Peaceful resistance to laws is a positive impact a free society because for example like Rosa Parks she helped the colored people a lot. She fought for what she thought was the right thing to do because the colored people were being pushed around without having their ideas spoken out. She was taken out the bus she was riding in because she didn’t want to move from the seat she was sitting in and she was pushed out the bus and was told a lot of bad racist things that I don’t think any one deserve
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“My Story” a non fictional novel written by “the civil rights activist” Rosa Parks herself along with Jim Haskins‚ shares Rosa’s personal journey battling through discrimination‚ racism and tells of her vital role in the struggle for equality for all Americans. The story reflects back on the time Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus back in 1955 and as of December the 1st was imprisoned for the “Bus Boycott”. She says “you must never be fearful about what you
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changing for the better due to the brave actions taken by Rosa Parks and the many African Americans who took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks is known as an activist during the African-American Civil Rights Movement who promoted the idea of racial equality and an end to segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. led his first nonviolent protest known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott where he advocated equal rights for all races. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are both remembered not for doing
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By Riley Burt Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott December 1‚ 1955 an African American woman named Rosa Parks‚ a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)‚ refused to stand to give up her seat to a white male as the Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ city bus was full and this was the expectation of African American people the buses were segregated and if the bus was full in the ’white’ section African Americans’ were expected to stand and let the white person
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Martin Luther King did his speech for freedom and civil rights so African Americans and Whites could do the same thing as each other. Rosa Parks did the right thing for not moving for the whites. Civil Rights‚ Freedom‚ Non- violent bus. Rosa Parks did the right thing because African Americans should not need to move for the whites. Civil Rights‚ African Americans should have rights to do the same things as whites‚ I think that African Americans should do the same activities as whites‚ I think
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” wrote Parks in her autobiography‚ “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No‚ the only tired I was‚ was tired of giving in.” Rosa Parks was born February 4‚ 1913 and died October 24‚ 2005‚ She will always be remembered. United States Congress called Rosa the “first lady of civil rights”.Rosa was an excellent leader. She was a very important leader for both men and women. What inspired her was that she knew she could make a change no matter who told her she couldn’t. Rosa Parks was an
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December 1 1955. Dear diary Today is a very special day. I did something brave. Something I never thought‚ I’d have the courage to do. I know that after this‚ my life will never be the same‚ but I’m sure‚ it’s the right thing to do.I was on my way home after yet another long day of hard work. I was so tired when I took the bus although I was happy to finally be on my way home to my dearest husband. After so many hours sitting in a room too small for the number of people‚ I was exhausted. Who wouldn’t
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between you and your rights‚ you have the right to fight back. Without people who have fought to protect their rights‚ our world would look very different. For example‚ Rosa Parks‚ a women’s rights activist in the Civil Rights movement‚ once stated‚ “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Park refused to surrender her seat on a bus for a white man‚ which in her time was unthinkable. This bus boycott helped launch a nationwide revolution and inspired many after
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From the moment Rosa Parks could speak‚ she had something to say. As she grew older‚ those words that she spoke would catapult the civil rights movement into what it is known as today. Most of the time‚ there are some frustrating misconceptions about who Rosa Parks was. Her history of activism is sometimes blatantly overlooked in the eyes of those who don’t know her whole story. From her work with the NAACP Youth Council‚ voter registration efforts‚ to her attendance of the Highlander Folk School
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Rosa Park is among well-known names back in 1950’s. She was born on February 4th‚ 1913 in the state of Alabama (Tuskegee).Her vision‚ inspiration and motivation served as a role model for others. Rosa Park was a type of leader who not only stood for her rights‚ but also for the other Negros who were constantly being avoided and mistreated. The reason I chose leader ‘Rosa Park’ as my topic is that she was a leader‚ who didn’t stand only for a specific area or limited people‚ but she stood for the
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