:What I find most impressive about the Civil Rights Movement is not its leader (though some, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. were quite admirable), but the way so many common people saw the problem and decided to do something about it, despite inconveniences, ridicule and even the risk of danger. Examples of common people taking a bold stand against injustice can be found in Rosa Parks who bravely protested segregation on public buses and James Meredith who succeeded in gaining his admission into the University of Mississippi. Both of these people were just common people who saw a problem and were willing to go out of their way to solve it, even amidst the great disdain of those around them. (Rachel N.) | :What I find most impressive about the Civil Rights Movement is not its leader (though some, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. were quite admirable), but the way so many common people saw the problem and decided to do something about it, despite inconveniences, ridicule and even the risk of danger. Examples of common people taking a bold stand against injustice can be found in Rosa Parks who bravely protested segregation on public buses and James Meredith who succeeded in gaining his admission into the University of Mississippi. Both of these people were just common people who saw a problem and were willing to go out of their way to solve it, even amidst the great disdain of those around them. (Rachel N.) |