The reason why I was inspired to write about Rosa Parks was because I found the way she fought against racism and discrimination very helpful. This also made a big impact towards the abolition of apartheid. Seeing how black people were treated differently to white people made me realise that she had a very important role in society at the time. Rosa Parks lived in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. People were rushing home after a hard day‚ and‚ at 42 years old‚ Rosa was one of them. She had a busy day at her
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Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery‚ Alabama bus spurred a city-wide boycott. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses. Rosa Parks received many accolades during her lifetime‚ including the NAACP’s highest award. Civil Rights Pioneer Famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4‚ 1913
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Nowhere does it say that Rosa Parks can not sit on that bus. The Montgomery Code required all public transportation was segregated (Kishel‚ 2006). The city claimed that the bus drivers had the "powers of a police officer of the city while in actual charge of any bus for the purposes of carrying out the provisions" of the code (Kishel‚ 2006). While driving the bus‚ drivers were required to provide separate but equal accommodations for white and black passengers by assigning seats. This was completed
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A Positive Deviant When I think of the term positive deviant and who one is‚ I think of many people. There is one woman in particular who stands out in my mind‚ Rosa Parks. Some people may think of her negatively because of her refusal to obey the law‚ but to me‚ it was for a good cause. Rosa Parks is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights” and the “Mother of the Freedom Movement”. Before she became so well known‚ she was labeled as an unknown seamstress in Montgomery‚ Alabama. The reason she
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Rosa Parks the importance of them becoming invoved in the movement Hypothesis: * was an African-American civil rights activist‚ whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights"‚ and "the mother of the freedom movement" * Parks’ act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation * On December 1‚ 1955‚ forty-three year old Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery‚ Alabama city
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Rosa Parks was one of significant people who fought for the African American Civil Rights. Throughout her whole life‚ she had lived in segregation between the white and the black people in Alabama‚ USA. She was a determined woman to stop racism and it was more difficult for her at that time because she was an African American female. Through her life she went through different challenges and the experiences which one of them is the Montgomery Bus Boycott event where she refused to give up her seat
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Rosa Parks Outline Rosa Parks affected history by contributing to the NAACP‚ by helping begin the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ and by helping during the Civil Rights movements and fighting for equality for African Americans. I. Introduction A. “The only tired I was‚ was tired of giving in.” 1. Rosa was the youth adviser in the NAACP group‚ and taught her students to resist segregation whenever they could. 2. She was admired in the black community as a dedicated volunteer who served as secretary
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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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the case. Many people’s kindness makes them a great leader. For instance Rosa Parks showed bravery and courage when she refused to leave her seat even though she knew she would be arrested and kicked off the bus. This shows that she was a great leader because she did what she thought was right. So many people believed the same as Rosa Parks‚ and this small act led to something greater called the bus boycott. Rosa Parks wasn’t the only exceptional leader of the civil rights act. We have all learned
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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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