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    Rosa parks has had a lot of accomplishments in her life. She is once of the African Americans who changed history. Most people when they think of Rosa parks they think of how she changed racial segregation. she changed it by not giving her seat up to a white man on a bus. Rosa is most known for the time she would not give up her seat to a white man on the buss. When Rosa was little she had it hard. She had a job as a seamstress but also a activist. A activist is a person who campaigns for some

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    Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ oral presentation Caused by the Jim Crow laws‚ Montgomery (Alabama) segregated bus passengers by race. The first four rows of seats on each bus were reserved for whites‚ and the conductors could‚ if necessary‚ order black passengers to move further back when there were no available white seats left. Black people could sit in the middle row‚ until the white section was filled up. If white people were already sitting in the front‚ black people had to board

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    Rosa Parks was born February 4th‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Rosa was homeschooled until the age of 11 by her mother and then she attended the Industrial School for Girls. In 1932 she married her husband Raymond parks and she worked various jobs in Montgomery. On December 1‚ 1955‚ Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in the colored section. She was arrested and that’s when she became known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”. Rosa Parks is an above average leader because

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    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born February 4th‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. She was born to James and Leona McCauley. Rosa’s childhood was sadly filled with racial discrimination.. Several times‚ she saw Ku Klux Klan members.. Her parents split in 1915 shortly after her brother Sylvester was born. Rosa moved to her grandparents with her mom and brother in Pine Level‚ Alabama. She grew up around education since her mom was a teacher. At age 11‚ Rosa began schooling when she moved back to Montgomery

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    rights movement in Montgomery‚ Alabama began. Rosa Parks became the first African American female civil rights activist when she was arrested for refusing to give up her set to a to a white person on the bus (Theoharis‚ 2013). In the 1950’s‚ African Americans were experiencing prejudice‚ through the acts of racism. Bordens & Horowitz (2002) defines racism as a negative evaluation that is based on the color of their skin. As a young woman growing up‚ Rosa experienced segregation in her life and was

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    Rosa Parks was a brave‚courageous‚and smart. She was born February 4‚ 1913‚ she was known for the Montgomery bus boycott. Even though blacks were discriminated Park’s didn’t believe in it‚ she was going to fight for what she believed in. Rosa Parks was a woman of her word. She had no children. Her mom’s name was Leona Edwards. Her dad’s name was James McCauley her dad was a carpenter.When Parks’s was a girl in school she had to walk to school. She became a symbol of struggle and freedom

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    Most people know Rosa Parks as the woman that refused to give up her seat. However‚ she is much more than that. She was involved with tons of civil rights work before and after that day. Not nearly as many people are aware of the people and events that influenced her as she grew up‚ or all of the work she did for the NAACP‚ but none of that changed the world as much as all of the work that she did on integrating buses. As important as her one famous event was‚ Rosa Parks did so much more than fight

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    There are many different kinds of heroes. They do not have to be superheroes. Opportunities for heroism are found everywhere; they can even occur in everyday life. An example of a great everyday hero is African-American Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks did not have an easy life. She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her mother‚ Leona‚ was a teacher‚ and her father‚ James‚ was a carpenter. She had one younger brother‚ Sylvester (“Biography…”). For African-Americans‚ this

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    Rosa Parks An Extra (Ordinary) Lady Tyera Blackwell Wilmington University January 27‚ 2015 The Montgomery bus boycott was one of the most influential events that ignited the civil rights movement in U.S. history. Many people know the story of how Mrs. Rosa Parks an African American woman refused to give up her seat to a Caucasian man on a segregated bus; but who exactly was Rosa Parks and why was her refusal to give up a seat on a bus so important and what

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    Rosa Parks is considered the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. She was born on February 4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks was an African-American civil rights activist. She took part in the Montgomery bus boycott a mass protest against the Montgomery bus system in Alabama. In 1956‚ the Supreme Court declared that the segregation in buses were unconstitutional. The event related to Rosa Parks took place on December 1st‚ 1955‚ when she refused to give

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