英文睡前故事 ROSA PARKS
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ROSA PARKS
Have you ever had to stand up to someone who was bullying you?
What would you do if your whole town was bullying you? That’s the
situation Rosa Parks faced. But Rosa confronted her bullies with
confidence and self-respect!
Rosa lived in a time when black and white people in the United
States believed they should live very separate lives. This practice
was known as segregation.
Segregation meant that black people and white people didn’t do
things together. They couldn’t go to the same schools, drink out of
the same water fountains, eat in the same restaurants, or even ride
together on city buses. You and I know that treating people like this
is not fair or right. Rosa knew this, too.
One day, Rosa Parks decided to remind everyone around her of how
unfair segregation was. Her decision made her famous, and a hero
to people all over the country. What did she do? Rosa refused to
give up her bus seat for a white person just because all the seats for
white people were full.
Rosa’s act of bravery was just one of the things she did to work for
civil rights. The term “civil rights” is used to talk about all of the
rights we deserve just because we’re people—they are rights we
need in order to be treated fairly. Rosa also worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for civil rights, earning her the nickname “the First
Lady of Civil Rights.”
It’s not easy to stand up for something you know is right when so
many other people are against you. Rosa did it, though, and so can
you. Rosa Parks’ self-respect inspired many others to stand up
against segregation.
Why is self-respect so important? When you have self-respect, you
love yourself for who you are. You don’t just love yourself because
you look good or you do something well. When you have
self-respect, you know you’re valuable. You love yourself just
because you are you.
Did you know that bus seats were left empty to honor Rosa on the
50th anniversary of her arrest?