Martin Luther King Vs Rosa Parks

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They’re a bountiful people in the nation who rather be original, while there are some people in teh universe who want to be an imitation. Additionally, from my perspective, it is better to be original than to be an imitation due to Rosa Parks standing up for her rights, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. views on segregation, and my own personal experience dealing with peer pressure.

First of all, Rosa Parks was a female activist who fought during the Civil Rights Movement. In Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement, African- Americans had to sit on the back of the bus while the whites can sit on the front of the bus. However, on her own, Rosa Parks despised the fact that she had to sit in the back of the bus. From her perspective,

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