Civil Rights Movement

 Civil Rights Movement

One of the most significant figures in the Civil Rights Movement was Martin King Luther Jr. However, it is crucial to look at the beginning of Martin Luther’s journey, which was caused by Rosa Parks, a woman I believe to be the most important person in the movement. In December 1955, King was appointed, at the mere age of 26, as the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) (Wilson, 2005). The association had come about as a snowball of events that had all started with the arrest of Rosa Parks.

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Accordingly, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested on a bus in Montgomery after she had refused to obey segregation laws that separated white people and black people everywhere; in this case, it was in a bus. Notably, other black people had been arrested for the same violation. However, Rosa Parks had some roots in activism (Theoharis, 2015). Rosa and Edgar Daniel Nixon, a prominent civil rights leader, came to know each other through her activism. These two individuals came up with two plans: one, to challenge the segregation laws in court, and two, to call for mass boycotting of the Montgomery bus by other black people on the day of her trial. Subsequently, the boycott turned out to be larger than expected, adding more fuel to the civil rights movement, and organizations like the MIA were formed (Williams, 2006). (Fradin, 2010). King was then appointed as leader of MIA and soon became the leader of the civil rights movement. Further, the bus segregation law was later deemed unconstitutional in 1956, giving more hope to black people that they could get all laws violating their civil rights outlawed.

Rosa Parks was not a leader in the civil rights movement but rather an individual trying to fight for their own rights. However, her actions and bravery inspired other black people to come together more than they had before. She became a symbol of hope and was named “the mother of the civil rights movement” (Hafiz, 2005). From this, leaders like King were born and led people to victory, for example, through the Civil Rights Act of 1974.

References

Fradin, D. B. (2010). The Montgomery bus boycott. Marshall Cavendish.

Hafiz, A. (2005). Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement: 1913-2005. Off Our Backs, 35(9/10), 10-10.

Theoharis, J. (2015). The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Beacon Press.

Williams, D. (2006). The thunder of angels: The Montgomery bus boycott and the people who broke the back of Jim Crow. Chicago Review Press.

Wilson, K. H. (2005). Interpreting the discursive field of the Montgomery bus boycott: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Holt Street address. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 8(2), 299-326.

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Unit 7.1 DB: Civil Rights MovementUnit 7.1 DB: Civil Rights Movement
Many people played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s; while methods of persuasion ranged from peaceful and violent protests to political action and legislation, the message was still the same,

Civil Rights Movement

“We need change.” Which person do you believe played the most important role in the Civil Rights Movement? Why do you feel this person was the most significant participant in the Civil Rights Movement? What method(s) did they use to persuade the people that change was necessary, and were they successful?