Black History Month
Rosa Parks
“My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made
up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does
away with fear. Racism is still with us. It is up to us to prepare
our children for what they have to meet, and hopefully, we
shall overcome.”
-Rosa Parks ( mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement
who refused to move to the back of the bus in 1955)
Do you enjoy your freedom? In order to
have the freedom with which we all live today
many people like Rosa Parks show us how to
fight against racial discrimination and for civil
rights.
Rosa Parks taught me to fight for what I
believe. For example her thought of equal rights
between black and white makes her brave and
one day she refused to give her seat to a white
man. Because of that many struggles ended
with equal civil rights. At my job the Latinos were
not allowed to work as a servers despite the
fact that we have the skills for it. One day we
decided to stop working. Because of this action
the owner of the restaurant accepted to talk
and listen to us and now we are white, black,
Latino and Asian servers.
Jose Chavez
Teacher: Brandy Norris, Level 8, AM
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