Rosa Parks: 1913. lived on a farm with her grandma and mom. She sat in the wrong seat on the bus and refused to move and went to jail. Then all blacks boycotted the buses.
Martin Luther King: Peaceful protests is what he is know for. "I have a dream" 1963 in Washington DC. Won the noble peace prize.
Martin Luther King Jr.: Had for kids and real name was named micheal. He changed their name because martin luther was the person who started lutherian church. He was assassinated. Also won the noble peace prize and a freedom medel.
Langston Hughes:Born 1902. Rough childhood. Father left and mom got a job and was gone. His grandmother took care of him. Was not full african american. Went to gramer school and was looked highly upon. Father wanted him to be an engioneer. He is best known for his poems. First poem was published in a magazine.
Omaha Race Ruit: Started by a black was accused of raping a white woman. The whites burnt down the court house and tried to hang the mayor from a trafic light. The whites caught the black man and hung him from a light post. Then tried him to a car and dragged him 4 blocks and then covered him in oil and burned him. No one was arrested for this crime.
Montgumery Bus Boycott:They wanted to do something about it when it was proved unconstitutional to have segeation in schools. People who had cars would pick up people who didn't so that they would not have to ride the bus. White people tried everything to put a stop to it. Eventually segeration was banned from the bus.
Then we went back to the new deal project.
Deficit Spending : when more money is spent then receives in revenue. In this gov. spends more money then they actually have. The opposite is Budget Surplus.
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