NAME (primary client): Rosa Lee Cunningham DATE OF BIRTH: October 7‚ 1936 CHRONOLOGICAL AGE: 52 SEX: Female ADDRESS: FUNDING SOURCE: DATE OF REPORT: 3/14/2012 Identifying Information: Rosa Lee is a feisty African American female who grew up poor on the fringes of a Capitol Hill neighborhood. Her parents were sharecroppers who had migrated to the city. Rosa Lee had eight children‚ six boys and two girls‚ over an 11 year stretch; she was 14 years old when she
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always tainted as an unintentional coincidence. Rosa Parks’ incident on the bus‚ where she was asked to give up her seat to a white man‚ made her known as the face of the civil rights movement. Even though she took bold and clear actions‚ she was labeled as a quiet‚ old woman who happened to be in an unfortunate incident accidentally. In the article‚ “ How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong”‚ Theoharis uses documentary evidence to show how Rosa Parks was a lifelong activist‚ a rebel and an outspoken
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through their actions. Having distinct qualities that makes one self-reliant and possesses unique characteristics to stand firmly alone for one’s beliefs can be defined as individualism. Some of the greatest luminaries of our time are Aristotle‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Sir Isaac Newton‚ who impacted the world through their revolutionary beliefs. As an individual in this vast world‚ I can still make contributions and stand out as an individualist. Aristotle made significantly valiant contributions to
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement‚whom the United States Congress called the “first lady of the civil rights and the mother of freedom Movement. Rosa Parks was born February 4‚1913 and died October 24‚2005. On December 1 1995 after a long day of work at a Montgomery department store where she had worked at as a seamstress Rosa Parks board the Cleveland Avenue bus for home She took a seat in the first several rows that were only for “colored passengers”
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Civil rights activists Rosa Parks was born‚ Rosa McCauley on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her maternal grandparents‚ Rose and Sylvester Edwards‚ were former slaves. Her mother‚ Leona Edwards‚ was a teacher‚ and her father‚ James McCauley‚ was a carpenter‚ bricklayer‚ and stone man. Rosa was the first of two children. Rosa’s parents had different reasons for wanting to live in Tuskegee. Rosa’s mother knew Tuskegee was the best place in Alabama for African Americans to get an education
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opinion‚ peaceful resistance to laws is a positive impact to society in some ways‚ while being negative in others. It is okay to use your freedom of speech to talk about issues important to you. For example racism and discrimination. For example‚ when America was still in its prime of being racist and discriminatory to people of color‚ Rosa Parks decided to peacefully resist standing up so a white person could take her seat. She knew her action would most likely result in being arrested‚ but she continued
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Rosa Parks A very inspirational civil rights activist once said‚ “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free ... so other people would be also free.” This civil rights activist is sometimes recognized as the "Mother of the U.S. civil rights movement" (Encyclopædia Britannica) . Her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is the most influential women in the last century. Parks was a seamstress‚ secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored
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Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. She was born February 4‚ 1913. She was raised in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Rosa Parks moved in 1957 to Detroit‚ Michigan. Rosa refused to give up her seat on a greyhound bus. Rosa’s action lead to the bus boycott. Rosa Parks died on October 24‚ 2005. Rosa actions led to the bus boycott. Rosa was symbol of the power of nonviolent protests. Rosa Parks is called the mother of
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Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist known as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks had ancestors that were slaves and was very aware of segregation. She earned the name of the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in December of 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white man as she was told to do by the bus driver. She did this with the intention of a new movement with better rights for all colored
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Rosa Parks said‚ “Memories of our lives‚ of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” In December of 1955 Rosa Parks decided that she had had it with the way that herself and other African Americans were being treated so she took a stand. She wouldn’t give up her seat on the bus to a white man. These actions later got her arrested but they also helped her make a huge change. Her life‚ works and deeds played a big role in changing society’s perspective of African American culture then‚ and
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