Revolutionary Era Rosa parks once said " I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also, free." During the years of 1945-1970, Americans experienced War that the United States came out as the most powerful nation, yet there were many African Americans who did not feel free or powerful. For example, the threat of the Soviet Union brought challenges to the Americans who just wanted normal lives. Americans also faced the fear of communism that took over and eventually led to the trials and investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy. An important person living during this Era was Martin Luther King Jr, he helped African Americans with segregation and made sure they had the right to vote. Furthermore, …show more content…
who is best known for changing the world and giving freedom to African Americans by emphasizing and encouraging the Non-Violent protest. Some early experiences that shaped him into the man he became were becoming a prime minister and bringing " Publicity to major civil rights activities and efforts" ("What did..." 1). He played a key role in the American Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King was an author whose unique style was influential in many ways. He protested for equal rights without using violence. There were people being murdered, homes and churches being bombed, but not once did he attack back with violence which was a major success in the Civil Rights Movement. He was able to make a genuine headway in American society which allowed for him to contribute a great deal to …show more content…
It was invented on January 31st,1958 in the United States. It is a cosmic ray detector that is designed to measure the radiation environment in earth's orbit. James Van Allen was one of the greatest and most accomplished American space scientists of our time. He and two other men, William H. Pickering and Wernher Von Braun were responsible for the success of Explorer 1. "James picked up a copy of the Explorer like a trophy"(2). The satellite helped support the nation's technological confidence. It signaled that the country was ready to explore the universe. This invention impacted the railroads, airplanes, and space flights. When explorer 1 overloaded, Explorer three came back with data that confirmed that the overload was from trapped
Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most famous civil rights activists in the history of the United States. He gave several important speeches and promoted non-violent protests. His most famous speech was “I Have A Dream”, around a quarter of a million patrons, black and white, attended this empowering speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. The reason his speech was vastly successful in the movement against segregation and injustice was because of its repetitiveness.
During the early 1930’s through the mid 1960’s there were many different approaches African American’s took for achieving social changes, and the Civil rights they deserved. Many great African American leader’s such as Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X, and James Baldwin contributed towards the betterment of blacks living in America. Aside from individual African American leaders there was also groups that fought for black civil rights such as The Black Power Movement, Black Panthers, and Civil Rights Activist. Other events that transpired during this time period had also effected the civil rights movement in America. For instance: The altercation with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white male ultimately led to The Montgomery Bus boycott protest,
Explorer 1 was America’s first satellite. It was under the direction of Dr. William H. Pickering but designed and built by Dr. James Van Allen. It was launched on January 31, 1958. Explorer 1 was launched on Cape Canaveral by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. It was launched atop of Juno 1 which was a modified Jupiter-C booster. Explorer 1 was much smaller than the Sputniks, only 30.66 pounds, but It made the first important discovery about the space environment. It discovered an existence of a belt of charged particles which is called the Van Allen Belts. Explorer 1’s external skin of instrument section was painted in alternate strips of white and dark green because it would provide passive temperature control of the
The greatest number of advances in exploration and discovery were made during the Space Race (Rabinowitch, 1963). The Space Race supplied vital knowledge about space to curious minds, and allowed Americans to better comprehend the expanse of the area beyond Earth. With new satellites, such as the Transit Satellites, Americans could now receive warnings of hurricanes and storms, as well as view forest fires and icebergs. The Space Race also brought the establishment of NASA in 1958 to oversee the space program and to ensure America won the Space Race (Young, Silcock, & Dunn, 1969). Since then, NASA has made many discoveries, advancing our scientific knowledge, and currently employs about 18,000 Americans. The knowledge that the Space Race provided helped accomplish many historical feats and eventually allowed a man to visit the moon (Cadbury, 2007). The discoveries that were founded during the Space Race resulted in new ideas about galaxies, solar systems, and the universe (Rabinowitch,
An example of this is the satellite television which was introduced in 1962 with the launch of the Telstar satellite. With this, television signals were able to travel through space to televisions around the world. Another invention that was introduced during this time was the weather satellite. “Kennedy also requested funding to accelerate the use of communication satellites to expand worldwide communications and the use of satellites for worldwide weather observation. Both of these initiatives quickly evolved into major areas of space technology that now serve the global community” (Angelo 29).
Americans, along with other advancing countries, made many technological breakthroughs in the previous years leading up to men walking on the moon. One outstanding achievement was the first satellite to orbit Earth, which occurred on October
The news came as an ugly surprise to the Americans, who were not expecting the Soviets to beat them to space, but the United States responded quickly with a project of their own. Less than a year after Sputnik’s launch into space the US launched their own satellite, Explorer 1 into the atmosphere. Later that year, on the 29th of July, president Eisenhower signed off on the creation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. For the years following the launch of Explorer 1 the Soviets and Americans would send many satellites and probes into space, each more impressive than the last. On May 25th, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed congress, attempting to boost the funding for NASA.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was an extraordinary man who had the courage and devotion to begin a nonviolent civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dr King had many childhood influences, role models, and education that made him the person he was as an adult. He did many amazing things that helped our country in his time.
became a historical figure in the civil rights movement. He gave so many speeches and led marches and movements to help end segregation. He didn’t do this to become superior or to make people think that one race was better than the other. He did this to show that everyone is equal, no matter what race they are. He continued his work even though it put both him and his family in harm’s way.
Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the main leaders in the African-American civil rights movement. His main tradition was to protect progress on civil rights in the United States and he is well known as a popular human rights icon today. As a Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King also led the 1963 March on Washington, where he also delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public concern of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest public speakers in United States history.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement and the world. Best known for his public speaking and his role in advancing civil rights, he attracted the attention of all around him. He used nonviolence as a way to rebel against the segregation affecting the nation. His strong desire for an equal society had an impact that is still felt today. Martin Luther King Jr. was originally named Michael King, but his father Reverend Martin King Sr. to Martin Luther King in honor of Martin Luther.
During the years of 1860-1877 sacred improvements brought about a transformation for blacks. The south was irritated at the Blacks since they had picked up their opportunity against the will of numerous southern white men. African American had their opportunity again at the same time, they needed to battle to pick up suffrage and social liberties. December 1865 imprints the most critical crossroads in history for all African American in the United States of America. Black people was free once more. They were free from bondage be that as it may, the excursion to discover their character and to get themselves were restricted. After subjugation African American were upbeat to be free in any case, they were all the while attempting to discover approaches to approaches to enhance their lives and to make life less demanding for their kids. Most African American still worked for the whites, the vast majority of them were poor and under educated. African American attempted in each and every approach to regard white southerner with the expectation that they would receive the same appreciation consequently and be dealt with similarly yet, history had taught us that African American needed to battle for all that they needed, have and seek. The African American have had a great deal of extraordinary leader who help fought for equality. Every generation and era in the mid 1910 to 1960 got change its own rights. Every leader fought for equality with enthusiasm, passion, love and dignity
Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a household name. He was one of the most influential humans of his era, and throughout the history of the United States. His contributions to society continue to have an impact and remain just as important today as the day he made his famous “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King was not just an activist. He was a minister, a humanitarian, and leader of the non-violent African-American Civil Rights movement.
The next American thing to go up into space was the Explorer 1, a satellite used to measure the radiation in Earth's orbit. The Explorer 1 was formally known as Satellite 1958 Alpha. The program at the California Institute of Technology that was to make the Explorer 1 had taken only three months to build the satellite. The Explorer 1 was launched in January 31, 1958 from Cape Canaveral and was America's first satellite. It was sent up into space with the use of a Jupiter-C vehicle, which is "a special modification of the Redstone ballistic missile" (Explorer-I and Jupiter-C). The Jupiter-C vehicle was, under the management of Dr. Wernher Von Braun, a German scientist. Dr. Wernher Von Braun was part of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, also known as ABMA. Once the satellite was up in orbit, it started its tests on how much radiation was in Earth's orbit. The scientist who was in charge of this experiment was Dr. James Van Allen. The Explorer had found that the level radiation was very low which went against Dr. Van Allen's prediction. Dr. Van Allen then made another prediction that the equipment that was used on the satellite was corrupted by a powerful belt of radiation. A couple months later when the second satellite went up
The satellite named Explorer I was sent out in 1958. Van Allen et al. discovered a large area filled with “a very high intensity of charged particles (protons and electrons) trapped in the geomagnetic field.” This became the first discovery of the space age. The scientists were fascinated so much that more satellites were quickly sent to ascertain more data. Explorer VII had an interesting and ground breaking discovery. It was launched on October 13th, 1959 with two Geiger tube detectors. The two detectors were aboard so there would be continuous data