Birth place & date:
Tuskegee, Alabama
February 4, 1913
Death place & date:
Detroit, Michigan
October 24, 2005
2 'Did you know' facts
1. Did you know that . . . After her famous act, Parks lost her job and endured death threats for years to come.
2. Did you know that . . . Upon Parks' death in 2005, she became the first woman to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.
Rosa Parks stood up for equal rights in the 1960's in America by not giving up her bus seat for a white person, which in her day was a big no, no because she would be arrested and beaten by the police.
Our school takes part in a speech competition and for the 2019 speech we had a theme of making it about 'Courage and Bravery'. After we write our speeches we choose if we would like to go a step further and present our speech to teachers at our school then if we are chosen from our age group we go to town and present our speech again to 'real' judges and get prises. Last year I choose to go that step further and present my speech to judges. Have you ever written a speech and what was the topic about???
Do you know of any friends, family or people that have been like Rosa??? 
image attribution - https://www.biography.com/activist/rosa-parks
Kia Ora Hayley,
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that Rosa Parks was a very brave and courageous woman! She was, and still is someone people look up to as a role model.
I did not know that Rosa Parks lost her job after performing her famous act, but it makes sense because - like you said - what she did was a big no,no back in her day.
I like how you included a story about a time when you were brave, what was your speech about Courage and Bravery about? In answer to your question - I have written a couple speeches before. One of them was actually on Rosa Parks and her bravery!
Ka mau te wehi!
Charlotte
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