Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She was a civil-rights activist. She refused to give the seat to the white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus which led to the city-wide boycott and end the segregation of the public facilities with the nation-wide efforts. She became the symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, but she and her husband both lost their jobs and they and her mother had to move to Detroit, Michigan to begin their new life.Her achievements earned her the acclaim of the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP's highest award. Also she received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. On Sep.9, 1996 President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given by the U.S. executive branch. In 1997, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award given by the U.S. legislative branch. In 1999, Time magazine named Rosa Parks one of the 20 most influential people of the twentieth century.
From the Rosa Parks ' biography, i learn that others can look down upon you, but you must respect yourself and have your own dignity to protect your own rights. America is the country of freedom, but a long time ago they had the serious racial discrimination. Sometimes i respect the black people to use their own wills and determinations to strengthen their own faiths. I could clearly remember when i first listened Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., i was deeply touched by his indignant speeches and words and millions of people were excited about their freedom. "Free at last! Free at last!Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
We are all equal when we were born, so nobody shouldn't be the slaves of others or nobody shouldn't be segregated.We must be peaceable and live harmoniously together!!!Here is the website of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech video "I Have a Dream" If you like, then you can enjoy the speech.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
7 comments:
Nice article
I can understand it
She always try to help some people
Good job!!
ur summary is good and easy to understand.
I saw Rosa's name in my paper (Martin Luther) but I din't pay attention on her name. I just realized it's the same person.
Ho ...very good.. I forgot to put some details. Your briviation is cover all.
your writing is perfect and not so hard to understand. but i still donot know very much about Rosa(Lee McCauley) this great women in this world. from your writing, i can clear about only 50%. next time if you can writing more earsily words and then i think it will help me to realize more and more. about your oppinion, it is really touch my heart! i like it. i choose one sentence that from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speaking...."I have a dream that my four little 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." i know this is very hard to come true, but i believe one day it will happen.
Dear Ally **
I respect her Mrs.Rosa
One of the greatest person ever..
u have the same story as Chonan.. both of u guys summary very good i'm enjoy reading it ^_^
keep going Future Teacher =D
Hi, very good. I like it. U can read my paper about great general Tamerlan.
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