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2009 Black History Month T-Shirt Design
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Created: 01/27/09
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From: Dee Adams's Portfolio
In celebration of Black History Month, I created a new t-shirt that
marries past to present after our most exciting Presidential
Inauguration. The t-shirt very simply notes three crucial moments in
the civil rights history of all African Americans.
"Rosa Sat"
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement".
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Her action was not the first of its kind: Irene Morgan, in 1946, and Sarah Louise Keys, in 1955, had won rulings before the Supreme Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission respectively in the area of interstate bus travel. But unlike these previous individual actions of civil disobedience, Parks' action sparked the legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Parks's act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.
"King Walked"
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, Dr. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
"Obama Ran"
And as they say, the rest is history. Little known Illinois Senator Barack H. Obama shocked the world and galvanized the democratic party in his swift bid to become the next President of the United States. After a sweeping victory at the polls in November of 2008, President Obama was inaugrated on January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C. For many African Americans, those who fought in the civil rights movement and still continue to do so, it was an important moment in history to see a black man take the highest seat of power in the country.
The t-shirt is being offered for sale online at: http://deedee914.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop
"Rosa Sat"
Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement".
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Her action was not the first of its kind: Irene Morgan, in 1946, and Sarah Louise Keys, in 1955, had won rulings before the Supreme Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission respectively in the area of interstate bus travel. But unlike these previous individual actions of civil disobedience, Parks' action sparked the legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Parks's act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.
"King Walked"
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, Dr. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
"Obama Ran"
And as they say, the rest is history. Little known Illinois Senator Barack H. Obama shocked the world and galvanized the democratic party in his swift bid to become the next President of the United States. After a sweeping victory at the polls in November of 2008, President Obama was inaugrated on January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C. For many African Americans, those who fought in the civil rights movement and still continue to do so, it was an important moment in history to see a black man take the highest seat of power in the country.
The t-shirt is being offered for sale online at: http://deedee914.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop
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