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    Rosa Parks the importance of them becoming invoved in the movement Hypothesis: * was an African-American civil rights activist‚ whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights"‚ and "the mother of the freedom movement" * Parks’ act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation * On December 1‚ 1955‚ forty-three year old Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery‚ Alabama city

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    Rosa Parks Outline Rosa Parks affected history by contributing to the NAACP‚ by helping begin the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ and by helping during the Civil Rights movements and fighting for equality for African Americans. I. Introduction A. “The only tired I was‚ was tired of giving in.” 1. Rosa was the youth adviser in the NAACP group‚ and taught her students to resist segregation whenever they could. 2. She was admired in the black community as a dedicated volunteer who served as secretary

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    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 became “famous” was for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. She initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom

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    Nowhere does it say that Rosa Parks can not sit on that bus. The Montgomery Code required all public transportation was segregated (Kishel‚ 2006). The city claimed that the bus drivers had the "powers of a police officer of the city while in actual charge of any bus for the purposes of carrying out the provisions" of the code (Kishel‚ 2006). While driving the bus‚ drivers were required to provide separate but equal accommodations for white and black passengers by assigning seats. This was completed

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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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    States for many years. Being such a major issue is society‚ racism is also a major theme in one of the best pieces of American Literature‚ To Kill A Mockingbird. People‚ particularly African Americans‚ have been denied basic human rights such as getting a fair trial‚ eating in a 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

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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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    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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    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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    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 learned

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