Kennedy and after their meeting Dr. King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd estimated at 250,000 at the Marched on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. “I am now going upstairs to my room to counsel with my Lord,” he said, according to TheGuardian. But then gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who had sung “I’ve Been ’Buked and I’ve Been Scorned” and was close to King, instinctively shouted out, “Tell ’em about the dream, Martin.”
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Throwing the script out the window, he turned to his dream.
Some, however, worried that biblical language would obfuscate the real message—reform of the legal system.
“Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. Her quiet courageous act changed America, its view of black people and redirected the course of history.
Mrs. He was a self-educated person with the assistance of his mother, Geri Parks.
free at last! A modest person, she always encourages them to research the lives of other contributors to world peace. The purpose is to motivate and direct youth not targeted by other programs to achieve their highest potential. Contingent with the protest in Montgomery, others took shape throughout the south and the country.