Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks, a black woman. No she was more than that. I was reading about her and it said, "the first lady of civil rights''. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, age 42, refused to give her seat on the bus to a white man. Some say this action encouraged Martin Luther King Jr. to start the civil rights movement. Her little action did that. She was arrested and put in jail just because of that! "Rosa Parks sat down in hope that blacks would stand up!" That is one of my favorite quotes, it is really inspiring to me. I read that in an article and I told my mom that quote and we both thought that, that was a really amazing quote. In that one quote it says so much. Rosa Parks was an inspiration. A woman who changed a Nation.

                    Thank you Rosa.

Presidents Day

Presidents Day was yesterday and it really got me thinking about past Presidents that fought for our rights in this country. The first President that came to mind was George Washington. He was such a great leader, he really cared about his country and strived to be his best for the people of America. I went online and found an official biography about George Washington from the White House. After reading this biography the thing that stood out the most to me was that it was a unanimous vote electing him as President! That is really amazing to me that the people trusted him that much to put their country in his hands. He wrote to James Madison saying, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." This statement means to me that he is ready to be President and he's ready to be a truthful President. The link for the biography is below.

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington 

What Are Civil Rights?

What are civil rights to you? What do you think about when you hear the phrase "Civil Rights"?
To me Civil Rights are a lot of things. I think of the Civil War, women, children, African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, World War II, and Martin Luther King Jr.  All of these things come to mind and many more. They are not happy things. We had to fight to get the rights we have today. Over the next few weeks I'm going to be studying the civil rights movement that has taken place around the world since the Revolutionary War with England.