Rosa Parks came into this world on February 4th‚1913 in Tuskegee Alabama. She went to school at the Industrial School for girls . she went to college at the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes. she had a great family and friends. on December 1st‚ 1955 she did something that would change the world economy forever. On Thursday‚ December 1st‚ 1955 Mrs. Parks was on her way home from a hard day at work on a Montgomery bus. Blacks were supposed to sit in the back of the bus and let the whites sit
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may not be a lot‚ but I know a woman 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
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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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started researching on Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks‚ I realized who the true heroes really are! If you didn’t know‚ Nelson Mandela was one of the bravest‚ and the most courage’s man that would do anything to pay the price of racial segregation. And Rosa Parks is also one of the bravest and the most desperate women in the world. If Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks were not born. We wouldn’t have the freedom that we have today. Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks have many similarities and many differences
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During the lifetime of Rosa Parks‚ she was put up against many battles that she over came by always staying positive and never giving up. Rosa Parks can be compared to Jackie Robinson in many ways. Jackie Robinson was put on an all white baseball team in the late 1940s. African Americans were not accepted in baseball since it was considered a “white man’s game”. Rosa Parks was an African American lady who sat in the front of the bus even though blacks were suppose to sit in the back. Being discriminated
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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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age Rosa parks learned how to read by her mother. Her childhood brought her early racial discrimination. She goes to a school in Pine level in Alabama there was only one room. They don’t have many school supplies they don’t even have desks. Also the African American students there only way to get to school is by walking when the white get bus transportation. Rosa Parks: She co-existing with the white people in a city governor by Jim Crow Laws she is fraught with daily frustrations. Rosa parks is
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Rosa Parks I think Rosa Parks was one of the greatest heroes in history. In 1955‚ Rosa did something that changed history for a long time. During that time it was illegal for African Americans to talk back to the white people. “It all began on December 1‚ when Parks boarded a city bus and sat at the front of the "coloured" section.”(“Woman who changed a nation”) The bus driver demanded to give up her seat for a white man but Rosa had been pushed around long enough and refused to give up her
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this amazing‚ influential person. First of all‚ family was very important to Rosa Parks. She was born on February fourth‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her maiden name is Rosa Louise McCauley. When Parks was sixteen years old‚ 1929‚ she dropped out of high school to help her grandmother. Her grandmother was very ill. After all Parks had gone through‚ about a month later‚ she passed away. This was a very tragic event for Parks because she was so close to her. When she was eleven years old‚ she enrolled
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wrong‚ it was accepted and still went on as if there was nothing wrong at all. African-Americans were treated poorly because of the color of their skin that somehow‚ someway made them different. On December 1‚ 1955‚ a 42-year old African American‚ Rosa Parks‚ was coming home after a long day of work at a Montgomery department store. She boarded an Avenue bus and took a seat in the first of several rows designed for “colored” passengers. As the bus continued on its route‚ it began to fill with white
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