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    being racist and discriminatory to people of color‚ Rosa Parks decided to peacefully resist standing up so a white person could take her seat. She knew her action would most likely result in being arrested‚ but she continued to do it anyway. This to me was a peaceful resistance to a law‚ because she didn’t agree with it and she knew what the consequence would be and while doing this nobody got hurt. The boycott of the buses that resulted from Rosa Parks

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    Debra Mitchell Spanish II Mr. Ivan 04 March 2014 La Rosa De Guadalupe: Deseos De Vivir 1. Translate the title of the video. Desire To Live 2. Try to catch the names of the two main characters. Bonita 3. Describe the incident that shocked the inhabitants of the apartment complex. The Weeping Baby 4. Who was found and where? A Baby and In A Pipe In The Apartment 5. Who are the parents? Bonita’s Parents 6. Describe the mother of the baby in terms of age and social class The Mother

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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 a civil rights activist. She was born February 4‚ 1913. She was raised in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Rosa Parks moved in 1957 to Detroit‚ Michigan. Rosa refused to give up her seat on a greyhound bus. Rosa’s action lead to the bus boycott. Rosa Parks died on October 24‚ 2005. Rosa actions led to the bus boycott. Rosa was symbol of the power of nonviolent protests. Rosa Parks is called the mother of

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    Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist known as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks had ancestors that were slaves and was very aware of segregation. She earned the name of the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in December of 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white man as she was told to do by the bus driver. She did this with the intention of a new movement with better rights for all colored

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    In the story‚ Rosa Orellano had made the choice of stay alive and revenge for her father who was killed by Tadeo Cespedes‚ a Civil War leader who had decided to kill all the opposition in order to take the full control of his reign. As time passes‚ Rosa Orellano’s decision of cursing and revenging Tadeo did not change. She decided to stay at the same house where the tragedy happened‚ at the same time spreading her fame across the region. This had cause Tadeo to not able to ignore her existence. It

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    always tainted as an unintentional coincidence. Rosa Parks’ incident on the bus‚ where she was asked to give up her seat to a white man‚ made her known as the face of the civil rights movement. Even though she took bold and clear actions‚ she was labeled as a quiet‚ old woman who happened to be in an unfortunate incident accidentally. In the article‚ “ How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong”‚ Theoharis uses documentary evidence to show how Rosa Parks was a lifelong activist‚ a rebel and an outspoken

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    Civil rights activists Rosa Parks was born‚ Rosa McCauley on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her maternal grandparents‚ Rose and Sylvester Edwards‚ were former slaves. Her mother‚ Leona Edwards‚ was a teacher‚ and her father‚ James McCauley‚ was a carpenter‚ bricklayer‚ and stone man. Rosa was the first of two children. Rosa’s parents had different reasons for wanting to live in Tuskegee. Rosa’s mother knew Tuskegee was the best place in Alabama for African Americans to get an education

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    American citizen. Without this peaceful resistance to unjust laws‚ we would be tied down to regulations that serve to endanger and infringe upon the freedom our founding fathers fought for. Though out history‚ civil heros such as Henry David Thoreau‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King Jr serve to reflect the positive impact and enhanced freedom brought to life by civil disobedience. As early as 1849‚ people were beginning to find fault in their government and its means of controlling its citizens

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    Rosa Parks said‚ “Memories of our lives‚ of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” In December of 1955 Rosa Parks decided that she had had it with the way that herself and other African Americans were being treated so she took a stand. She wouldn’t give up her seat on the bus to a white man. These actions later got her arrested but they also helped her make a huge change. Her life‚ works and deeds played a big role in changing society’s perspective of African American culture then‚ and

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