Rosa Parks - Time 100 Most Important People of the Century
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| Audience/Grade: | 6th Grade - Continuing Education |
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All Science and Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
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Rita Dove
Organization: Time Magazine Department: Time 100 of most influential people of the century |
| Description: | Time Magazine article as part of their 100 most important people of the century, June 14, 1999. "Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution. We know the story. One December evening, a woman left work and boarded a bus for home. She was tired; her feet ached. But this was Montgomery, Ala., in 1955, and as the bus became crowded, the woman, a black woman, was ordered to give up her seat to a white passenger. When she remained seated, that simple decision eventually led to the disintegration of institutionalized segregation in the South, ushering in a new era of the civil rights movement." The story unfolds to reveal a much more contextualized understanding of Rosa Parks and her impact. |
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| Keywords: | Rosa Parks, societal impact, community service, heroes, african american |
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Individuals can make a difference At the end of this millennium (and a particularly noisy century), it is the modesty of Rosa Parks' example that sustains us. It is no less than the belief in the power of the individual, that cornerstone of the American Dream, that she inspires, along with the hope that all of us - even the least of us - could be that brave, that serenely human, when crunch time comes. Rita Dove, the author of this article and former U.S. poet laureate, won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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