The Civil Rights Movement“I dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character ." This was a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. Even a hundred years after slavery was outlawed, African Americans were still treated unfairly. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the world's most famous people of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The civil rights movement was a movement of African Americans who felt that they were not treated equally There were also many other leaders and. famous inspirations during the civil rights movement This movement was very important for the freedom of African Americans Rosa Parks was an influential leader of the civil rights movement Rosa Parks was born on February 14, 1913. She was born under the name. of Rosa Louise McCauley of James McCauley, carpenter and of Leona McCauley, teacher. She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. After graduating from Alabama State Teachers' College, she moved to Montgomery, Alabama, with her husband, Raymond Parks. They joined the local NAACP to improve the lives of African Americans in the South. "I worked on many cases with the NAACP," Ms. Parks recalled, "but we didn't get any publicity. There were cases of flogging, peonage, murder and rape. We didn't "It was more about trying to challenge the powers that be and making it known that we did not want to continue to be second-class citizens." December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress. from Montgomery, Alabama, refuses to give up her seat to a white person on the bus She was arrested and fined for breaking the law This incident led to the creation of the Montgomery I...... middle of paper......where discrimination was unjust and would not be tolerated This showed that the constitution could now mean that everyone was created equal Not only did the civil rights movement end. discriminated against African Americans, but he also did it for Latinos and Asians. Works Cited “American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King, Jr. – I Have a Dream.” American rhetoric: the power of oratory in the United States. Internet. March 14, 2010. “Digital Documents and Photographs Project.” Home page of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. Internet. March 14, 2010. "Rosa Parks Biography - Academy of Achievement." Main menu of the Academy of Achievements. Internet. March 14. 2010. .