Hailey Bila 4 November 15 Second Hour ELA Mr. Parks Fun in the Upper Peninsula It was in the middle of the summer when my mom started planning a trip to Pictured Rocks in the Upper Peninsula. When it had finally came to the day before we left‚ I was very excited to start packing so we could leave the next day. My mom and dad told me and my sister‚ “Don’t pack too much.” I said‚ “That might not happen‚ but we will try.” We still went a little overboard. The next day we put all of our things
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My full name is Rosa Elia Soto Silva. I was born in the settlement of Coalcoman‚ Michoacan‚ in the country of Mexico‚ on the day 05 of January 1975. On October 25 of 1999‚ I contracted matrimony with the young man Carlos Alvarado Alvarez and on the month of August of 2002 we decided to enter the United States of North America looking for a better level of life. I met him in Coalcoman‚ on the year 1998. After getting to know each other we started dating for about 1 year‚ we were in love and decided
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Born in 1939‚ Claudette Colvin is a person who is not recognized for what she did as much as Rosa Parks is. Claudette Colvin wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man‚ the same thing Rosa Parks did‚ only 9 months before Parks did it. I don’t really know why Parks is more known for doing it‚ but Colvin should be known for it too. When she was only 15‚ she was on a bus to go home. A white man boarded and had no place to sit. The bus driver told Claudette‚ “Get up‚ this man needs a place to sit.” Claudette
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We’ve all heard the same stories about Rosa Parks. The well-known heroine who stood up against white supremacy by refusing to take a seat‚ she was arrested‚ and then fined for her alleged crimes. However‚ not many are familiar with Claudette Colvin who had done the same thing 9 months prior. Born and raised in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ Claudette Colvin was only 15 years old at the time when she made her stand. Before this‚ Colvin was considered a good student‚ receiving straight A’s and nursing an aspiration
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Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Parks was first of two children‚ James and Leona (Edwards) McCauley. Parks was a Civil Rights activist‚ and most known for being arrested in Montgomery‚ Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)‚ and served as secretary by 1943. In the year of 1932 Parks married Raymond Parks. Mr. Parks was a Barber and
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people listen to us. I mean how could you ignore thousands of people rioting and protesting in the streets? But do these people really acknowledge what we have to say‚ or do they just do what they feel is best for not the people‚ but themselves. Rosa Parks and her story is a famous example of what happens when you disagree with society and what is considered "Normal" She was punished thrown off that bus‚ and she acted alone. This inspired so many people to join her cause that if she did it that
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On 1955‚ Dec 1st‚ Rosa Parks‚ a garment maker‚ aged 42 and born on Feb 4th‚ 1913‚ boarded a bus in Alabama behind the last row of the “white” section. Three stops later‚ the “white” section became full and therefore the driver ordered Rosa Parks and three other black passengers to move back. All the black passengers aside from Rosa Parks moved. Rosa Parks moved over to the window seat. The driver threatened Rosa Parks that he would bring in the police. The law had aforementioned that any black person
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can also be regular people that we see and talk to everyday. People like Rosa Parks can be heroes too. Rosa Parks would be a hero because she was able to stand up for herself‚ she was able to stand up for others‚ and was able to stop segregation. Rosa Parks is a hero because she was able to stand up for herself on the bus. This was when the driver asked her to give her seat to a white person and she refused to do it (Rosa Parks My Story). The primary reason she had refused was because she knew
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world. Rosa Parks is a hero because she took a stand and help African-Americans everywhere around the world. She stood up for people around the world‚ She refused to give up her seat‚ and in all of this she did not use violence as a answer and had a peaceful protest. Rosa parks is a hero because she took a stand. When the white bus driver told her to give up her seat she decided not to (“Rosa Parks: My Story”). Rosa also did all this with the knowledge that Jim Crow Laws were wrong (Rosa). All
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Rosa parks was a brave woman who struggled for change by wanting equality for not only herself‚ but for other colored people too. Parks struggled for change in the 1950’s. This was a time when colored people and white people were still segregated. What motivated Parks and most other colored people was that they wanted to change how the world viewed them. At the time‚ colored people were viewed unequally. They didn’t have the same rights that white people did‚ and they also had to have everything
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