Black History Month: Unsung Heroes: Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks was a black lady. She was born on February 4, 1913. She attended Industrial School For Girls in Tuskegee, Alabama, and later attended Alabama State Teachers College For Negroes. When she was a baby, Rosa´s parents separated. Her mother went to live with her parents. Rosa spent most of her childhood with her grandparents. She learned about racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. Once, she saw her grandfather out on the porch holding a shotgun while members of Ku Klux Klan marched down the street.

In 1932, Rosa Parks(her last name wasn´t Parks yet, it was McCauley. Her last name was changed and will be explained in the next sentence) met a barber and an active member of the NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) named Raymond Parks. She married him, and in 1933, with her husband´s support, she got her high school degree.

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. Before laws were changed in 1964, she was arrested when she refused to give up her seat to a white man 9 years early, on December 1, 1955. This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Black people would refuse to get on the bus and walked instead. This lasted 381 days, until December 21, 1956, when the Montgomery´s buses were integrated, thus the end of the boycott.

After MLK Jr.´s I Have A Dream speech on August 28, 1963, laws were changed, and now black people had the same rights as white people. No more boycotts, no more riots. This was how things were (until George Floyd died, causing BLM to surge again in 2020). Rosa Parks lived until October 24, 2005. She died in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 92.

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The Hangar War

    Every year, we leave up this small string of lights that hang from the kitchen to the entryway. Last week, we had a problem because there was a weird noise behind our TV. We look up and see that the lights took a large dip down because the sticky part of the Command Clear Mini Hooks had weared off causing both the hook to fall and the lights had dipped down. The same thing happened yesterday after the first ten minutes of school.

    Thanks to the company´s website, I learned that they only weighed 1/2 a pound and were mini-sized. So, the weight of the lights + the weight of the hooks would cause the hooks to fail and fall off. Their size of the hook and the space inbetween the hook and the main part is smaller than a light on the lights.

Our solution was to change the old Command Clear Mini Hooks with new ones so then they would stay on the wall for longer. After school, my family replaced the hangers and we relaxed. Sorry, failed hangers. Looks like the Cullivans won the Hangar War.

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The Bermuda Triangle

  The Bermuda Triangle is a place full of mysteries, yet boats have disappeared when entering this place. However, I came up with the idea of living in the Bermuda Triangle.

Their are a few good things about living here. If you´re someone who likes to be next to water all the time, this would be perfect. The Bermuda Triangle is all water. It's also a beautiful sight.

However, there are also some problems with this. You would need supplies, and calling in a helicopter wouldn't be easy. Also, traveling is hard to do. You would need a boat to get on and off the house. The biggest one of all is that boats have disappeared there.

If you wanted to live here, you would want to know these tips: Leave all your non-important items at home, pack 1 to 3 bags, get to the airport on time, and our movers will do the rest.

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