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THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, Assistant Leader Clyburn; to the friends and family of Rosa Parks; to the distinguished guests who are gathered here today.
This morning, we celebrate a seamstress, slight in stature but mighty in courage. She defied the odds, and she defied injustice. She lived a life of activism, but also a life of dignity and grace. And in a single moment, with the simplest of gestures, she helped change America -- and change the world.
Rosa Parks held no elected office. She possessed no fortune; lived her life far from the formal seats of power. And yet today, she takes her rightful place among those who’ve shaped this nation’s course. I thank all those persons, in particular the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, both past and present, for making this moment possible. (Applause.)
A childhood friend once said about Mrs. Parks, “Nobody ever bossed Rosa around and got away with it.” (Laughter.) That’s what an Alabama driver learned on December 1, 1955. Twelve years earlier, he had kicked Mrs. Parks off his bus simply because she entered through the front door when the back door was too crowded. He grabbed her sleeve and he pushed her off the bus. It made her mad enough, she would recall, that she avoided riding his bus for a while.
And when they met again that winter evening in 1955, Rosa Parks would not be pushed. When the driver got up from his seat to insist that she give up hers, she would not be pushed. When he threatened to have her arrested, she simply replied, “You may do that.”
A few days later, Rosa Parks challenged her arrest. A little-known pastor, new to town and only 26 years old, stood with her -- a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. So did thousands of Montgomery, Alabama commuters. They began a boycott -- teachers and laborers, clergy and domestics, through rain and cold and sweltering heat, day after day, week after week, month after month, walking miles if they had to, arranging carpools where they could, not thinking about the blisters on their feet, the weariness after a full day of work -- walking for respect, walking for freedom, driven by a solemn determination to affirm their God-given dignity.
It’s been often remarked that Rosa Parks’s activism didn’t begin on that bus. Long before she made headlines, she had stood up for freedom, stood up for equality -- fighting for voting rights, rallying against discrimination in the criminal justice system, serving in the local chapter of the NAACP. Her quiet leadership would continue long after she became an icon of the civil rights movement, working with Congressman Conyers to find homes for the homeless, preparing disadvantaged youth for a path to success, striving each day to right some wrong somewhere in this world.
And yet our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus -- Ms. Parks alone in that seat, clutching her purse, staring out a window, waiting to be arrested. That moment tells us something about how change happens, or doesn’t happen; the choices we make, or don’t make. “For now we see through a glass, darkly,” Scripture says, and it’s true. Whether out of inertia or selfishness, whether out of fear or a simple lack of moral imagination, we so often spend our lives as if in a fog, accepting injustice, rationalizing inequity, tolerating the intolerable.
Like the bus driver, but also like the passengers on the bus, we see the way things are -- children hungry in a land of plenty, entire neighborhoods ravaged by violence, families hobbled by job loss or illness -- and we make excuses for inaction, and we say to ourselves, that's not my responsibility, there’s nothing I can do.
Rosa Parks tell us there’s always something we can do. She tells us that we all have responsibilities, to ourselves and to one another. She reminds us that this is how change happens -- not mainly through the exploits of the famous and the powerful, but through the countless acts of often anonymous courage and kindness and fellow feeling and responsibility that continually, stubbornly, expand our conception of justice -- our conception of what is possible.
Rosa Parks’s singular act of disobedience launched a movement. The tired feet of those who walked the dusty roads of Montgomery helped a nation see that to which it had once been blind. It is because of these men and women that I stand here today. It is because of them that our children grow up in a land more free and more fair; a land truer to its founding creed.
And that is why this statue belongs in this hall -- to remind us, no matter how humble or lofty our positions, just what it is that leadership requires; just what it is that citizenship requires. Rosa Parks would have turned 100 years old this month. We do well by placing a statue of her here. But we can do no greater honor to her memory than to carry forward the power of her principle and a courage born of conviction.
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S. Merlino, journalist, article on contractors who recruit immigrant laborers for employers, The Forum magazine, 1893. A) Briefly explain ONE cause of a historical development in the excerpt. B) Briefly explain ONE point of view of the excerpt. C) Briefly explain ONE way in which the situation in the excerpt is significant for a historical argument about immigration in the Gilded Age.
Hello. You did not provide the excerpt to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered accurately. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.
A historic development that may have been addressed in the text is the strong industrialization that the country has undergone, which has attracted countless immigrants to work in the factories. In addition, the march to Oste stimulated the entry of immigrants more and more intensely. In this case, the author can position himself on how the country was built with the presence of immigrants, which contributed strongly to the ethnic and cultural diversity that citizens have. Thus, the author can affirm that both in the Golden Age and at other times, immigration is driven by economic reasons, marjoritically.
in colonial America who could NOT vote
There were legions of Americans who could not vote, including Native Americans, some immigrants, women and black Americans.
Why were many mill workers women and children?
Answer:
They accepted lower wages than men
Explanation:
Answer:
They accepted lower wages than men.
who won leopard or chesapeake
Answer:
Chesapeake ig
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What are the main characteristics of civilization? Explain how the development of each characteristics affected people's lives in ancient times.
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Three systems of ideas and beliefs emerged in 19th century European society: liberalism, conservatism and socialism. Get acquainted with the ideas of three dissenters and note which system they have expressed (L - ideas of liberalism, K - ideas of conservatism, S - ideas of socialism)
1. Every citizen of the country must be given more freedom
2. The workers must overthrow the existing equipment by means of a revolution
3. Revolution is inevitable
4. The interests of each individual take precedence over the public interest.
5. What can be left unchanged does not need to be changed.
6. Society has developed over a long period of time and people need to respect and protect established traditions, customs, norms of behavior
7. Entrepreneurs need more freedom of economic activity
Answer:
Explanation:
L - ideas of liberalism
1. Every citizen of the country must be given more freedom
2. The workers must overthrow the existing equipment by means of a revolution
3. Revolution is inevitable
4. The interests of each individual take precedence over the public interest.
7. Entrepreneurs need more freedom of economic activity
K - ideas of conservatism
5. What can be left unchanged does not need to be changed.
6. Society has developed over a long period of time and people need to respect and protect established
S - ideas of socialism
Should've stayed home
HELP ASAP PLEASE!!!!! Which environmental resource in Washington State has been impacted directly by heavy metals from the mining industry?
groundwater
timber
crops
petroleum
Answer:
D. Petroleum
Explanation:
I majored in History
Answer:
GROUNDWATER IS CORRECT!
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2. What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
a. Special public schools were set up for African American students
b. African American kids were prevented from attending the same schools as white kids
c. The entire nation was desegregated
d. African American kids were allowed to attend the same schools as white kids
Answer:
d africian american kids were alloweed ro attend the same schools as white kids.
Explanation:
maybe
How many different ways does the Constitution set up for starting the formal amendment process?
4
2
1
3
Answer:
4
Explanation:
Answer:
The right answer is 2
Explanation:
Just took the test.
why did many african slaves become christians in north amercia
Answer: slave master required African to become Christians
Explanation:
Write the sentence as an equation.
the total of v and 275 is equal to 237
Answer:
v - 275 + 237
what happened to lazarus when he died?
Answer:
Lazarus was dead and his dead body was in the grave/hades. When he died, the "breath of life" went back to the Father who gave it. This "breath of life" was then restored to the dead body of Lazarus who was then brought back to life/resurrected. May 13 2015 • 13 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report
In William Pitt's speech, he says, "The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate, America is almost in open rebellion." Who is he referring to when he says the word gentleman
Answer:
the founding fathers
Explanation:
The most significant issue with regard to the Temple Mount/Dome of the Rock is that any controversy with the site tends to negatively impact international relations in the area. In 2010, Arab scholars released a study declaring that the Western Wall was not part of the holy Jewish temple at all, but part of the al-Aqsa Mosque. The US State Department called the study "factually incorrect, insensitive, and highly provocative."Which of the inferences can you make from this passage?
Answer:
People around the world care about places of religious importance.
Explanation:
Religious disputes like the one displayed in the passage can cause obstacles globally, because many people are bothered with sites of spiritual significance and may be annoyed by judgments like this, increasing the progress of systems against those accountable. Often these systems describe penalties, which constitute contradictions between various nations around the globe, leading to disputes of different emotions.
Answer:
D. Controversy surrounding the site causes concern for US leaders.
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in a paragraph How did the course of the war change after Saratoga? Why did the southern campaign ultimately fail?
Answer:
Don't copy and paste my paragraph use it as reference and make your own!
Explanation:
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution. It gave the Patriots a major morale boost and persuaded the French, Spanish and Dutch to join their cause against a mutual rival. A stupendous American victory in October 1777, the success at Saratoga gave France the confidence in the American cause to enter the war as an American ally. Later American successes owed a great deal to French aid in the form of financial and military assistance. The southern strategy ultimately failed because of a false British assumption of loyalist support among the populace and British application of self-defeating political and military policies.
Factors between 1 to 400AD contributed to the rapid spread and growth of Christianity
Answer:
The rapid spread and growth of Christianity
Explanation:
The spread of Christianity in the 1 st AD contributes to the Roman Empire and Apostle Paul. Christianity began first on the teachings of Jesus and later on missionary work and thoughts of Paul the Apostle. Jesus commanded the apostles to spread Christianity throughout the world. In 380 C.E., Christianity declared as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Under emperor Theodosius, the Edict of Thessalonica issued.
The establishment of the Mongol Empire directly facilitated which of the following?
A Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China
B The development of Mongolian as the primary written language of administration across most of Eurasia
C The spread of Persian culture into Central Asia
D Improved ship designs and navigation techniques for oceanic commerce
Answer:
A. Increased cultural and technological exchange between the Islamic world and China
What would be the argument for militarism being a main cause for WWI?*
A. European countries were building up major militaries that were ready to go to war
B. Germany built up their military and the rest of Europe tried to stop them
C. Colonies across the world built up their militaries and invaded Europe
D. European countries cut back on their militaries in order to give everybody a fair fight
Answer:
World War one started on the 28th of July 1914 between two sides; triple alliance and the triple entente. It ended on the 11th of November 1918. Difference in policies were to blame, although the immediate cause of World War one was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This is because big armies become potential threats to other countries, other countries started forcing alliances in order to secure land. Imperialism was a cause because building an empire needs manpower such as an army and a navy to conquer and keep the land that they colonised. The alliances system meant that a local conflict could easily result into an intimidating global one. The overall cause of World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Explanation:
Militarism could have cause the war due to the naval and arms race. ... The Kaiser felt he needed a bigger navy than Britain to protect its country. While Britain and Germany built up their navies, the major powers on mainland Europe were also building up their armies.
George Washington
1. True or False: George Washington served in the british army?
2. True or False: George Washington
became president of the House of Burgesses.
3. True or False: George Washington and his wife lived at Mount Vernon.
4. America's first capital was what city?
5. Why do you think George Washington was selected to be the first president of the new country?
Answer:
1. true
2. false
3. True
4. New York City
5. He was a very popular politician, and he was the general of the continental army.
Explanation:
Why did the United States support independence for Panama in the early 1900's?
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Why did Franklin Roosevelt's stand on labor nearly backfire?
Answer is given below :
Explanation:
His stand on labor almost backfired when he stated that Labor had the right to form a union if businesses were anti-union. In 1934, dock workers were forced to close ports off the coast of San Francisco as their strikes turned violent, closing the entire city. There were more than 1800 strikes for union recognition.How did attitudes toward the institution of slavery change in the late 1700s?
Answer:
People began to realize that treating other humans as property was not a morally correct thing to do.
Simply put society began to greatly look down upon slavery.
Explanation:
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Answer:
The answer is B.
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What was Philip's plan for the Greek city-states? -To unite the city-states -To conquerchem -To govern them -To keep them separated
Answer:
760680
Explanation:
griots used music, dance, and _____ (HELP)
Answer:
A griot is a West African storyteller, singer, musician, and oral historian. ... The griot keeps records of all the births, deaths, marriages through the generations of the village or family. Master of the oral traditions, the griot plays a key role in west African society.
Explanation:
cultre maybe
How has the older population changed in the United States since the last census?
Explanation:
As per the 2019 Demographic Projections of the U.s. Census, the rise of this population resulted in an increase throughout the regional average age. "In 2011, the very first Younger Generations reached 65 years of age."
Answer:
The growth of this population contributed to an increase in the national median age from 37.2 years in 2010 to 38.4 in 2019, according to the Census Bureau's 2019 Population Estimates. ... “Since then, there's been a rapid increase in the size of the 65-and-older population, which grew by over a third since 2010.
Explanation:
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Simplify the following ratios 68:24
Answer:
17:6
Explanation:
Try to reduce the ratio further with the greatest common factor (GCF).
The GCF of 68 and 24 is 4
Divide both terms by the GCF, 4:
68 ÷ 4 = 17
24 ÷ 4 = 6
The ratio 68 : 24 can be reduced to lowest terms by dividing both terms by the GCF = 4 :
68 : 24 = 17 : 6
Therefore:
68 : 24 = 17 : 6
Who is #45 on Utah Jazz
Answer:
Donovan Mitchell
Explanation:
20 points answer correctly.
Answer:
its option 2
Hindu and Muslim soldiers refused to use the black powder cartridges soaked in animal fat (pig fat)
Why did some Americans think the United States should control Hawaii?
Answer: There were at least three major reasons for wanting to take control of the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1800s. First, there was the desire for military power. Many Americans felt that a base in the Hawaiian Islands would help give the US control of the central Pacific. Second, there was the desire for economic power.
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