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Rosa Luise Parks

by Alexandra from Prescott, Canada

Rosa Parks is my hero because she did something to change the world. She stood up to a white man in the times when black people meant nothing to almost all white people. Rosa Parks has courage and Bravery. She thought that black people should be equal to the white people. This is why Rosa is my hero….

Rosa Parks was a black woman who had got arrested because she did not give up her seat to a white man. Back then if you were a black person you could not go in some restaurants. Or you would have to sit in an other part in the restaurants. You also were not allowed to sit on some buses. You were not liked by many white people either.

Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama. Her Parents were Leona McCauley and James McCauley. Rosa's maiden name was Rosa Louise McCauley. At the age of 11, Rosa was enrolled in to the Montgomery Industrial school for girls. In 1932 Rosa had married Raymond Parks. After the tragedy of Raymond Parks' death Rosa founded the Rosa and Raymond Institute of Self-development.

In 1943 Rosa Parks joined the NAACP. Rosa Parks had met a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a couple times. Rosa and Martin Luther King Jr were both standing for the same thing. They both wanted freedom for the black man and woman. Rosa Parks wanted black people to have equal rights to the white people in the world. Rosa Parks is a hero to many people, not only to me but to the black people. She’s a hero to them because if she had not done what she did, black men and women might still be unequal to the white people. Some white people were cruel and thought that black people should not have the same privileges as they did.

Those white people were very rude to the black people. If they were with black people in the restaurant the white people would not sit anywhere near the blacks. After a while black people were also not allowed to sit on the city buses or would have to give it up to any white man or woman that wanted the seat.

Rosa Parks is my inspiration and my hero. She is not my hero because she is a family member, or a person I like. Rosa Parks is my hero because she is brave and has courage. Rosa is not any normal person, she is an amazing person.

Page created on 4/28/2009 8:00:40 PM

Last edited 4/28/2009 8:00:40 PM

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