Rosa Parks: Frequently Asked Questions about the Civil Rights Activist
Below are 10 important FAQs about the the life of civil rights activist, Rosa Parks: Q. Was Rosa Parks the first person to fall victim to Alabama’s bus segregation laws?...
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Quick Facts and Timeline
South African Anglican cleric and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, is one of the most prominent persons to ever hail from the African continent. His unflinching commitment in...
Jim Crow Laws: List and History
Unlike the somewhat racially-tolerating America we see today, America’s past was full of racial prejudice and all sorts of discrimination. Back in those days, especially in the South, segregation laws...
Major Achievements of Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was an outstanding American woman of African descent, who played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement. Parks was notable for standing firm against a divisive...
Rosa Parks: Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
The date was December 1, 1955, and the modern civil rights movement in the U.S. was just about to lift off. At the forefront of it was none other than...