Rosa Parks Outstanding qualities as a leader! Rosa Parks is a very superb leader that I think every leader should admire. I admire her myself. She was an amazing person for doing what she did on the bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. Rosa Parks is not only beyond an amazing leader‚ she is a courageous woman too. "She was a very enthusiastic person. "‚according to myhero.com. Following this‚ Some of Rosa’s qualities include stubborn‚ organized‚ brave‚ loyal‚ inspiring‚ influential
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sets courageous people apart from cowards is fortitude. Having the will and drive to go and face those difficulties and eliminate them with passion and strength. Having such qualities is a hard thing to find. An example of courage would be Rosa Parks. Mrs. Parks was arrested and sent to jail for refusing to give her seat on a bus up for a white passenger. She went and made a statement because she was passionate about the Civil Rights Movement. A hero is a person that is brave in an extreme situation
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“If a law is unjust‚ a man is not only right to disobey it‚ he is obligated to do so.” This quote by Thomas Jefferson shows that even though there are risks‚ stand up for what is right and just. The law is not always the right thing and people who disagree are considered‚ Civilly disobedient. Civil disobedience is standing up for what is right even if it’s the law. Two men who took a stand for their right is Martin Luther King Jr. and David Thoreau. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham
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For example Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man‚ and she was arrested for violating state segregation laws. “Her actions would have an immediate effect on other members of the African American community and a lasting effect on the national history of Civil Rights” (Batten 1). This act started
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development of the Civil Rights Movement came almost immediately at the turn of the decade‚ when the Supreme Court essentially overturned the verdict reached in the Plessy vs. Ferguson trial of 1896. The aim of this case was to declare the racial segregation under state laws as unconstitutional. Due to the NAACP lawyers‚ the Supreme Court made three decisions regarding civil rights which not only showed that at times the government was on the blacks side‚ but also almost completely overturned the ‘separate
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received many threats. He wanted to prove to everyone that equality is one of the most important things in the world. King was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat to a white man. People had protested‚ due to unfairness based on the color of skin. Many blacks weren’t allowed to use the same resources as whites. For example‚ they weren’t allowed to drink from the same water fountain
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of after her arrest. She was arrested by police‚ and were to stand trial. She was at first supported by Women’s Political Council‚ as well as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On May 6th‚ Claudette Colvin Whoever it was Rosa Park’s case that managed to unite the black community. “Colvin was considered and dismissed -- some say because it turned out she was pregnant (after her arrest)‚ some say it was because she was poor and of a lower caste in the black community (because
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~Mrs.Parks~ Mrs. Parks was a wonderful woman. With the research that i’ve done on her I wish I could have met her. she seems like a good friend. Mrs.Parks is a wonderful women in my world. Rosa Parks was a brave and strong women who pushed herself to do what it takes. Mrs. Parks was born on February 4 ‚1913 in tuskegee alabama. She was irish and scottish. She went to a local/rural area school. Mrs.Parks had to quit school because she had to watch after and take care of her grandmother. Mrs.Parks
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Rosa Parks is one of the best in our unit. Why‚ because she never give up she always stand up for hr people. Alos she told her people to remember that she never give up so neither should they. My topic is going to be never give up because my hero did not give up. She did what was right and for her people. What I think makes a hero is when you are brave you are strong save your people stand up for your people.That’ what a true hero would do for her people.Some information about my heros is that she
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the courage to stand up for the rights we believed in. Oscar Wilde’s claim is completely valid‚ without disobedience and rebellion‚ progress may not have been made. Two key examples of civil disobedience that has progressively changed the world is Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. An example of civil disobedience‚
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