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    Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, a citizen in Alabama, and one of many of the bravest ladies in Today’s Black History. Rosa Parks was born as Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her defiance of giving up her seat on a bus for a white passenger got her arrested and she had to pay a $10 court fee but that paid off because it lead to many boycotts and riots that finally Montgomery, Alabama withdrew the law of segregation on public buses. During her early childhood she…

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    less familiar familial background of Rosa Parks. At a young age Park’s parents decided to go their separate ways, this lead Parks and her mom to move from Abbeville back to Alabama to live with her grandparents. Rosa Park’s grandfather, Sylvester Edwards had a positive, influential impact in her life and who she would later become. He taught her to defend herself, her family, and others, and to never put up with discriminatory treatment. For example, a young Parks often assisted her grandfather…

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    others is something that few people have the courage to do. One significant figure stands out above the rest due to her courageousness while fighting for her rights. Civil Rights activist Rosa McCauley Parks is a remarkable woman because she stood up against racism, and was an avid advocate for equality. Parks was born February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was a long-time member of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). While she…

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    How Did Rosa Parks Change

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    The Bus Ride That Changed It All When Rosa Parks set foot in that Montgomery city bus after a long day of working as a seamstress on December 1 of 1996, she didn’t expect her life, and others, to change forever. Back in the early to mid 1900’s, segregation played a big role in some people’s everyday lives. Rosa Parks’s family was partially the reason that she refused to give up her seat that day. Rosa Parks has earned many awards for her act of heroism. Rosa Parks’s refusal to give up her seat…

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    Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was tired and extremely exhausted. Rosa got on the Montgomery Bus to get home. The bus was for white and black people every time a white person got on and there wasn’t enough room, they would move the black sign back. As the buss started to move the driver noticed a white man standing, the bus driver stopped the bus got out and moved the black sign back. When the driver moved the sign back, Rosa was in a seat in front of the sign.…

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    Rosa Parks is known today as the’ mother of the civil rights movement” for her arrest for refusing to give up a seat on the bus. No blacks were allowed to sit in the front of the bus back then, blacks had to stand up for a white person if there were no more empty seats on the bus, or give up their seat for a white person. Because supposedly white people were better than them and they didn't matter, they were too different. But Rosa changed everything by not getting up and refusing to give up…

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    Rosa Parks Vs. Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks have many things that are alike yet a lot of things that are different. In this essay i’m going to tell you about the alikes and differences between them both of these women, are a big part of history that changed life. Ruby Bridges was a six year old girl that was chosen to go to the all white school called Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana . She was always surrounded by mobs of white men, women, and even children. They surrounded…

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    to write about Rosa Parks. She is a great historical figure who will never be forgotten for her large contribution to the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913. She had grown up in a house of civil rights activism and attended a segregated school, and saw discrimination with her own eyes as the only thing she ever saw. So when she ordered to the back of the bus, so a white man could sit, it wasn't all that hard to say No. On December 5th, 1955 Rosa Parks payed her…

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    must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right,” Rosa Parks had once stated. For those of colored skin. Parks was an important role model. Rosa Parks had not given up her bus seat even though she was supposed to, because of her skin color so she used taking responsible risks to help lead an act for better lives of people that had the same challenges. This role model stood up for what she thought was right. Mrs. Parks had not given up her seat in a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She…

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    way,” Rosa Parks once stated. She continued to fight for her rights even though that resulted in her being placed in jail. She managed to influence a lot of people because of her neverending desire to be free. She was part of a group named National Association for the Advancement of Colored People[NAACP] that group helped tie people together. Because she stood up for herself, influenced a lot of people, and participated in the NAACP.Rosa Parks was an important part to ending segregation. Rosa…

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