the case. Many people’s kindness makes them a great leader. For instance Rosa Parks showed bravery and courage when she refused to leave her seat even though she knew she would be arrested and kicked off the bus. This shows that she was a great leader because she did what she thought was right. So many people believed the same as Rosa Parks‚ and this small act led to something greater called the bus boycott. Rosa Parks wasn’t the only exceptional leader of the civil rights act. We have all
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A Positive Deviant When I think of the term positive deviant and who one is‚ I think of many people. There is one woman in particular who stands out in my mind‚ Rosa Parks. Some people may think of her negatively because of her refusal to obey the law‚ but to me‚ it was for a good cause. Rosa Parks is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights” and the “Mother of the Freedom Movement”. Before she became so well known‚ she was labeled as an unknown seamstress in Montgomery‚ Alabama. The reason she
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turn the knob of the radio‚ throw the paint sideways‚ and whatever you do‚ do not react to the bird call. Although all of those things seem to be random‚ they all have intention. Every action‚ reaction‚ and idea has a purpose. John Cage‚ Merce Cunningham‚ and Jackson Pollock were all artists in different fields who created work personifying the balance between freedom and control‚ meaningless and purposeful actions‚ and random and planned events. They were pioneers of future artistic styles and
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hero does not always have to be someone who fights bears or cures disease. In fact‚ you are probably someone’s hero too. Elaine Parker is a regular person like you and me‚ but that does not keep her from the little things that make everything else a bit better. Inspiring me everywhere I go‚ spreading open mindedness and showing kindness everyone and anyone. My grandmother‚ Elaine Parker‚ inspires me in a way that few others can. She is inspiring to me is when speaks about dance‚ I myself am a dancer
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By: Brooke McClain Mcclain 1 The Summary Rosa Parks‚ born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama on February 4‚ 1913 in was raised in an era during which segregation was normal and black suppression was a way of life. She lived with relatives in Montgomery‚ where she finished high school in 1933 and continued her education at Alabama State College. She married her husband‚ Raymond Parks‚ a barber‚ in 1932. She worked as a clerk‚ an insurance salesperson‚ and a tailor ’s assistant at a department store. She was
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Rosa Parks Date: February 4‚ 1913-Otober 24‚ 2005 On February 4‚ 1913‚ Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama to parents James McCauley and Leona Edwards. Her father was employed as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher. In her younger years she was sick much of the time‚ and as a result‚ was a small child. Her parents eventually separated and her mother took her and her brother and moved to Pine Level‚ a town adjacent to Montgomery‚ Alabama
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Rosa Park was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama on February 4th 1913. She grew up on a farm with Her maternal grandparents. In 1932 Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks a barber from Montgomery. When Rosa was young she suffered poor health and had chronic tonsillitis. Black and white people were segregated in virtually every aspect of daily life in the south. School bus transportation was unavailable for any form for blacks schoolchildren. In December 1943 Parks became active in the Civil Rights Movements
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what people in society‚ the media and other sources are trying to do. But‚ we should be more like Rosa and realize that it is wrong and help them see it too. For sixteen year old‚ Rosa‚ her day couldn’t start off without thanking God for the breath of life and everything he had done for her. She would then go to her living room where her family would gather and pray together every morning at six am. Rosa was a typical pastors child‚ raised in a very religious home with very high ethical and moral values
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Rosa Parks was one of significant people who fought for the African American Civil Rights. Throughout her whole life‚ she had lived in segregation between the white and the black people in Alabama‚ USA. She was a determined woman to stop racism and it was more difficult for her at that time because she was an African American female. Through her life she went through different challenges and the experiences which one of them is the Montgomery Bus Boycott event where she refused to give up her seat
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certain restaurant‚ or sitting in certain seats of public buses. However‚ in 1955 a woman named Rosa Parks took a stand‚ or more correctly took a seat‚ on a public bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She refused to give her seat to a white man and was arrested for not doing so. The reasons and consequences and the significance of her stand are comparable in many ways to Atticus Finch’s stand in To Kill A Mockingbird. Rosa Parks worked for the equality of all people. She was elected secretary of the Montgomery branch
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