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    earth” (Rosa Parks 1). That was a quote from a woman who faced hard times with segregation and also with women rights. Rosa Parks a women’s rights activist‚ Civil rights activist and a woman who wouldn’t give up her seat for a white man made her a real hero. Getting rights for woman was hard for parks considering that in those times woman where only support to be in the kitchen. First‚ Parks life changed when she found out that women had lesser rights than men. One Big moment for parks was when

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    Computer Number: 19 Period 3 Montgomery Bus Boycott On December 1‚ 1955‚ Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white man. It was unlikely that she realized the force she had set into motion and the controversy that would soon swirl around her. “I didn’t get on the bus with the intention of being arrested‚” she said. Earlier that year in March 2‚ 1955‚ a 15-year old girl Claudette Colvin was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery‚ Alabama

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    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 in 1955. At the age of 42 she took a seat on the bus from the Montgomery Fair

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    Hailey Bila 4 November 15 Second Hour ELA Mr. Parks Fun in the Upper Peninsula It was in the middle of the summer when my mom started planning a trip to Pictured Rocks in the Upper Peninsula. When it had finally came to the day before we left‚ I was very excited to start packing so we could leave the next day. My mom and dad told me and my sister‚ “Don’t pack too much.” I said‚ “That might not happen‚ but we will try.” We still went a little overboard. The next day we put all of our things

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    What comes to mind when you think of Rosa Parks? The girl on the bus who wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man or the woman who was the spark that started the Civil Rights movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. She was also known for starting the Rosa and Raymond Institute for the Young and helping them know the history of their life. Rosa Parks went to an all African American school where her mother was a teacher. Rosa parks became known as the first lady of the

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    world. Rosa Parks is a hero because she took a stand and help African-Americans everywhere around the world. She stood up for people around the world‚ She refused to give up her seat‚ and in all of this she did not use violence as a answer and had a peaceful protest. Rosa parks is a hero because she took a stand. When the white bus driver told her to give up her seat she decided not to (“Rosa Parks: My Story”). Rosa also did all this with the knowledge that Jim Crow Laws were wrong (Rosa). All

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    Obama’s attitude toward Rosa Parks is a positive attitude‚ which proves that Obama feels Rosa Parks should be honored and his heroic figure in the development of America. The first reason to this‚ is because throughout Obama’s two speeches his makes statements about how such a powerful and important person Rosa Parks is. Furthermore‚ Obama feels that Rosa Parks is a major figure in America’s past‚ Obama proclaim February 4‚ 2013‚ as the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks. The examples below

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    chapter in my own story by believing in myself and what I feel about my father. One of the many people that made history by sticking by their beliefs is Rosa Parks. Rosa was an African American activist in the Civil Rights Movement. One of the most famous things she’s known for is refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Because of this‚ she became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She worked closely with civil rights leaders such as Edgar Nixon and

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    who changed our world without “Superpowers.” Rosa Parks is a hero because she stood up for her beliefs‚ she showed courage‚ and inspired others. Rosa Parks is a hero because she stood up for her beliefs. She stood up for her beliefs because she was in the “Colored Section” of the bus and the white space was filled then she told Rosa Parks to get up and move to the back she refused. She was refused and the bus driver said “Move or I will call the Cops.” She refused. When she

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    Who was Rosa? Rosa was born in February 4 1913. She is was the eldest of 2 kids her and her younger brother Sylvester McCauley. She grew up with her grandmother grandfather and her mother. Her grandfather was the one who told her to stand up for what she believed in for what was right and too do it silently. Rosa then started the bus boycott! Rosa Parks Courage! This is who I think Rosa Parks showed courage in the toughest of times: Rosa was the person who did the bus boycott all because she was

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