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    Rosa Parks was an African-American civil known as the “mother of the civil right movements”. In the 20th century, she subdued an act of brave transformed American thinking of the black community. Born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa finished elementary school, in the 1920s, she went to the industrial school and Alabama State Teacher’s College. She has to cut short in her high school diploma because her mother became very ill. In 1932, she married with Raymond Parks who supported…

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    Rosa Parks is a civil rights activist (1913-2005) who was born Rosa Louis McCauley on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa’s fame came from her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a public bus. Her action caused a public outcry and a city wide boycott which ultimately launched efforts to end segregation between races in public areas. Rosa Parks’ childhood is credited to her being able to refuse the white person the seat on the bus because while she was young her…

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    Rosa Parks once said, “ The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” She was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Parks died when she was 92 on October 24 of 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.(1) Her parents were farmers with multiple other jobs on the side. Parks parents got divorced when she was just young and her mother had to raise both Rosa and her brother on her own with the help of Park's great-grandparents, where they lived on their farm in Pine Level, Alabama.(5) Parks married…

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    “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right” (Rosa Parks). To me this quote means that if you know you are doing something that is for a good cause or something that will help people find their voice, then don't be scared to do it or don’t be scared if there are consequences because it would turn into a good outcome. But before we start talking about Parks I would like to give some background. Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her…

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    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa had one other siblings, a younger brother named Sylvester. Rosa's mother's name is Leona and her father's name is James McCauley. Both Leona and James used to and were born slaves but when Rosa was born her mother was working at a school as a teacher and the father working as a carpenter. Rosa's parents divorced at when rosa was very young, Rosa along with her brother Sylvester and her mother Leona went to live…

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    observation at Lake Eola Park which is located in the heart of Downtown Orlando FL. The sidewalk that circles the lake makes it easy for people who visit the park to run, walk, relax or picnic. Lake Eola park offers many activities to park visitors and local residents which include: renting swan-shaped paddle boats and duck feeding just to name a few. Swan watching is always a big hit as well as viewing other types of wildlife inhabiting Lake Eola Park. Additionally, the park comes fully…

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    respect, the daily degrading and demeanor of Blacks in the South was a challenge that gave her strength and power to change a nation. Finally, being a laborer working under constant pressures from White bosses was also taxing. Notwithstanding, Rosa Parks did not allow any of these challenges to deter her purpose. She was inspired by the many teachings of nonviolent protests she had read and heard about. Her focus was to change the inequality system going on in the Country and eventually leave…

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    to ‘Rosa Parks Biography’, “Rosa went on to attend a segregated, one-room school in Pine Level, Alabama, that often lacked many school supplies such as desks. African American students were forced to walk from home to school starting from the 1st grade through the 6th grade, while the city of Pine Level provided a bus transportation as well as a new school building for white students”.2 Since Rosa Parks could not do anything about it at such a young age and had get over it. ‘Rosa Parks…

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    major reports that the media covered during the civil right movement. The first major report that media cover was in december 1, 1955, it was on the mass boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. This happened when James F. Blake, the bus driver order Rosa Park to moved out her seat, but she refused and because of that event for a year and one month, black refused to ride the bus, and because of that actions, it incite violent in their church and community. In November 1956,…

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    are no exception to this. Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation are the product of showrunner and co-creator Mike Schur (Evans). These two shows do exceptionally well with the inclusion of diverse cast members and main characters, they reflect how diversity can be celebrated on TV without being exploited. However, the quality of Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s inclusion of non-dominant identities surpass those of it’s sister show Parks and Rec. Parks and Rec aired on NBC from 2009-2015 and was a…

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