Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks

• By Samantha Estrada
• Tanya Hinkley

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What She Did

• Rosa was a black female on the verge of fame.
  On the date of December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks
  refused to give up her front seat to a white
  male. Because of her choice a civil rights
  movement (boycott) had began. She was frustrated
  of the racism and the segregation from the color
  of an African American. Also the laws passed by
  Jim Crow played no good roll in helping the bad
  treatment. A quote from Rosa was, Our
  mistreatment is just not right, and I was tired
  of it," this shows what mistreatment can lead to.
  

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About Rosa

• Most people appreciated Rosa Parks.
• She was born on February 4, 1913 in Detroit,
  Michigan.
• Her grandparents were her only role models.
• Many times she tried to put in her votes, but
  never achieved.
• She was an advisor to a program called the NAACP
  Youth Council.
• Her and her husband founded an institute for the
  self-development, this program was called
  Pathways To Freedom, for the young.
• For Pathways To Freedom program they could not
  find enough young people to participate.
• After some time, Rosa was attacked in her own
  home by some young men for the reason of her
  money.
• Sadly Rosa died at the age of 92 on date of
  October 24, 2005.

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What Shes Said

• "I pray for this young man and the conditions
  in our country that have made him this way.
  Despite the violence and crime in our society, we
  should not let fear overwhelm us. We must remain
  strong."
• "I'd like for readers to know that I had a very
  spiritual background and that I believe in church
  and my faith and that has helped to give me the
  strength and courage to live as I did."
• "The cause lay deep in the record of similar
  injustices."

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Notes 1

• When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a
  white man forty years ago on December 1, 1955,
  she was tired and weary from a long day of work.

"Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was
tired of it," writes Parks in her recent book,
Quiet Strength, (ZondervanPublishingHouse, 1994).
"I kept thinking about my mother and my
grandparents, and how strong they were. I knew
there was a possibility of being mistreated, but
an opportunity was being given to me to do what I
had asked of others."
She served as secretary of the NAACP and later
Adviser to the NAACP Youth Council, and tried to
register to vote on several occasions when it was
still nearly impossible to do so.
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Notes 2

• 1.Courage led her to fallowing her belifes.
• 2.Her grandparents were her role models.
• 3.She was quiet about trying to change things
  around.
• 4. Many times she tried to put in votes but never
  acheived it.
• 5.After being bad she still tried toured her
  goal.
• 6. Her and her husband had an institue for the
  self development, a program in this was called
  Pathways To Freedom for Young People.

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Notes 3

• for this program they could not find enough
  young people for the program.
• Rosa was attacked in her own home for her money
  by a young man.

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Photos of Rosa/AltaVista. COM
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Thank You

• By Samantha Estrada And Tanya Hinkley