Journal #30

A civil right is a privilege or right given to people.  Some examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, assembly, and press.  The Civil Rights was this huge movement that took place during the mid 1950's to the late 1960's.  During this time, discrimination against African-Americans was a ginormous problem.  African-Americans were segregated from everything like: schools, water fountains, bathrooms, stores, restaurants, etc. An important figure was Martin Luther King Jr. He was an African-American activist who wanted to change the world's view of colored people.  Just because the people had a different colored skin did not mean that they should be treated differently.  Martin Luther King Jr. wrote and presented a speech called "I Have a Dream."  This speech changed the world and impacted millions of people.  Another important figure during the Civil Rights movement was Rosa Parks.  She was an African-American who one day got onto a city bus and sat down in the front.  The front of the bus was meant for white people and the back of the bus was meant for the colored people.  Rosa Parks went against those separations and sat down in the while section of the bus.  The bus began to fill up and white people told her to give up her seat and move to the back.  She refused to give up her seat and because of her action, she was arrested.  What she did though sparked other people's actions to stop the movement.  Colored people began to boycott the city buses to make a point.  Today is February 4, 2013 and on this exact day if she was still alive, she would be one-hundred years old.  ONE-HUNDRED YEARS OLD. Isn't that crazy?! If she were still alive it would be awesome.  She would be admired each and every day. Today is also Momma H's birthday.  This is Helena's mommy.  She is also my second mommy because I love her very very much.  Helena does not know how old she is but she thinks she turned forty-nine.