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The Supreme Court: Focusing on Personal Rights
Focusing on Personal RightsThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court I've given you an overview…Rosa Parks Biography
Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley ParksactivistBorn: 1913 Rosa Parks, an activist with the Montgomery, Alabama, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), made history…Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and a civil rights leader in her own right. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the…Albert Turner 2000 Deaths
Albert TurnerAge: 64 civil rights leader who was one of the leaders of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Died: Selma, Ala., April 13, 2000 John TukeyR - ZEric…Hank Williams
Name at birth: Hiram King WilliamsHank Williams was one of the superstars of modern country music when he died in 1953, at the age of 29. He began his career as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama and…Rosa Parks 2005 Deaths
Rosa ParksAge: 92 a black seamstress who in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Martin Luther King heard about Parks's brave…Rosa Parks
Name at birth: Rosa Louise McCauleyRosa Parks became an icon of the American civil rights movement simply by refusing to give up her seat on a city bus. In 1955, Rosa Parks was an African-American…Brett Butler Biography
Brett Butler actor, comedianBorn: 1/30/1958Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama Comic actress who produced and starred in Grace Under Fire(1993–98), a TV sitcom about a sharp-witted single mom…Nat King Cole Biography
Nat “King” Cole(Nathaniel Adams Coles)singer, composerBorn: 3/17/1919Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama Grammy Award-winning singer and composer known for his velvety voice and romantic ballads. He…Martin Luther King, Jr.
Name at birth: Michael King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Black clergyman who advocated social change through non-violent means. A powerful speaker and a man of great spiritual strength, he…Trending
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