ROSA PARKS

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  • who is rosa parks

    Rosa Parks is best known as the woman who helped ignite the civil rights movement. She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, and grew up in Tuskegee Ala. Rosa Park was of African-American, Cherokee-Creek and Scots-Irish ancestry. In the late 1940s the Alabama State Conference of NAACP branches started and Rose became its first secretary.

  • where rosa parks grew up

    Rosa Parks is best known as the woman who helped ignite the civil rights movement. She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, and grew up in Tuskegee Ala. Rosa Park was of African-American, Cherokee-Creek and Scots-Irish ancestry. In the late 1940s the Alabama State Conference of NAACP branches started and Rose became its first secretary..

  • Death/LegacyPlease identify time, place and cause of death. Also, what is this person’s lasting influence? What will they be most remembered for?

    I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.“

  • ROSA PARKS

    Rosa Forward Rosa Parks’ courage to stand up for rights as a citizen of the USA inspires me to this day to stand up for the ideals of freedom & justice for all. Rosa Parks influenced many northerners & lawmakers to look squarely at the discrimination victimizing Alabama’s black people, and work to correct injustice. A vital democracy requires citizen participation. The civil rights movement must continue today as immigrants, especially Arabs and Arab look-alikes are victims of prejudice

  • what rosa is famous for

    In 1943 she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man in the south. Rosa started the United States civil rights movement. This event not only changed her life but would fuel the beginning of the civil rights movement and changed they way we live today

  • rosa parks influence

    Comments: Rosa Parks had an influence in the fight to abolish racism. She was known after her refusal to sit in the back of a segregated Montgomery bus in 1965. Rosa Parks helped promote both African American rights and female rights. she is respected worldwide today, and was back then.

  • AchievementsWhat has this person done that has influenced the world in a positive way?

    At the age of 19 Rosa married a man named Raymond Parks who at that time was a barber. Rosa and her husband were both involved in various civil rights causes, such as getting voting rights for blacks. Park’s husband died in 1977. Rosa had heart problems, but continues to be active, working with NAACP . Rosa Parks has been given many awards and honors in recognition of work ( Black Americans).

  • awards to rosa parks

    Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks, the “Presidential Medal of Freedom” in 1996, the highest honors a citizen can receive from the government. Three years later, in 1999 Time Magazine named Rosa parks as one of the 20 most powerful and influential figures of the century.

  • Legacy (if they’re still alive)What is this person’s biggest success/lasting influence? What will they be most remembered for?

    Parks remembered for her courage, humility. Rosa Parks should be remembered because she took a stand against segregation.