Rosa Parks, Woman of Soltitude

Rosa Parks was an outstanding woman who did not give in to the pressures of society and stood up, or in this case stayed seated, for what she believed in. December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks a seamstress and an NAACP officer sat in the front row of a public bus. The bus began to fill up and even though the law was that African Americans had to move to the back when white people needed room, she remain seated. After warning Rosa Parks that she was violating segregation laws, the bus driver called the police to notify them of Ms. Parks actions. She was later convicted and brought to jail. This was the turning point of segregation because it began a chain reaction for African Americans around the United States to stand up for themselves and boycott segregation. Rosa Pars and her case led to the Brown v Board supreme court case which was one of the most important cases of all time for the abolishment of segregation where the Court overturned parts of Plessy v Fergessen and began to accept that seperate-but-equal was unconstitutional. Although it took many years after that to completely overcome discrimination of the African American race, Rosa Parks and her courage led to the advancement of black people. It took many decades to abolish segregation in the US but trough determination, moral integrity and unity for these laws to be overturned and for society to begin accepting people not for their race but for who they are.

Epic Battles of the Pacific

The attack of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese against the United States of America on December 7, 1941, caused a catastrophic turn of events which brought the United States into World War 2. The Japanese planned to attack Pearl Harbor because that was the major navel base during the time. By doing so, the Japanese expected to demolish the spirits of the US and diminish the US Navy so that the Japanese could further expand their empire into the Pacific. Japan flew 180 war planes into pearl Harbor, killing 2,400 Americans and sinking 21 ships. However, the Japanese did not succeed what they set out to accomplish, due to a few major errors in their calculations failing to destroy the aircraft carriers or the oil supplies. The US overthrew their policy of isolationism and joined forces with the allies to stop the Axis powers. Following Pearl Harbor, fights in the Pacific included the battles of Midway, Iwo Jima and the battle for Okinawa. The battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific war where the Allies started Island hopping and won each island individually, gaining ground in the defeat of the Japanese. Iwo Jima battle followed the Midway turning point, where the island of Iwo Jima was heavily guarded by 20,700 Japanese soldiers and more than 6,000 US marines died fighting to overcome the Japanese. The last battle fought in the Pacific was the battle Okinawa where Japanese unleashed more than 1900 kamikaze attacks sinking 30 ships and killing 5000 seamen, leading to the further surrender of Japan. These epic battles caused the beginning of the end of World War 2.