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BOOK REPORT- Biography Name_Ulysses Farr Date_3/21/09 BOOK TITLE: _Freedom Walkers
 * Woman Research Project **
 * Directions: You will select one book about a famous woman, read it, and use it to fill in the form below.** The book must be approved by me. You must also use one encyclopedia article for additional information. Feel free to use [|http://www.wikipedia.org] . Next you need to fill out the form and post it on your wiki page. **Also, you must create a slide show** of your famous woman using the website [|http://www.slidelicious.com] . Please embed your slide show on your wiki. Finally, create a bibliography using the site [|www.bibme.org] and add it to the end of this assignment. This will count as a reading grade and is worth 150 points.

Author _Russell Freedman Biography of _Rosa Parks Publisher _

__Early Years: Write what you have learned about the person’s early years. How did these childhood experiences influence the person’s achievements as an adult?__ Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913__.__ Her life as a child was basically no different from ours but, she had to deal with a lot of racism. She went to an all girl school named Miss White's School For Girls. When she finished school she was unable to graduate because of her grandmother's illness and later death.

__What were this person’s main accomplishments?__ Rosa Parks main accomplishment was about the bus in Mont Mont Gomery. She was arrested in 1955 for not giving up here seat to a white man on a bus. People say that she was just tired. She was tired of giving in to what white people told them to do. Because of this incident many black people were doing the same thing nation wide. It got to the attention of Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. He made the people listen and some of the black laws were erased.

__Describe the goals of this person. Do you think this person was successful? Why or why not? What factors influenced this person’s achievements?__ Her goals were that she made the nation a better place by letting people do what they want on buses and other places. I think she was very successful because she was an influence to people to do what they want to do.

__What influence did this person have on the community, or the world?__ She was an influence to the world because she would always be who she wanted to be. She didnt let a man who she didnt know take her seat.She proved that black people should have the same rights as white people.

__What is your opinion of this person’s life and accomplishments?__ Rosa Parks was a great woman. She accomplished many things. She made people very happy.She proved a point that black people are the same as white people. She made people sit where they want on buses. She was great.

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Would you recommend this biography to others? Why, or why not? Yes I would if they wanted to learn about Rosa Parks. My report isnt the best, but it describes a lot about her. If you like Rosa Parks this is a good biography of her.

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**Works Cited **  Freedman, Russell. __Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott__. New York: Holiday House, 2008.  Haskins, Rosa &, and Jim Parks. __Rosa Parks: My Story__. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1992.    Created at www.bibme.org

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