5 Lessons We Can Learn From American History
1. Speak out and stand up for what you believe in and what you think is the right thing During the Civil Rights Movement people such as Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. became big influencers when it came to standing up for what they believed was right. Ruby Bridges became known for starting the brown vs. board of education case in Topeka, Kansas. She (a young black child) wanted to go to school with white people. In the end the supreme court overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson case (made segregation legal as long as services and facilities were "separate but equal") and Ruby was able to legally attend the white school she wanted. Rosa Parks was a black women who was arrested for violating segregation laws. Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white person. In doing so she organized a boycott for the public transportation system. This boycott lasted for over a year and caused serious damage to public transportation revenues. Rosa Parks during her time w