Category: Irene Morgan
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Before Rosa Parks: The Ancestry Of Irene Morgan Part IV
Well one week and a day and I will be home. Finals are coming up and I have been studying, catching up on The Voice, filling out internship applications, and doing some family research. Sometimes I wish I was Henry Louis Gates Jr. or at least worked with his team of researchers. I am still…
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Before Rosa Parks: The Ancestry Of Irene Morgan Part III
I apologize for the inactivity. Last week, I had two huge papers due for my Intercultural Communication and International Relations class. I know I did well on the first paper, but the second one was a bit tougher, however, I do not expect a grade lower than a B, well at least I hope not.…
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Before Rosa Parks: The Ancestry of Irene Amos Morgan Part II
Source The picture above shows Irene Amos Morgan Kirkaldy receiving the Presidential Citizens Award from President Bill Clinton for her actions in 1944. Found a full description of the event that led to Morgan v. Virginia in the book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault. Page 14: The…
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Before Rosa Parks: Irene Amos Morgan Ancestry Part I
Source Note: I hate referring to people, especially those that I do not know, by their first name. Someone pointed out that I do this in my blog. I realized I do this, it is not an accident. When writing about a family’s history it becomes confusing referring to everyone as Mr. Amos and Mrs.…
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Before Rosa Parks: The Ancestry of Irene Amos Morgan Kirkaldy (1917-2007)
Source She [didn’t] see herself as a hero. She saw something that had to be done, and she rushed in, like all heroes.” Irene’s daughter, Brenda Bacquie Eleven years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Irene Morgan refused to give up her seat on bus on…
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