“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts‚” written by Bruce Catton compares and contrasts the characteristics and lives of two leaders of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee‚ two very strong and very different generals‚ met on April 9‚ 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to bring to a close the Civil War. By this time‚ America had become a country that was starting over with the simple core belief in equal rights for everyone. Lee‚ who is from Virginia‚ had very traditional and
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certain restaurant‚ or sitting in certain seats of public buses. However‚ in 1955 a woman named Rosa Parks took a stand‚ or more correctly took a seat‚ on a public bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She refused to give her seat to a white man and was arrested for not doing so. The reasons and consequences and the significance of her stand are comparable in many ways to Atticus Finch’s stand in To Kill A Mockingbird. Rosa Parks worked for the equality of all people. She was elected secretary of the Montgomery branch
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By: Brooke McClain Mcclain 1 The Summary Rosa Parks‚ born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama on February 4‚ 1913 in was raised in an era during which segregation was normal and black suppression was a way of life. She lived with relatives in Montgomery‚ where she finished high school in 1933 and continued her education at Alabama State College. She married her husband‚ Raymond Parks‚ a barber‚ in 1932. She worked as a clerk‚ an insurance salesperson‚ and a tailor ’s assistant at a department store. She was
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Rosa Parks Date: February 4‚ 1913-Otober 24‚ 2005 On February 4‚ 1913‚ Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama to parents James McCauley and Leona Edwards. Her father was employed as a carpenter and her mother as a teacher. In her younger years she was sick much of the time‚ and as a result‚ was a small child. Her parents eventually separated and her mother took her and her brother and moved to Pine Level‚ a town adjacent to Montgomery‚ Alabama
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Rosa Parks Assignment-Due at the end of Class Choose one of the following Activities: Choice A: Individual Write 3 diary entries from Rosa Park’s point of view about three incidents in the story. How do you imagine she felt? What did she hope for? What did she fear? The entries MUST be 1 page in length. Choice B: Individual Imagine you are Rosa’s mother‚ Leona. Write a letter to a relative in the North describing what happened to your daughter (Rosa). Be sure to explain the events
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I’m doing my report on Rosa Parks. What Rosa Parks did changed people from the very moment she did it. It sent a powerful message to people that she was tired of being second-guessed by people. When the white man told Rosa Parks to get to the back; when she didn’t. She basically changed history after that moment. Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in and nothing more. Mrs. Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley Parks‚ Febuary 13 ‚2012 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama.Parks‚ Rosa and Steele Elaine) She
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you might not think Rosa Parks was a significant black women and that she was just another black lady‚ she did a lot for African Americans‚ by helping blacks and whites unite. Through her courage of staying on that bus‚ she had proven a lot to the whites about blacks and what they are capable of doing. She not only changed history‚ but she also made a name for herself‚ because she stood up for herself and showed the whites we are all equal and should be treated and one kind. Rosa Parks had a humongous
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Claudette Colvin (b‚ September 5‚ 1939) is an African American woman from Alabama. In 1955‚ at the age of 15‚ she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white person‚ in violation of local law. Her arrest preceded civil rights activist Rosa Parks’ (on December 1‚ 1955) by nine months. Ms. Colvin was a student at Booker T. Washington High School. Colvin’s family didn’t own a car‚ so she relied on the city’s gold-and-green buses to get to school. On March 2‚ 1955‚ she boarded a public bus
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corporate strategy? How has its retrenchment strategy changed the nature of its business lineup? 2. What is your assessment of the long-term attractiveness of the industries represented in Sara Lee Corp.’s business portfolio? 3. What is your assessment of the competitive strength of Sara Lee Corp.’s different business units? 4. What does a 9-cell industry attractiveness/business strength matrix displaying Sara Lee’s business units look like? 5. Does Sara Lee’s portfolio exhibit good
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Rosa Parks Born: February 4‚ 1913 Died: October 24‚ 2005 Hometown: Tuskegee‚ Alabama A NOBLE‚ HEROIC‚ BRAVE WOMAN “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired‚ but that isn’t true. No‚ the only tired I was‚ was tired of giving in.” “Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit‚ and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.” Accomplishments & Major Events 1943-Rosa joins NAACP 1943-Forced off of segregated bus for accidentally
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