Civil Rights Movement: Who was important? How does the movement impact one's life?

There
were many famous people in the Civil Rights Movement. In the 1940s, A. Philip Randolph
threatened a march on Washington, D.C. if the government didnt end the practice of
discriminating in the hiring of workers in federal defense plants. President Roosevelt, not
wanting any protests during the war, signed an executive order that ended this form of
discrimination. James Farmer started the Congress of Racial Equality. This group protested the
segregation that existed in our society.

In the 1950s and 1960s more actions
occurred. Rosa Parks got arrested because she wouldnt give up her seat in the section of the
bus...