Black History by Holly Lewis

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Black History

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Her main event in her life was when she refused to give her seat up to a white person because she
was tired that day and didn't feel it was right to give her seet up she was then arrested.
Dates/years: December 1 1955 Cities/States: Montgomery, Alabama Topics of change: people started a
protest and all blacks stopped riding the bus but most black people rode the busses, that's how
the buses got money so then all the buses changed the rule and that's how it all started.

Main event: being the first black child to attend an all white school not to mention the ugly
comments from the white parents. Dates/ years: november 14 1960 she was 6 Cities/States:
New orleans, Louisiana Topic of Change: her act of bravery led lots of schools
To longer be segregated but instead be together.:)

Main event: he is famous for fighting for the right to no longer be segregated without
fighting he is also known for his I have a dream speech were he explains that he hopes
no one will ever be judged on their skin color anymore. Dates/years: August 28 1963
Cities/ States: Washington D.C Topics of Change: he stoped segregation so there was no white
only signs anymore and african americans where treated exactly like whites he made it all right

Main event: he fought for the power of being the second black american to run for
president Dates/ years: November 6 1984 Cities/ States: greenville, south carolina
Topics of change: he was trying to change the fact that everyone assumed the
president should be white so he let people know that your skin color doesn't
matter sadly he wasn't elected president but he still inspired people

Main event: leading role in the little rock integration crisis of 1957
Dates/ years: September 4 1957 it happened on different days/Cities: little rock, arkansas
Topic of change: she helped the liitle rock 9 go to an all white school and that then
encourged schools to no longer be segregated