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Rosa Parks

by Maja from Minnesota

What qualities or characteristics make a hero? To me, a hero is somebody who has changed something in life and made the world a better community for everyone. Rosa Parks is a hero to me because she was a black/African American who would not move for a white person on a crowded bus. So for her not moving for the white person, she was sent to jail.

Rosa Parks took a stand in 1955. She was in Montgomery, Alabama, at the time. She was getting sick and tired of not being treated fairly.

What can others learn from Rosa Parks? That she wasn’t afraid to not give up her seat on the bus, and so then she took the chance to go to jail. What others learn from my hero is that my hero wasn’t afraid to take the chance and stand up for what she believed in.

Page created on 7/5/2006 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 7/5/2006 12:00:00 AM

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