Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was a major role in american history. She gave people inspiration to stand up for what they believe is right. She showed people even though there may be consequences for standing up for yourself and for what is right‚ the outcome may make a difference. Rosa got on the bus as usual after a long day at work. When the section of seats assigned to the whites filled up the line was moved back and she and 3 others were ask to give up their seats to the whites standing in the aisle
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Rosa Parks was a brave‚courageous‚and smart. She was born February 4‚ 1913‚ she was known for the Montgomery bus boycott. Even though blacks were discriminated Park’s didn’t believe in it‚ she was going to fight for what she believed in. Rosa Parks was a woman of her word. She had no children. Her mom’s name was Leona Edwards. Her dad’s name was James McCauley her dad was a carpenter.When Parks’s was a girl in school she had to walk to school. She became a symbol of struggle and freedom
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in‚” said Rosa Parks after she remembers that her refusal wasn’t because she was physically tired‚ but tired of giving in. Rosa was tired of the bus drivers telling black passenger to give up their seats to white passengers. Since the bus drivers could call the police to have them removed if a black passenger protested. In the 1950’s Montgomery urged on city wide boycott and helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. It was a long day of work for Rosa Parks as a seamstress
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Rosa Parks is often referred to as the Mother of the modern civil rights movement. Historically she has been depicted as a prim‚ virtuous‚ diminutive lady who was merely too tired after a long day at work to move from her seat. Had she been Catholic she surely would have been canonized by now; St. Rosa‚ the patron saint of bus riders. Forty-two years old at the time of the bus boycott‚ she was described by Martin Luther King Jr‚ as “. . the victim–emphasis mine–of both the forces of history and the
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ruling the segregation of busses as unconstitutional (Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience). Despite not causing harm to a single person‚ Rosa Parks’ acts of nonviolent protest indirectly helped put an end to segregation on the public transit system‚ and helped ignite the civil rights movement in the coming
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Why the world needs introverts Rosa Parks: an introvert who changed the world. Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS Rosa Parks: an introvert who changed the world. Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS Read by 53‚277 people Remove from timeline Tuesday 13 March 2012 Shy‚ unconfident‚ solitary: there are many popular conceptions of introversion – most of them negative – but the reality is far more complicated Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important
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Outline for a speech Sperm Whales October 8th‚ 2014 I. Introduction A. The Picture on slide 2: Artists rendition of the story Moby Dick. Give a quick synopsis of Moby Dick (Albino Sperm Whale). B. Moby was seen as evil. Most sperm whales were seen as evil for decades because of their huge size and teeth. It has been recently learned that sperm whales are not dangerous to humans‚ so today I will be enlightening you about the sperm whale. C. In this speech I will describe the anatomy of a sperm whale
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In the “Rosa Parks Wouldn’t Budge”‚ there are common approaches that lead readers to find out the main reason why the Montgomery‚ Alabama bus boycott took place. As an individual you learn to realize how many people actual struggled to become the true founders of this historical moment. You apprehend why several of people were eager to help sought out the social discrimination disputes against colored people and the whites. THEME: The uphill of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was well flourished by Janet
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Informative Speech Outline Date: October 11‚ 2012 Topic reviewed: _____ Topic: Japanese internment camps Purpose: To remind people of a historic event Specific purpose: To inform people on Japanese interment camps Thesis: Introduction: I. Attention: What if you had to be taken from your home and had only given the chance to grab what you could carry. II. Thesis statement: This is important to you to know what came about the U.S. to intern Japanese
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Tribute Speech Formal Outline Zachary Biermaier MC#1238 9/7/13 Speech Topic: Isaiah (cousin) General Purpose: A tribute to Isaiah Specific Purpose: To convince the audience about how great of a person Isaiah is. Thesis: Isaiah has shown me that no matter how bad a situation gets‚ I always have hope‚ and can rejoice in God’s plan. Arrangement: Categorical Introduction “People tell me I’m kind of a big deal”. This phrase is something that my cousin‚ Isaiah‚ always says. He is joking when
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