Growing up in northwestern Georgia near the some of the most notorious battles of the Civil War, I was taught from an early age to have pride in those that fought. But as I got older, I couldn’t really see the significance of the Civil War. I mean, we can argue all we want toContinue reading “The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire! We Don’t Need No Water! Let That Plantation Burn!”
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Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Rights And Sparked A Revolution
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first black woman in the south who refused to give up their seats to white passengers on the transit buses. Parks had been born into a world in Jim Crow Alabama where black people had very little civil rights. In 1900, the Montgomery City Council had passed an ordinance basically sayingContinue reading “Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Rights And Sparked A Revolution”
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