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    Rosa Parks faced many challenges. Through her life she had some character traits that helped her face all of these challenges. One of the traits is her being very brave in what she did. She was also very intelligent throughout them all. Lastly‚ she was very determined for people of her race. In the paragraphs below I will tell you how these traits had a positive impact on her during these rough times. In the first place‚ Rosa was very brave. To show that she was brave‚ she did not get up out

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    Rosa Parks Hannah Dinwiddie American History Matt Walker 4th Hour April 9th 2017 Rosa Parks did not stand up for her rights‚ she sat down for them. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama on February 4‚ 1913. Her family later moved to Pine Level‚ Alabama. Rosa’s mother was a teacher‚ so that influenced Rosa to want to also become a teacher when she grew up. Rosa moved to Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ at age 11. She left highschool early in order to care for her sick grandmother. She married

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    Rosa McCauley (Parks) was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama ‚ in 1913 february 4th. Rosa moved with her parents to her grandparents house in Pine Level. Rosa spent most of her childhood there. Her mother was a teacher‚ and her family adored education Rosa moves to Montgomery‚ Alabama when she was around 11years old and eventually attended High School there. She left school at 16 early in 11th grade to care for her sickly grandmother and soon after that her severely sick mom. In 1932 when she was 19 she married

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    The Rosa Parks story has a lot in common with the Feminist Theory. The movie takes place in back in the 1950s when segregation of buses was a problem. It was also uncommon to see women or wife with children working. Many felt the women’s place was at home caring for her children or doing housework. Many religious folk at that time felt Gods will for the wife was ion the home. Rosa came from a single parent home raised by her mother and brother. Rosa mother did odd jobs like sewing and house keeping

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    How Important were the actions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement? Explain your answer. Rosa Parks was a black American who it has been said‚ started the black civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was fro Montgomery‚ and in Montgomery they had a local low that black people were only allowed to sit in a few seats on the public buses and if a white person wanted their set‚ they would have to give it up. On one bus journey Parks was asked to move for a white person‚ she refused and the police

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    Born in 1939‚ Claudette Colvin is a person who is not recognized for what she did as much as Rosa Parks is. Claudette Colvin wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man‚ the same thing Rosa Parks did‚ only 9 months before Parks did it. I don’t really know why Parks is more known for doing it‚ but Colvin should be known for it too. When she was only 15‚ she was on a bus to go home. A white man boarded and had no place to sit. The bus driver told Claudette‚ “Get up‚ this man needs a place to sit.” Claudette

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    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement‚whom the United States Congress called the “first lady of the civil rights and the mother of freedom Movement. Rosa Parks was born February 4‚1913 and died October 24‚2005. On December 1 1995 after a long day of work at a Montgomery department store where she had worked at as a seamstress Rosa Parks board the Cleveland Avenue bus for home She took a seat in the first several rows that were only for “colored passengers”

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    Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks was first of two children‚ James and Leona (Edwards) McCauley. Parks was a Civil Rights activist‚ and most known for being arrested in Montgomery‚ Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)‚ and served as secretary by 1943. In the year of 1932 Parks married Raymond Parks. Mr. Parks was a Barber and

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    the courage for many others for change that didn’t have the voice to do so for themselves. Amazing person Rosa Parks with one word that spark change in a very touchy subject of human inequality and racism with “No.” A story that stands as a moment that the world stood still in recent times. An embodiment of taking a stand would no other person I choose rather than Rosa Parks. Rosa Park made headlines news with to refuse her giving up her seat to a white man on Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ city bus

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    permanent place in history" (531). Rosa Parks‚ the mother of the Civil Rights Movement‚ was able to use her past experiences to influence people all over the world and help create equal rights. Her impact on the Civil Rights Movement‚ joining groups to help lots of people‚ and inspiring others to fight for equal rights are just a few of the ways Rosa Parks has made a huge impact on the Civil Rights Movement and why she will have a permanent place in history. Rosa Parks greatest achievement was her impact

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