Lead the Way

Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist who helped to change American history. In Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus for a white passenger. She was arrested and lost her job, but her actions sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks was a large part of the African-American civil rights movement, helping people stand up for themselves and their privileges, and leading the United States and its people to peace and freedom.

It is the leadership that Rosa Parks showed that one day on the bus that has helped the world become a better place. It's difficult to be a leader, because sometimes you have to sacrifice a lot, but if you go about with a positive attitude, and thinking about all the good that could come from you taking the lead, it makes it easier. There have been leaders since the beginning of time; without them, we would still be stuck just how the world was all those millions of years ago. It doesn't take a lot to move a lot; Rosa Parks was just one person, but she helped a whole city, and soon a country, stand up for their rights, and she brought out the leadership in people. Sometimes all we need is one person, just one person to give us a nudge in the direction we're trying to go.

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