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    of Rosa Parks Debra Jander Composition I - 200 Instructor: Janet Smith August 31‚ 2013 Rosa Parks

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    One of the people I really admire is a Polish physicist and chemist woman‚ full of courage and determination to investigate radioactivity. My admiration is not only for her talent but also for the fact that during the 19th Century‚ not many people could think about a woman changing millions of lives with her full-time studies‚ especially if she came from a poor family. That is the reason why Marie Curie’s generosity deserves our grateful thanks. Since she was a child‚ Marie Curie knew that the greatest

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    States‚ as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. There are many prominent women who are to be recognized. One of them is Rosa Louise McCauley Parks‚ best known as Rosa Parks‚ a Civil Rights Activist. Rosa Parks was born to Leona‚ a teacher‚ and James McCauley‚ a carpenter‚ in February 4‚1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. She has a younger brother- Sylvester McCauley. When Rosa was still young‚ her parents separated‚ so she with her mother and brother left and went to live on her grandparent’s farm. Rosa’s

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    Rosa Park’s life story is not only impacting‚ but also motivating towards others. She lived her life in such a way that it affected the lives of the people around her. Living as an American civil rights activist‚ she impacted segregation‚ fought for equal rights‚ and started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. To many‚ Rosa Parks is brave‚ courageous‚ and loving. By standing up for what she belied in‚ she put her life in a dangerous situation. She was considered the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”

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    Rosa Parks + Ruby Bridges Compare and Contrast Essay There once were two very important women in our country’s history. They had many differences‚ and many similarities. This essay here is all about those differences and similarities. Who are they‚ You may ask? Rosa Parks‚ and Ruby bridges. I hope you will learn lots about them by reading this. Rosa Parks was a 30-40 year old woman who had refused to give up a seat on a bus for a white man‚ And she even got arrested for it! Rosa felt she was right

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    What Is Rosa Parks A Hero

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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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    what you believe in like Rosa Parks or saving what you love and have a passion for during a war like the Monuments Men Foundation. You can even sacrifice for others like the International Women of Courage Awards recognized women for. There are many ways to be courageous. To begin with Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in and what she thought was right. The passage “ An Act of Courage” states “courage meant refusing to give up her seat on a public bus.” Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery‚ Alabama

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    Rosa Parks faced many stereotypes. As an example‚ in a biography about Rosa Parks‚ “BIOGRAPHY”‚ you will find that Rosa Parks was an activist that was always fighting for education and civil rights. For example‚ in the Rosa Parks biography‚ “BIOGRAPHY”‚ it says‚ “Raymond…received little formal education due to racial segregation…He supported and encouraged Rosa’s desire to complete her formal education” (BIOGRAPHY). This evidence shows that stereotypes impact society because it shows how Rosa’s husband

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    Rosa Parks faced many challenges. Through her life she had some character traits that helped her face all of these challenges. One of the traits is her being very brave in what she did. She was also very intelligent throughout them all. Lastly‚ she was very determined for people of her race. In the paragraphs below I will tell you how these traits had a positive impact on her during these rough times. In the first place‚ Rosa was very brave. To show that she was brave‚ she did not get up out

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    Rosa McCauley (Parks) was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama ‚ in 1913 february 4th. Rosa moved with her parents to her grandparents house in Pine Level. Rosa spent most of her childhood there. Her mother was a teacher‚ and her family adored education Rosa moves to Montgomery‚ Alabama when she was around 11years old and eventually attended High School there. She left school at 16 early in 11th grade to care for her sickly grandmother and soon after that her severely sick mom. In 1932 when she was 19 she married

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