Speech On Mrs. Rosa Parks

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Introductory slide: ( Mrs. Rosa Parks was a an African American woman who’s bravery was unknown at moment, and was a foundation for the society we know now, as her name is to me being as great as the monument that stands for liberty and justice for all…the Statue Of Liberty)

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In Montgomery Alabama 1955, the segregation laws required blacks to pay at the front of the bus and re-board at the back of the bus. These laws also included that the blacks were required to relinquish their seats to any white person who so demanded. Furthermore a black person was not allowed to even sit in the aisle across from a white person. The following events of the Montgomery boycott that Mrs. Rosa Parks initiated unknowingly lead to freedom and equality …show more content…

4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher. At 11 Rosa entered a store with her cousin and experienced first hand the hatred and ignorance of the South when the proprietor told her they didn't serve sodas to "colored people". Even though this was legal at the time Rosa knew that it was wrong. This incident stayed with her all of her life. Mrs. Rosa Parks at the momentary time did not intend on impacting the world, she simply was tired, though no more than normal from her job as a seamstress. She had stated in a 1997 interview “ that she just felt that she had the right to be treated as any other passenger; and she had endured that type of treatment for too long.” …show more content…

Duncan - Rosa Parks Tribute “ Montgomery County MD Government” 10/22/08 http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/News/speeches/SP_details.asp?SpID=18 2002-2008
The Rosa Parks Library and Museum “The Troy Montgomery Campus” 10/20/08 http://montgomery.troy.edu/rosaparks/museum/ 2008
King Encyclopedia “The King Center” 10/23/08 http://www.thekingcenter.org/ 2004
Grand Times “Rosa Parks-A Woman Who Changed A Nation” 10/21/08 http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html 1995-2008
Rosa (Lee McCauley) Parks Biography (1913-2005) “Bio True Stories” 10/23/08 http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9433715 1996-2008
Rosa Louise Parks Biography “Rosa and Raymond Parks Institution for self development” 10/23/08 http://www.rosaparks.org/bio.html 2005
Gianna E. Israel Gender Library “Riding the Bus” 10/19/2008 http://www.firelily.com/gender/gianna/bus.html 1999
The Time 100 “ Hero’s and Icons” 10/19/2008 http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks03.html

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