Bethany+Lawrence+&+Cody+Kellam

Cody, here are some of the websites I found that would be a good starting point for us.
 * The History Channel. (Unknown). Civil rights movement history. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement-history

Summary-The Civil Rights Movement is when people challenged the inequality that the minorities were facing.Since the "separate but equal" doctrine was still biased, activist challenged the laws with nonviolent protests, as well as civil disobedience. Leaders like MLK, Rosa Parks, and Malcom X rose above the hardships and inspired others to rise from oppression.

Paraphrase- People like MLK, Malcom X and Rosa Parks are among the people who lead the Civil Rights Movement in the name of freedom and equality.

Quote- "Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Southern states still inhabited a starkly unequal world of disenfranchisement, segregation and various forms of oppression, including race-inspired violence."


 * Virginia Historical Society. (Unknown). The legacy of the civil rights movement. Retrieved from http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/virginia-history-explorer/civil-rights-movement-virginia/legacy-civil

Summary-The movement tackled judicial and legislative issues as well as jobs and housing inequality. Greater inequality has been achieved from the movement.

Paraphrase-The outcome gave blacks the same rights the whites flippantly possessed. Quote-"The civil rights movement did not achieve complete equality, but greater equality."

Summary-Rosa Parks spent her entire life contributing to the civil rights movement.
 * Suddeth, M. & Trejo, B. (2011 February). Rosa parks mother of civil rights movement. Retrieved from http://www.deomi.org/SPECIALOBSERVANCE/documents/Rosa_Parks_Special_Observance.pdf

Paraphrase-Rosa Parks should be remembered as someone who stood up everyday.

Quote-"Rosa Parks is the woman who stood up by sitting down."


 * Yale University students. (Unknown). The story behind the bus. Retrieved from []

Summary-The African Americans boycotted the bus system to prove a point of the inequality they faced on the buses. The bus system would face economic loss forcing them to be more fair to the blacks. Paraphrase-Rosa Park's actions initated the inspiration to do the boycott.

Quote-"The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black and white world."



Also, I don't know if you have ever written a research paper, but make sure to include your title page, next an abstract page, the main body paragraph-like the juicy, main point paragraph- and lastly our references page. Your abstract page is like the overview about your paper. This should be written last.

Bethany here are some of the sources if found helpful....


 * James Patterson. (n.d.). //The civil rights movement: Major events and legacies//. Retrieved from http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/civil-rights-movement/essays/civil-rights-movement-major-events-and-legacies

This source hits on the main topics and reasons for the civil rights movement. With this information you can comprehend why Rosa Parks fought against the ideals of segregation, as many others did. This essay describes the cruel realities for African Americans, as daily life is consumed with violent and un-peaceful acts from whites.


 * Parks, R. (2013, December 6). []. Standing up for freedom., Retrieved from http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0int-3

This is an interview in which Rosa Parks personally told about her courageous act of disobedience, which lead to the civil rights movement. The interview discusses the process in which she had to go through after denying the option of moving for a white person. Along with the questions and responses, there are videos of Rosa discussing her experience, which I felt were really helpful.


 * Unknown. (2010). //The civil rights movement://. Retrieved from http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/crm2008.htm

The impact of the civil rights movement was tremendously changing America. This web page describes the changes from 1968-2008 in America, revealing the amount of African Americans withholding higher positions than whites and also have the same opportunities in education as whites. It also show changes all the way up until 2008, which is kind of relevant, but it shows how significant the movement was since it has affected all the way into today's society. This would be important when expressing that this changes was more significant than any other in American history.

Cody here is another one I just used.


 * Stanford. (Unknown). Montgomery bus boycott. Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_montgomery_bus_boycott_1955_1956/

Summary- The Montgomery Bus boycott lasted over the course of 13 months ending with a Supreme Court ruling that bus segregation was unconstitutional.


 * Unknown. (Unknown). Voting rights act. Retrieved from http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100

Quote-"The law had an immediate impact. By the end of 1965, a quarter of a million new black voters had been registered, one-third by Federal examiners. By the end of 1966, only 4 out of the 13 southern states had fewer than 50 percent of African Americans registered to vote."

Paraphrase-Because of all the public repulsion, violence, and President Johnson's political skills, Congress passed the the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


 * Obama, B. (2013, February 27). President obama speaks at rosa parks capitol statue dedication. Retrieved from http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/president-obama-speaks-at-rosa-parks-capitol-statue-dedication-transcript-88174_Page2.html

I used this source to tie in how because Rosa stood up for equality, a black African American can be elected as President and it be acceptable. Quote- "Rosa Parks’s singular act of disobedience launched a movement. The tired feet of those who walked the dusty roads of Montgomery helped a nation see that to which it had once been blind. It is because of these men and women that I stand here today. It is because of them that our children grow up in a land more free and more fair; a land truer to its founding creed. And that is why this statue belongs in this hall — to remind us, no matter how humble or lofty our positions, just what it is that leadership requires; just what it is that citizenship requires."