Rosa Parks Assignment-Due at the end of Class Choose one of the following Activities: Choice A: Individual Write 3 diary entries from Rosa Park’s point of view about three incidents in the story. How do you imagine she felt? What did she hope for? What did she fear? The entries MUST be 1 page in length. Choice B: Individual Imagine you are Rosa’s mother‚ Leona. Write a letter to a relative in the North describing what happened to your daughter (Rosa). Be sure to explain the events
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I’m doing my report on Rosa Parks. What Rosa Parks did changed people from the very moment she did it. It sent a powerful message to people that she was tired of being second-guessed by people. When the white man told Rosa Parks to get to the back; when she didn’t. She basically changed history after that moment. Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in and nothing more. Mrs. Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley Parks‚ Febuary 13 ‚2012 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama.Parks‚ Rosa and Steele Elaine) She
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you might not think Rosa Parks was a significant black women and that she was just another black lady‚ she did a lot for African Americans‚ by helping blacks and whites unite. Through her courage of staying on that bus‚ she had proven a lot to the whites about blacks and what they are capable of doing. She not only changed history‚ but she also made a name for herself‚ because she stood up for herself and showed the whites we are all equal and should be treated and one kind. Rosa Parks had a humongous
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Rosa Parks Born: February 4‚ 1913 Died: October 24‚ 2005 Hometown: Tuskegee‚ Alabama A NOBLE‚ HEROIC‚ BRAVE WOMAN “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired‚ but that isn’t true. No‚ the only tired I was‚ was tired of giving in.” “Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit‚ and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.” Accomplishments & Major Events 1943-Rosa joins NAACP 1943-Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally
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Nikki Giovanni’s Fight for Justice and Equality Nikki Giovanni was an African American poet‚ author‚ professor‚ and civil rights activist. She has won over 62 awards for her poetry‚ books‚ records‚ tapes‚ and CDs including seven NAACP image awards‚ the Langston Hughes award‚ and the Gwendolyn Brooks award (Giovanni‚ “Awards and Honors”). Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7‚ 1943 in Knoxville‚ Tennessee‚ but was raised in Cincinnati‚ Ohio (Aybar‚ “Nikki Giovanni”). She would often visit her grandparents
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Claudette Colvin (b‚ September 5‚ 1939) is an African American woman from Alabama. In 1955‚ at the age of 15‚ she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white person‚ in violation of local law. Her arrest preceded civil rights activist Rosa Parks’ (on December 1‚ 1955) by nine months. Ms. Colvin was a student at Booker T. Washington High School. Colvin’s family didn’t own a car‚ so she relied on the city’s gold-and-green buses to get to school. On March 2‚ 1955‚ she boarded a public bus
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the loveliness of a snow fall. It might describe the moon as an ordinary object‚ such as a balloon. Some poetry can teach life lessons‚ like living without a partner. As it states in the poem‚ The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be‚ written by Nikki Giovanni. The first stanza states‚ “the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by”. Everybody wants someone to love‚ and someone to be loved by. When a person is all alone it makes for a lonely lifestyle. This
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Rosa Parks displayed civil disobedience when she stood up or rather sat down for the purpose of what she believed on segregation (Parks Disobedience). Civil disobedience is when protestors intentionally oppose a law as a way of protest (Suber). The ambition behind this is to bring about revising a law or government laws (Brownlee). Park’s involvement in civil disobedience was due to personal influences‚ she chose to participate in civil disobedience to protest segregation‚ and she did achieve success
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“Woman” by Nikki Giovanni is a poem about a woman who is going through rejection. The woman wants a man to love her‚ and is opening up to him‚ but her man constantly rejects and denies her. The poem is figuratively about how people shouldn’t change who they are just because others do not accept them. The author also conveys that people should not hold back from expressing their feelings. People should have the freedom to share what they want‚ and should not be discourage to do so. Through the poem
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the OSH Act of Trinidad and Tobago 34 ISSN 1000 7924 The Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago Vol.40‚ No.1‚ April/May 2011‚ pp.34-43 Towards Compliance with the OSH Act of Trinidad and Tobago: Gap Analysis of a Food and Beverage Manufacturing Enterprise Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon National Training Agency‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ West Indies E-mail: mnbalkissoon@gmail.com (Received 11 January 2011; Revised 29 March 2011; Accepted 30 April 2011) Abstract:
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