long journey beginning with a simple act‚ and ending with a enduring march. One women conquered discrimination against all odds. Rosa Parks is one supporter of the Civil rights movement‚ and even was the one to start the historic time. Rosa Parks embodies the characteristics of an epic hero because she had courage and strength‚ humility‚ and national heroism. Rosa Parks shoes great courage and strength when she stands up for herself on the bus. She was even arrested and sent to jail for her actions
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Rosa Parks Section 1 Rosa Parks‚ her full name is Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. When Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee Alabama and died October 24‚ 2005 at age of 92. She turn out to be the first lady in the nation’s history to lie in a state at the U.S. Capital. During that period in the US history‚ Blacks were not allowed to register as easily as white people. they had to take a literacy test before they were given their voter’s registration. they also were only
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osa parks came into the segregated world in February 4‚ 1913 .Rosa Parks had an African‚ Cherokee-creek‚ and Scots-Irish ancestry.Rosa Parks mother was a teacher her name was name leona. Her father was a carpenter and his name was James McCauley. Rosa was sick most of her childhood and her house was not the greatest. A sad fact about Rosa was she did not attend school until she was eleven but she was taught by her mother. Life for Rosa was hard because she was she was dealing with racism
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The book that I have chose is Rosa Parks: My Story. The book was composed by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins. In Rosa Parks: My Story‚ it talked about Rosa Parks life growing up in the South during the early 1900s. While Rosa was growing up her family did not tolerate injustice‚ so she grew up without accepting the abuse. When she got older she ran into couple encounters with white children who would try and bully her‚ however‚ she would not back down and would even defend herself if necessary. Since
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Rosa Parks real name was Rosa Louise McCauley. She was born in Alabama in Tuskegee on February 14‚ 1913. Rosa Parks moved to Montgomery‚ Alabama when she was 11 and attended high school. She went to an laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ College for Negroes. She later dropped out of school when she was 16 to take care of her sick grandmother and eventually her long-term ill mother. Rosa got married to Raymond Parks when she was 19 years old. Raymond was self educated and was a continuing
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legal segregation in America. This act was made by the one‚ and only Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is as one of the greatest women in history. Without her bravery‚ determination‚ and courageous acts during the terrible time of discrimination against the African-American race‚ our society would be distraught. Rosa’s Parks made a mark on the history of the United States‚ that will never fade or be forgotten. Rosa Parks was born as‚ Rosa Louise McCauley‚ on February 4th 1913 in Tuskegee Alabama. Her father
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In Memoriam: Rosa Parks is an article on the Mother of the civils’ right movement‚ Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was born in 1913 and died in 2005. Rosa Parks is the women that refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery Alabama. She is the reason the bus boycott started and is a strong and inspirational women in black history. She admitted that she did get up out of her seat because she was tired. Not psychically tired but tired of giving in to white people. She was tired of being single out base
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I believe that Rosa Parks is a hero and this is why. On December 1‚ 1955 after a long day at work she took the bus back home. She noticed that it was the same bus driver from her previous bus ride from earlier that day‚ so she sat down on the bus and at the moment there wasn’t any white people. A few stops later‚ a few white people got in the bus‚ everyone but one man got a seat and was left standing up. So the bus driver said to give up those seats to of the colored women‚ gave up their seat
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make a change in the South this woman was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a courageous woman who not only changed the South but made a difference in the world by living through a tough childhood‚ sparking a Montgomery boycott‚ and having leadership. Living through her childhood‚ Rosa faced tough decisions which later in her life lead her to know what discrimination is and how racism really works. In her childhood
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Rosa Louise Parks was an extraordinary African American civil rights activist whose heroic actions sparked the beginning of the monumental civil rights movement within the United States of America. Rosa Parks firmly stood up for what she believed and it was time for her to show the world who she was and what she believed in. Rosa was born on February 4th‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Every since she was a little girl‚ her mother knew that God had a special purpose for her. She was raised by her
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