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To Kill A Mockingbird: The Story Of Rosa Parks

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Who in america has not heard about the story of Rosa Parks? Well, the story of Rosa Parks all started when she stepped on the bus and sat down in one of the ten seats. Rosa was not aware that the bus is allowed to have the black and whites separated. You would have thought she would have been aware of not being allowed to sit there. Rosa Parks did not know that she would get arrested and go to jail and have to face court punishments, not only did she have to go to court but she was being sent to prison for not getting up for the white man. Rosa Parks was also a member of the (NAACP), which stands for National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. If no one has heard the story of Rosa Parks, maybe people can read the story on what some people know and be able to share it with people around the world. Rosa Parks joined the …show more content…

Well, one way they are connected is because Rosa Parks wouldn’t give her seat up to a white man, in To Kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson was accused of rapping a white woman which he really didn’t do. Back then everyone was treated differently all the white and black people were separated. When you go one a school bus first 10 rows were saved for the white kids or adults and all the black people had to sit in the back or on the other side of the bus. No matter what the situation was between Rosa Parks and the white man, Rosa Parks was taken to court over her not giving her seat up to a white man. Tom Robinson was taken to court over a white woman accusing him of rapping her, she thought it would be nice to have Tom come over when he would walk by and have him fix something in her house. She then said at court that Tom Robinson has tried to kiss her and rapped her, but he really didnt do any of that to her. Rosa Parks and Tom Robinson both got jail and prison time for her not giving her seat up and for Tom for getting ‘accused’ of rapping a white

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For starters, Rosa seated herself in the front of the public bus where only white people were allowed to sit. This caused an uproar on the bus, which ultimately sent Rosa to jail. “By not giving up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks's quiet defiance triggered the escalation of a major social movement by black Americans seeking equality under the law” (Gale). She was an inspiration to other African American citizens to not be silenced by whites. Parks defied the law and helped strengthen equality.

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She had no instructions when she was being forced to give up her seat on the bus for a white person. Rosa Parks and Jackie Robinson were similar in how they rejected and ignored racism. In “Rosa Parks, My Story” Rosa says “He asked if I was going to move. I said no.” Rosa rejected and ignored the racism of the bus driver, even though it had consequences, because she was fed up with racism.

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Rosa lived in a time when segregation, and racism were common in America, and she was constantly beset with issues concerning her race. Concerning her response to conflict, Tavaana states, “It was there that Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to vacate her seat in the middle of the bus so that a white man could sit in her place. She was arrested for her civil disobedience. Parks' arrest, a coordinated tactic meant to spark a grassroots movement, succeeded in catalyzing the Montgomery bus boycott”. Risking punishment, Rosa Parks chose to be brave, and in doing this, she gained control over an important aspect in her life: her freedom to choose what she needs and wants.

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Rosa Parks (1913-2005) who didn’t give up her seat for a white man on the bus because she did not think it was right for black people to sit at the

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“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” -Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights movement was a time period of struggle in the United States that lasted over 100 years. During the civil rights movement, there was segregation in everywhere for instance restaurants,bathrooms, schools, water fountains, and public places. The peak of this movement was in the 1950s and 1960s where many important leaders emerged and events occurred.

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One hundred years later people were still struggling with unity among the races. Whites only signs were plastered all over towns. People were segregated due skin color, but there were people like Rosa Parks who stood for what they believed in. After a long day Rosa was tired, her feet hurt and she was fed up with sitting in the back, so she did what no one had done, she sat in the whites only section. Because it was the 1960’s this caused an outrage, Rosa was arrested.

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Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed, or rather, sat down for what she believed. On the evening of December 1, 1955, Parks, an African American, chose to take a seat on the bus on her ride home from work. Because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, she was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. (Blacks also had to sit at the back of the bus.) Her arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system.

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(Source A). This shows that Rosa Parks was arrested because she was standing up against segregation. This also shows that because of segregation she was forced to sit in the back of the bus to give white people the front seats. In addition in the reading its states that all black people had to sit away from white people and even had to take different routes than white people (Source A). This shows that Segregation was common in everyday life and they were treated unfairly.

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A fearless woman of courage, hope, and determination, and one with an everlasting impact and story. The story of Rosa Parks' courageous act of standing up for the rights of colored to be treated fairly, by a simple gesture, sparked a movement across the nation, that still influences all until this day. A movement that changed the structure of equality in the nation, an effect we still see to this day. In a time of racial segregation, the colored were treated poorly with strict limitations, such as separation from the white in public (schools, churches, bathrooms, etc.), and the social aspect of life, as it was rare for a white to give hostility to a person of color. Civil rights were also not given equally to the colored, lacking rights such

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Rosa Parks is almost as well known today as Martin Luther king Jr. She was a black seamstress who lived in Montgomery, Alabama. When she was 42 years old, she sat on the Montgomery bus in the front of said bus which was, at the time, the whites-only section. The bus driver by the name of James Blake ordered her to get up and go to the back of the bus to the blacks-only section so a white man could sit.

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When Rosa Parks got an arrest, it had started a resolution. When Rosa didn't get up from her seat for a white man, the driver called the police and arrested her. So at her court date, the African Americans had started a boycott. The Africans have to seat in the back of the bus in the colored section. Because Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man; she started a revolution and the fight for equal rights for black people.

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I am going to tell you about an enchanting story about a woman named Rosa Parks and her mongomery, bus boycott. Rosa Parks was born on February 4,1913 in Tuskegee Alabama U.S.A she died on October 24,2005 [age 92] in Detroit, Michigan U.S. before she got arrested for boycotting a montgomery bus Rosa Parks went to school like a normal child. She was raised up on her daddy's farm and raised as a normal girl but she did have to go to a different school then the white people in 1929 when she was in 11th grade she had to go out of school because her grandmother got sick and she had to help her. So most people think that she was the first African American to refusing to yield her seat on a montgomery bus but she was not the first there were actually

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Because of the color of her skin, people treated Rosa Parks like she was nothing. She and thousands of other people had been treated terrible just because of the color of their skin. But giving up was no longer an option. Rosa parks stood up for herself and every black person who was being mistreated. In any event, heroes persevere through

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