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?