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    normal for blacks to sit in the back while whites sat in front on busses. If the bus filled, the front-most row of blacks would have to stand to allow the next white passenger to sit. The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in attempt to reduce racial segregation and inequality for blacks in the South. As alternatives to riding buses, boycotters organized a system of carpools; some people…

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    I chose Kimberly Clark for my individual paper, because I would like to work here one day. Kimberly Clark happens to be one of the leading manufacturers of premium personal hygiene and healthcare specialty products, worldwide. Kimberly Clark remains the industry leader, with operations in more than 170 countries; they have maintained a competitive advantage over their competition. Kimberly Clark is a local, national, multinational corporation and one that most of the world recognizes as an…

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    born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. The author characterizes Rosa Parks as rebellious young black women since she was a child growing up in Montgomery, Alabama with high interests in political and social rights. As a young girl, Rosa McCauley (Rosa’s name before marriage) attended a private all black women school called Miss White’s Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. There, students were taught to become independent women who believe that they are no different…

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    making me want to stop and rest. Many of us have been walking for quite awhile, and so we plan to be walking to Montgomery for about 5 days. The other day when we started to march downtown near the white stores, I felt many people staring at me, specifically whites, but I still kept my head up high. Dr. King plans for all of us to meet up at the white people’s courthouse in Montgomery to fight for our rights. Once we got there, we stood there and stood on our knees. When old man Banks couldn’t…

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    place by using public facilities, schools, businesses, and even transportation to make this happen. As the separation progressed many movements and protests began to arise in order to put an end to the discrimination and achieve equality. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the many protests that took place during this radical movement. In this document Rosa Parks gives her account of how she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man and was arrested because of it. Refusing to…

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    Ever since I was a child, I have always searched for an adrenaline rush. While vacationing with our cousins at the beach in the South of Spain, I was mystified by a large stone military bunker which had been used in various wars for centuries. Since I could remember, my cousins and I were told never to go near the bunker because our parents told us it is very dangerous or at least they saw it that way. Many times we would see small figures scaling the bunker eventually finding themselves at the…

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    Have a you ever heard of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Well, Martin Luther King Jr. was one leader involved. I once met Martin Luther King Jr, who is great with speaking; he inspired me and others by standing up for what he believes in. We met in a huge office in Montgomery, Alabama when I was being interviewed to be Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal assistant. Our first interview is 1, 1955. I don’t have much time because they are planning to start the boycott on December 5,1955. I need to go…

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    On March 25, 1965 an important event in history took place, the Selma to Montgomery March. Led by Martin Luther King thousands of nonviolent protesters made their way to the capitol from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama. The march lasted five days and was fifty four miles long. Mr. King said “There never was a moment in America honorable and more inspiring than the pilgrimage of clergymen and lay men of every race and faith pouring into Selma to face danger at the side of its embattled…

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    (Biography). This didn’t go so well with City officials or the Whites within the community, which led to violence. The Montgomery police tried to stop the boycott and Ralph and Martin Luther King Jr. were eventually arrested and their homes and churches were bombed but thankfully no one was injured (Legacy). After a year- long boycott, which financially crippled the Montgomery Transportation Authority, they won their protest and segregated bussing was declared…

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    author of the passage “The Island of Plenty” is Johnson C Montgomery. Montgomery’s claim is that until we have successfully fed all Americans plentifully, we should not share our resources with other foreign countries. To an extent, this statement is valid, but we are all humans living on one planet with the same purposes to live and thrive. We can eat plentifully while supplying others with the same resources as well. Some of the points Montgomery identified and addressed we encourage…

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