Active reading 1:Embarkation Parks'action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation.She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King,Jr.,helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement. 9a
Parks' action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement. Active reading 1: Embarkation
Active reading 1:Embarkation 1.What was Rosa Parks like in the mind of Oprah Winfrey when she was a child?Why did she think so? When Oprah was a child,she thought that Rosa Parks must be really big,at least a hundred feet tall.She imagined her being stalwart,strong and carrying shield to hold back the white folks.She thought so because Rosa Parks,a colored woman, dared to refuse to give up her seat to the white man,which was unimaginable to a little black woman suffering from racial discrimination. Therefore,the only explanation she could give was that Rosa Parks must be physically strong enough to fight against the white man
1. What was Rosa Parks like in the mind of Oprah Winfrey when she was a child? Why did she think so? When Oprah was a child, she thought that Rosa Parks must be really big, at least a hundred feet tall. She imagined her being stalwart, strong and carrying shield to hold back the white folks. She thought so because Rosa Parks, a colored woman, dared to refuse to give up her seat to the white man, which was unimaginable to a little black woman suffering from racial discrimination. Therefore, the only explanation she could give was that Rosa Parks must be physically strong enough to fight against the white man. Active reading 1: Embarkation
Active reading 1:Embarkation 2.What did Oprah Winfrey find about Rosa Parks after they really met?Did Rosa Parks look like what Oprah had imagined? She was surprised to find that Rosa Parks was petite and delicate,the personification of grace and goodness.She was not like what Oprah had imagined at all.Therefore,Rosa Parks was not physically strong enough to fight against the white man.It was her firm belief that colored people should enjoy equal rights with the white men that supported her decision not to give up her seat
2. What did Oprah Winfrey find about Rosa Parks after they really met? Did Rosa Parks look like what Oprah had imagined? She was surprised to find that Rosa Parks was petite and delicate, the personification of grace and goodness. She was not like what Oprah had imagined at all. Therefore, Rosa Parks was not physically strong enough to fight against the white man. It was her firm belief that colored people should enjoy equal rights with the white men that supported her decision not to give up her seat. Active reading 1: Embarkation
Active reading 1:Embarkation Listen to the eulogy again and fill in the blanks with appropriate information And I'm here today to say a final thank you,Sister Rosa,for being a great woman who used your life to serve,to serve us all.That day that you refused to give up your seat on the bus,you,Sister Rosa, changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world.I would not be standing here today,nor standing where I stand every day had she not chosen to sit down.I know that.I know that.I know that.I know that and I honor that.Had she not chosen to say,we shall not, we shall not be moved
Listen to the eulogy again and fill in the blanks with appropriate information More And I’m here today to say a final thank you, Sister Rosa, for being a great woman who used your life to serve, to serve us all. That day that you refused to give up your seat on the bus, you, Sister Rosa, changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world. I would not be standing here today, nor standing where I stand every day _ . I know that. I know that. I know that. I know that and I honor that. Had she not chosen to say, we shall not, we shall not be moved. had she not chosen to sit down Active reading 1: Embarkation
Active reading 1:Embarkation So I thank you,again,Sister Rosa,for not only confronting the one white man whose seat you took,not only confronting the bus driver,not only for confronting the law but for confronting history;a history that for 400 years said that you were not even worthy of a glance _certainly no consideration.I thank you for not moving. And in that moment when you resolved to stay in that seat,you reclaimed your humanity _and you gave us all back a piece of our own.I thank you for that.I thank you foracting without concern. I often thought about what that took
So I thank you, again, Sister Rosa, for not only confronting the one white man whose seat you took, not only confronting the bus driver, not only for confronting the law but for confronting history; a history that for 400 years said that you were not even _, certainly no _. I thank you for not moving. And in that moment when you resolved to stay in that seat, you _ and you gave us all back a piece of our own. I thank you for that. I thank you for _. I often thought about what that took. worthy of a glance consideration reclaimed your humanity acting without concern Active reading 1: Embarkation