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Rosa Parks Poems - Poems about Rosa Parks


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Rosa took a stand by taking a seat :) making a strong point with dignity sweet :D [I read her autobiography for Black History Month; always admired her, but a big fan of her now!] ...

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Stubborn refusal by Rosa Parks to up from her bus seat set off sparks... that ignited flames of Civil Rights movement. 'Twas a legendary, watershed moment! Submitted for... Clerihew Poetry Contest Sponsored by Regina McIntosh Date written: 12/18/2020...

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Rosa Parks
Sometimes monumental events Have humble beginnings Like the unyielding courage Of Rosa Parks Refusing to give up her seat. W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly 2019....

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks On December 1, 1955 She lit up a huge spark She refused to give up her seat that day on the bus Instead, she proudly sat, made faces and ignored the fuss Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil right’s activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the “Mother...

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Rosa Parks
Serene in sweet repose, the scented Rose, (With each and every velvet valley bare) Will often offer pleasure's perfect pose; Seductive Roses pleasure everywhere. Sharp beauty rages in the Roses' red, So darkly deep their polished petals bloom. Yet white is bright within the garden bed, While it protects the purple Rose of gloom. And...

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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Would have been a hundred Were she alive today Human beings of any colour would gladly let her sit Anywhere on the bus With the possible exception Of the driver's seat...

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Form: Free verse
Remembering Rosa Parks
Remembering Rosa Parks By Elton Camp Well over a half-century has now passed Since she resisted discrimination at last To the back of the bus she refused to move One person makes a difference she did prove Ms Parks refused to let herself be disrespected And didn’t respond as racial bigots expected Those officials who tried it were surprised When the civil rights movement...

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Premium Member Rosa Parks, a Maverick
Rosa Louise Parks refused to give up her seat “First Lady of Civil Rights” back in fifty-five civil disobedience ‘fore Martin Luther King’s time courageous Rosa kept her seat and caused a stir faith told her she was right created equal in the colorblind eyes of a Lord who loves mankind desegregation took decades to accomplish -- a Maverick led the way *Entry for Cyndi’s "Mavericks" contest This choka was tweaked...

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Remembering Rosa Parks
So graceful and kind So honest and true While she sat down for me She stood up for you Only by refusing to move When ordered to She paid the price And satisfied our dues....

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