More than a hundred years ago the Europeans brought slaves to North America.
             The blacks found themselves in the midst of prejudice whites with no way out.
             When the blacks came over Jim Crow laws were incorporated. With these laws it
             was near impossible for blacks to rise in the white world. Booker T. Washington
             was the first black to rise to any prominence in this time. In the early 1900's
             blacks however began to fight back. In 1909 black advancement organizations
             began to increase all over North America. Unfortunately with the rise of these
             groups also came the rise of racist white groups like the Ku Klux Klan and
             others brutally killing blacks. All blacks coming into N. America were being
             brought into a very hostile environment.
             The first sign of blacks becoming more equal was the blacks to fight in the
             World War. For the first time they were looked upon as war veterans instead of
             black slaves. Although progress was beginning a black man named Garvey believed
             that the whites would never change, because of this he started an association
             called "Back to Africa". At the coming of the Second World War, blacks
             participating in the war were being more important positions than ever before.
             Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to make a strong contribution to
             the Civil Rights movement. He had signed a declaration that stated no one could
             be discriminated in the work place and other areas based on race. Also the high
             court passed a law that enabled black children to have the same education
             It was in December 1955 that Rosa Parks made a big step for civil rights by
             doing a very small but courageous thing. She was arrested for not giving up her
             seat to a white man on a bus, which broke one of the many Jim Crow laws. With
             that one action black activist hired Martin Luther King Jr. to boycott the bus
             laws. This boycott of the Jim Crow transportation laws was a compl
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